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[Frumple]

Mm... I'd always recommend pulling out a spreadsheet or whatnot, m'self. If you can build the formula by hand (avoid functions as much as possible), by the time you're done not only do you know the exercise fairly well, you have something nice and tidy to do the work for you. Portable calculators are... clumsy. Harder to adjust variables, see where stuff is doing its thing, that sorta' stuff. Spreadsheets are where it's at.

E: Though libreoffice, at least, does have a correlation coefficient function. =CORREL(Data_1, Data2)

[Yoink]

Last night was going pretty well, until I decided to buy a cheap slice of pizza since I was feeling hungry. Cue indigestion.
DAMN YOU, DRUNK PIZZA

[My Name is Immaterial]

Mm... I'd always recommend pulling out a spreadsheet or whatnot, m'self. If you can build the formula by hand (avoid functions as much as possible), by the time you're done not only do you know the exercise fairly well, you have something nice and tidy to do the work for you. Portable calculators are... clumsy. Harder to adjust variables, see where stuff is doing its thing, that sorta' stuff. Spreadsheets are where it's at.

E: Though libreoffice, at least, does have a correlation coefficient function. =CORREL(Data_1, Data2)

I'll do that for now, but I'm studying for my final, which does not allow us to use spreadsheets.
Probably.

Pre-edit: Alright, I was told to run around the block, and I'm back now. Lets punch some numbers.

[Frumple]

Yeah... like I said, building it by hand, instead of using the function, may help you learn how to use it. It's... basically how I've gone through the last few math-intensive (if less so than your average stat class, but eh) courses I've had. By the time you've got a functioning template for the formula, you're probably considerably further along in your understanding of it. And you can always rebuild it again a few days later to refresh your memory.

Very helpful, I recommended it to like everyone. No one seemed to actually use that method, but eh, I tried. If nothing else, you've got an alternate source for a check figure to see if you're screwing something up, which is always helpful.

[Vector]

La-Mulana.

[Frumple]

... I didn't even make it to the first boss before I started cheating, V. And then I got a little further and put it down for a while after getting into a few situations where cheating doesn't actually help, which is always amusing but screw an hour+ backtrack.

[majikero]

Last night was going pretty well, until I decided to buy a cheap slice of pizza since I was feeling hungry. Cue indigestion.
DAMN YOU, DRUNK PIZZA

Pfff weak. Back in the Philippines, cheap food gives you diarrhea best and pneumonia at worst.

[My Name is Immaterial]

Frumple is the best at math help. It finally worked.

[Vector]

... I didn't even make it to the first boss before I started cheating, V. And then I got a little further and put it down for a while after getting into a few situations where cheating doesn't actually help, which is always amusing but screw an hour+ backtrack.

Me neither, LOL. Still rageing and stuck on my fifth boss ._.

[Bauglir]

Oh gods, yes. I still haven't picked it up again since I fucked up at remembering to save after 3 hours of play and completely lost the motivation to continue. I don't even remember when that was, other than too long ago. I had to cheat my way into the Holy Grail, if that tells you anything about how much I sucked at it.

[mastahcheese]

Oh fuck my fucking life right now

[Arx]

D:

* Arx cheers mastahcheese on

[mastahcheese]

The doctor practically just asked me if I'm a hypocondriac.
He said that I have a lot of doctor visits, and asked what I could possibly be worried about since I'm so young.

Fuck it, next time it feels like I'm dying I'll just fucking stay home.

[Bauglir]

What a dick. He was hopefully trying to be reassuring through some very poorly thought-out humor. Trying, and failing. Doctor Suchandsuch, you should know better.

[mastahcheese]

Oh, I'm pretty sure by the way he said it, and multiple times, that it wasn't just a joke.