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On ‎18‎/‎04‎/‎2018 at 1:47 PM, Frostgage said:

I hate to be that guy but I have this sense of wealth guilt. As such I try to live a somewhat minimalist lifestyle

such an admirablefrosty

such gud ethic

On ‎18‎/‎04‎/‎2018 at 1:47 PM, Frostgage said:

Nay. She remains in the harem :wacko:

HOW MANY WIVES DO YOU HAVE YOU BADFROSTY

On ‎18‎/‎04‎/‎2018 at 1:47 PM, Frostgage said:

1. Truthfully I am a real life Fluttershy. Hence the pushover label kek
2. The coins Misaka uses for her railgun attacks. We both look plain and nonthreatening but can unleash the full destructive force of the 3rd most powerful esper in Academy City :proud:
3. Lion from Steven Universe is great. He's full of history and potential but would rather just lie around all day xD
4. It's a tie between Sokka's boomerang from Avatar and Saten's baseball bat from Railgun. Both are the epitome of reliability <3

so many aspects of your personality brought out here

glorious

 

 

 

 

How regularly do you think you accidentally inhale flour particles?

What's the longest time you've ever spent working on achieving a single goal?

How regularly do you think invisible creatures cross your field of view without your awareness of it?

What's the longest time any single piece of metal has had unbroken contact with your skin, jewelry excluded?

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On 4/19/2018 at 12:03 AM, Duality said:

HOW MANY WIVES DO YOU HAVE YOU BADFROSTY

...and this is the version without ponies ( ._.)

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On 4/19/2018 at 12:03 AM, Duality said:

How regularly do you think you accidentally inhale flour particles?

What's the longest time you've ever spent working on achieving a single goal?

How regularly do you think invisible creatures cross your field of view without your awareness of it?

What's the longest time any single piece of metal has had unbroken contact with your skin, jewelry excluded?

1. I do enjoy baked goods quite a bit... so maybe this is a common occurrence for me :pout:
2. Legitimately I spent ~3 days last semester preparing for my economic statistics final. Was worth it because I achieved an A in a hella tough course :proud:
3. I don't believe in that kind of thing. I'm only paranoid of other people hehe
4. Hmm this is tough to recall. Probably carrying around a quarter when I was younger - I liked coins a lot and finding one was the most exciting thing ever

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On 20/04/2018 at 4:30 PM, Frostgage said:

...and this is the version without ponies ( ._.)

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To your credit, they all possess an exceptionally high level of waifuness.

On 20/04/2018 at 4:30 PM, Frostgage said:

Legitimately I spent ~3 days last semester preparing for my economic statistics final. Was worth it because I achieved an A in a really tough course :proud:

oooh skilledfrosty

On 20/04/2018 at 4:30 PM, Frostgage said:

I don't believe in that kind of thing. I'm only paranoid of other people hehe

Yet you're not paranoid enough of other people to suspect the CIA might have already secretly invented invisibility tech? :P

 

 

 

 

What single song or piece of music most tempts you to dance along whenever you hear it?

How many pieces were there in the biggest jigsaw puzzle you've ever done?

What's your favourite scent of soap?

What's the most exquisite snoot you've ever beheld?

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5 hours ago, Duality said:

Yet you're not paranoid enough of other people to suspect the CIA might have already secretly invented invisibility tech? :P

I'll admit I never considered that :0 great that's another thing to worry about x_x

5 hours ago, Duality said:

What single song or piece of music most tempts you to dance along whenever you hear it?

How many pieces were there in the biggest jigsaw puzzle you've ever done?

What's your favourite scent of soap?

What's the most exquisite snoot you've ever beheld?

1. This is the first one that comes to mind, especially after the beat drops around 2:12 <3

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2. Puzzles are my sister's thing but occasionally I help her. We usually do 1000 piece puzzles I believe
3. None. Soap that smells like things that aren't soap, especially if it's food, makes me very uneasy :pout: (as you can tell everything makes me uneasy)
4. My friend has a pet snake with a snoot that is the definition of exquisite :proud:

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On 27/04/2018 at 4:06 AM, Frostgage said:

This is the first one that comes to mind, especially after the beat drops around 2:12 <3

That's a fabulous drop. <4

On 27/04/2018 at 4:06 AM, Frostgage said:

Soap that smells like things that aren't soap, especially if it's food, makes me very uneasy :pout: (as you can tell everything makes me uneasy)

Even floral soaps?

On 27/04/2018 at 4:06 AM, Frostgage said:

My friend has a pet snake with a snoot that is the definition of exquisite :proud:

boop teh snek for me plas

 

 

 

 

What's an interesting question you think I should ask you?

What's your response to that question?

Do you exist?

Are you sure about that?

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4 hours ago, Duality said:

Even floral soaps?

Especially floral soaps :wacko: (...actually not really but that seemed like an amusing way to respond. apologies for lying)

4 hours ago, Duality said:

What's an interesting question you think I should ask you?

What's your response to that question?

Do you exist?

Are you sure about that?

1. "Who is your favorite Pokémon?" (this is VERY important because it reveals a lot about a person)
2. Thank you for asking <3 the only answer is Furret
3. Maybe
4. Yes

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On 07/05/2018 at 5:29 PM, Frostgage said:

(...actually not really but that seemed like an amusing way to respond. apologies for lying)

i used to trust u

On 07/05/2018 at 5:29 PM, Frostgage said:

"Who is your favorite Pokémon?" (this is VERY important because it reveals a lot about a person)

Good question, I must say.

On 07/05/2018 at 5:29 PM, Frostgage said:

Thank you for asking <3 the only answer is Furret

And an even better response. :D

 

 

 

What is the greatest responsibility you've ever been given relative to your capacity to handle it?

What is your earliest memory?

What was your first word?

What single event do you think has most profoundly changed your life?

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On 5/12/2018 at 3:44 AM, Duality said:

i used to trust u

I'm a person with many secrets :pout:

On 5/12/2018 at 3:44 AM, Duality said:

What is the greatest responsibility you've ever been given relative to your capacity to handle it?

What is your earliest memory?

What was your first word?

What single event do you think has most profoundly changed your life?

1. I aim to avoid responsibility whenever possible hehe. Probably it would be when I led a group of 12-15 kids at a baseball clinic a few years ago (no one died so I succeeded!)
2. Moving from my birth town to another. Specifically I remember riding in the front of a U-Haul truck :proud:
3. I'm told it was baba, i.e. food. Such distinguished. Also apparently I didn't talk until very late (~3 years old)
4. Moving from the U.S. to England when I was 10. From then on I've forever been a super legit Brit :nom:

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On 14/05/2018 at 7:56 PM, Frostgage said:

I'm a person with many secrets :pout:

mafiafrosty confirmed

On 14/05/2018 at 7:56 PM, Frostgage said:

(no one died so I succeeded!)

High standards you've got there. :P

On 14/05/2018 at 7:56 PM, Frostgage said:

Moving from the U.S. to England when I was 10. From then on I've forever been a super legit Brit :nom:

*doffs top-hat as poshly as possible*

 

 



If humans are purely physical beings - with behaviour explainable solely in terms of the behaviour of the matter that makes us up -, how can we have intent and free will, given that the behaviour of the matter that makes us up is dictated entirely by a convoluted combination of precisely predictable conformance to explicit physical laws (as per classical physics) and utterly flip-a-coin random conformance to statistical physical laws (as per quantum physics)?

What is the most meaningful and cherished statement your memory possesses?

What do you most struggle with in life?

What is it like to be you?

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On 5/18/2018 at 3:33 AM, Duality said:

If humans are purely physical beings - with behaviour explainable solely in terms of the behaviour of the matter that makes us up -, how can we have intent and free will, given that the behaviour of the matter that makes us up is dictated entirely by a convoluted combination of precisely predictable conformance to explicit physical laws (as per classical physics) and utterly flip-a-coin random conformance to statistical physical laws (as per quantum physics)?

What is the most meaningful and cherished statement your memory possesses?

What do you most struggle with in life?

What is it like to be you?

1. Free will is tricky because it seems impossible to conclusively prove or disprove its existence. I think it really just comes down to the individual - whether one believes that they possess it or not, a self-fulfilling prophecy kind of deal.
2. Okay this will sound silly but. There was a situation last year where I was mistakenly awarded one fewer point on a calculus exam than I should have been. I was very anxious about reminding my professor of this but she was very reassuring about me standing up for myself. So that made me feel great hehe
3. Interacting with other people x_x not very original but it's true. But maybe someday it'll get better
4. I certainly have flaws but love being me. And I hope that everyone else feels the same way about themselves :proud:


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36 minutes ago, Stormfury said:

Which movie do you wanna see the most (this year)?

I'm a very very big MCU fan, and Ant-Man is my second favorite hero (after Iron Man). So I cannot wait for Ant-Man and the Wasp which comes out in just 3 weeks <3

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15 hours ago, ChB said:

@Frostgage Who are your favorite teams in the FIFA World Cup? :) 

Since the USA didn't make it I've joined the bandwagon of several teams. Belgium are my favorite among teams that I think could legitimately win the tournament. Beyond them, I'm supporting Senegal (because of Sadio Mané), Uruguay (because of Luis Suárez), and Perú because they have amazing fans and their march to their first World Cup in 36 years was inspirational <3

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45 minutes ago, Stormfury said:

What kind/s of fake news pisses you off?

Any kind that legitimately affects people's lives. Less serious news stories can be funny, but when a news outlet of any kind causes people distress, either through intentionally misleading news or simply because of lazy work, that's just despicable.

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On 5/22/2018 at 2:03 PM, Frostgage said:

1. Free will is tricky because it seems impossible to conclusively prove or disprove its existence. I think it really just comes down to the individual - whether one believes that they possess it or not, a self-fulfilling prophecy kind of deal.

But the choice whether one believes that they have free will or not - is that a free-will choice? :mlp_icwudt:

On 5/22/2018 at 2:03 PM, Frostgage said:

2. Okay this will sound silly but. There was a situation last year where I was mistakenly awarded one fewer point on a calculus exam than I should have been. I was very anxious about reminding my professor of this but she was very reassuring about me standing up for myself. So that made me feel great hehe

That doesn't sound silly at all; I've struggled with that sort of anxiety myself. Good on you for setting things right. :D

On 5/22/2018 at 2:03 PM, Frostgage said:

3. Interacting with other people x_x not very original but it's true. But maybe someday it'll get better

I'm of the opinion that every day it gets better. :grin:

On 5/22/2018 at 2:03 PM, Frostgage said:

4. I certainly have flaws but love being me. And I hope that everyone else feels the same way about themselves

:yay:

 

 

 

What is the most unsettling fact you have ever heard?

What is the most interesting scientific theory you have ever heard?

What is the most comforting reassurance you have ever heard?

What is the most false piece of news you have ever heard?

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On 8/3/2018 at 11:34 PM, Duality said:

But the choice whether one believes that they have free will or not - is that a free-will choice? :mlp_icwudt:

I... think so :pout:

On 8/3/2018 at 11:34 PM, Duality said:

What is the most unsettling fact you have ever heard?

What is the most interesting scientific theory you have ever heard?

What is the most comforting reassurance you have ever heard?

What is the most false piece of news you have ever heard?

1. Ants outnumber humans approximately a million to one. (and if they ever figure that out, there goes our way of life!)
2. The Fermi Paradox is pretty fascinating. But then anything to do with space and aliens is :proud:
3. Most of the mistakes that we make are not as costly as we believe. (of course, this isn't always true, but it's important to not put too much pressure on yourself)
4. The earth is round

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On 8/12/2018 at 3:51 AM, Frostgage said:

Ants outnumber humans approximately a million to one. (and if they ever figure that out, there goes our way of life!)

you are not ready to hear about bacteria

On 8/12/2018 at 3:51 AM, Frostgage said:

The Fermi Paradox is pretty fascinating. But then anything to do with space and aliens is :proud:

Paradoxes are usually pretty great too. :ticking:

On 8/12/2018 at 3:51 AM, Frostgage said:

The earth is round

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b a d f r o s t y

 

 

 

How's your study been going since I last posted on this thread?

What's your favourite number?

Which of the 16 pool balls is your favourite?

What's your favourite mathematical infinity?

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48 minutes ago, Duality said:

How's your study been going since I last posted on this thread?

What's your favourite number?

Which of the 16 pool balls is your favourite?

What's your favourite mathematical infinity?

1. It's been very challenging but has gone pretty well. I'm thirsty for that degree so I refuse to give up
2. 97
3. Definitely the 4 ball. Solids > Stripes and it's such a nice shade of purple, which is my favorite color <3
4. The number of characters in the Raildex universe :mlp_proud: (actually though can you give me some examples?)

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16 hours ago, Frostgage said:

It's been very challenging but has gone pretty well. I'm thirsty for that degree so I refuse to give up

such a committedfrosty <3

16 hours ago, Frostgage said:

97

Ooh, that's an interesting pick. May I ask why it's your favourite?

16 hours ago, Frostgage said:

Definitely the 4 ball. Solids > Stripes and it's such a nice shade of purple, which is my favorite color <3

same o:

16 hours ago, Frostgage said:

The number of characters in the Raildex universe :mlp_proud: (actually though can you give me some examples?)

With exceeding pleasure. Click the spoiler at your own risk. :ticking:

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For starters, there's your standard sideways-eight infinity, mathematically defined along the lines of 'bigger than any finite number', which is mostly just used to signify the end of the number line instead of in any particularly formal capacity. Besides that - in fact the only mathematical infinities I know of besides that one (not that these aren't quite sufficient) -, there are numbers called infinite ordinals and infinite cardinals, which are a quite recent discovery. Cardinals are the numbers used to denote how many members there are in a set (the 'size' of the set), while ordinals are the numbers used to put the members of the set in order (the 'labels' on the members). For example, a set with five members in it (5 here being the cardinal number characterising the set) has a first member, second member, third member, fourth member, and fifth member (1-5 here being the ordinal numbers of the members of the set).

For standard finite sets, cardinal numbers are equal to the ordinal number of the final member in the set (in the above set, the cardinal number is 5 and the final member in the set is the fifth and hence has ordinal number 5), so no heed was paid to the difference for very many years. However, a chap called Cantor muddled everyone's heads up in the late 1900s by proving that for infinite sets, cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers behave very differently. The (infinite) set of whole numbers has an (infinite) cardinal number denoted aleph-nought and a final (infinite) ordinal number called omega-nought. If you add one extra number to the set of whole numbers (call the number A), you end up with a set with cardinal number aleph-nought, as before, but A has an ordinal number of omega-nought plus one. That is, the set's size is unchanged, because the new set is just as infinite in size as the original set, but the final ordinal number in the set has gone up by one to reflect the fact that you still need an extra 'label' for A - it has to be the 'omega-nought plus one'th number in the set because the 'omega-nought'th number is still in the same position as it was before. To put this more succinctly, omega-nought plus one is greater than omega-nought, but aleph-nought plus one equals aleph-nought. This is the true resolution to the dilemma of whether infinity plus one is bigger than infinity - it depends on whether the infinity is a cardinal number or an ordinal number.

It is notable that omega-nought plus one is a distinct infinite ordinal number in its own right. There are in fact an infinite number of infinite ordinals along these lines, from omega-nought to omega-nought plus one to omega-nought plus two to omega-nought plus a thousand to omega-nought multiplied by two to omega-nought multiplied by a thousand to omega-nought to the power of two to omega-nought to the power of a thousand to omega-nought to the power of omega-nought to omega-nought to the power of omega-nought to the power of omega-nought to omega-nought to the power of omega-nought to the power of omega-nought to the power of omega-nought so on up with an infinite number of omega-noughts stacked as exponents. This ludicrously large number is called epsilon-nought, and it still corresponds with the cardinal number aleph-nought. But the fun doesn't stop there, nosirree. You can continue the procedure of increasing size with epsilon-nought plus one plus two plus three times a thousand and so on all the way up to epsilon-one. After that, as I'm sure you've probably realised already with a sinking feeling in your stomach, you can continue the insanity to result in the even more ludicrous number epsilon-epsilon-epsilon-epsilon-epsilon-etc. right on down the subscripts to max out epsilon notation altogether. This number is called lambda-nought, and it still corresponds to the infinite set cardinal number aleph-nought. You can continue this overarching pattern of omega-nought epsilon-nought lambda-nought even further if your brain isn't half boggled enough to result in what they call the Veblen hierarchy of infinite ordinals, which maxes out at a terrifyingly large number called the Fefermann-Schutte ordinal - again, corresponding with a set of cardinal number aleph-nought. Fortunately no doubt for you, I can't pursue this already quite infinite rabbit hole any further, because the Fefermann-Schutte ordinal is the limit of infinite ordinals that can be expressed along these lines with any sort of symbol notation of finite length.

Unfortunately no doubt for you, I haven't even gotten started on omega-one. Note that epsilon-nought was derived from omega-nought to the power of omega-nought so on up, not omega-omega-omega-omega-etc. like how lambda-nought was generated with epsilon-epsilon-epsilon right on down the subscripts. So far we've been talking about infinite ordinals that correspond with a set of cardinal number aleph-nought - that is, a set the same size as the set of whole numbers. However, there are an infinite number of sets with larger cardinal number. Consider, for example, the set of real numbers. This includes 1.5 and 1/3 and pi and e and 0.5342333456464444665652189853 and any weird number you can get from spamming buttonpresses on your numpad. This set is infinite in size - it has an infinite cardinal number (typically called C) -, but it is larger than the set of whole numbers - that is, C > aleph-nought (more specifically, C equals two to the power of aleph-nought). The final (infinite) ordinal number in the set of real numbers is called - you guessed it - omega-one (much, much larger than the Fefermann-Schutte ordinal). You can do all of the same abominations against nature with omega-one and any other omega number as I did last paragraph with omega-nought, just to give you nightmares tonight, but the real fun is in the cardinal numbers now. C is called 'the cardinality of the continuum', and it is the number of points in a line of infinite length (hence why we have the 'number line' with a simple line of infinite length expressing all the real numbers). However, to the dismay of maths students the world over, C is also the number of points in a line of finite length, the number of points in a plane whether finite or infinite, the number of points in a solid of any size, and in fact the number of points in any given geometric 'continuum' (hence the name).

Aleph-one, on the other hand, is defined as the smallest infinite cardinal after aleph-nought. Many think, and it would be quite elegant if it were so, that C is equal to aleph-one, but this idea highlights a peculiar quirk in the standard mathematical system most mathematicians work within. Within this system, named ZFC, the theorem that C equals aleph-one is unprovable. This is not to say that it can be disproved, but that the truth of the equation is entirely independent of the system - you can't prove or disprove it without adding additional axioms to the ones that ZFC is founded on. In other words, whether C = aleph-one is entirely up to you, so to speak, so you could consider C and two to the power of C and two to the power of two to the power of C and so on a group of infinities of an entirely different class to the alephs. At any rate, the aleph numbers also form an infinite progression, what with aleph-one and -two and -three and so on up to aleph-omega-nought and beyond (if aleph-one equals C, aleph-two equals two to the power of C and aleph-three equals two to the power of two to the power of C and so on). Each aleph-x number has a corresponding omega-x number that is the smallest possible final label that corresponds with that set size, and you can add and multiply and exponentiate these omega-x numbers to create as many ordinal numbers as you like that are all larger than omega-x but correspond with the same aleph-x.

And with that, you are now equipped to decide on your favourite infinity - sideways-eight, a particular aleph number, a particular omega number, a particular epsilon/lambda number, the Fefermann-Schutte ordinal, any given string of ordinal numbers added to and multiplied with and placed to the power of each other (e.g., omega-eighteen to the power of 5.5 times pi plus omega-three to the power of omega-nought to the power of seven times 88 plus the Fefermann-Schutte ordinal times 9.7 plus lambda-four times 0.3 plus epsilon-two to the power of epsilon-nought plus 137), or possibly the C series. :-D

 

EDIT:

turns out that sideways-eight is in fact the symbol for the collective metaset/'class' of all ordinal numbers

including every single variant on omega numbers i mentioned

and all the epsilons and lambdas

and the fefermann-schutte ordinal

and literally all of the other infinities except the aleph series/c series

sideways-eight is op pls nerf

 

 

 

What's your favourite physical game?

What's your favourite tactical game?

What's your favourite digital game?

Can I offer you a glass of water after that infinity brainbashing?

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