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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 23rd January 2017, 09:32 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 3,591
Posted By Dessi
Thanks for your patience and your reply. The...

Thanks for your patience and your reply. The above is helpful :)


I had a boatload vector calculus in college about 10 years ago, but only at the undergrad level. I remember a vector being...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 23rd January 2017, 08:38 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 3,591
Posted By Dessi
Bookmarked, thanks :) Khan Academy was...

Bookmarked, thanks :)


Khan Academy was actually my starting point when I was trying to find a human-friendly definition of matrices. However, it starts by explaining that matrices are a fancy...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 20th January 2017, 10:20 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 3,591
Posted By Dessi
A is a 2x3 matrix (two rows and three columns),...

A is a 2x3 matrix (two rows and three columns), so you can think of it as a function1 that takes a three-dimensional column vector2 (which is the same as a 3x1 matrix) representing a point3 in...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 20th January 2017, 07:53 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 3,591
Posted By Dessi
Help me intuit matrices

I am reasonably math literate, but I regret to say that the intuition behind matrices is completely lost on me.

Note: Since this forum doesn't appear to support LaTex natively, I recommend using...
Forum: USA Politics 4th October 2016, 07:00 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 5,543
Posted By Dessi
The US legalized same-gender marriage 3 years...

The US legalized same-gender marriage 3 years ago, and Canada legalized it 10 years ago. So, when exactly was that whole moral fabric of society supposed to break down?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd October 2016, 09:17 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,321
Posted By Dessi
I'm one of the organizers for a transgender youth...

I'm one of the organizers for a transgender youth group. Most of the people who attend our group are between the ages of 13 to 23. Until a few years ago, most trans people I've met have been over 30....
Forum: Computers and the Internet 22nd September 2016, 10:29 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 3,169
Posted By Dessi
Step 1) Install a tool to run user scripts on...

Step 1) Install a tool to run user scripts on every page load.

Chrome users: Install TamperMonkey (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tampermonkey/dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo)
Firefox...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 1st September 2016, 07:21 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 3,844
Posted By Dessi
Exclamation Dropbox major breach: change your password asap

The Dropbox Hack is Real (https://www.troyhunt.com/the-dropbox-hack-is-real/):


Here is what you need to do:

1) Use Have I Been Pwnded (https://haveibeenpwned.com/) (HBID) to determine if your...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th July 2016, 07:24 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 3,011
Posted By Dessi
This could have been trivially prevented if there...

This could have been trivially prevented if there were safe, legal access access to marijuana.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th July 2016, 12:29 PM
Replies: 87
Views: 6,055
Posted By Dessi
Dauphin is Canadian and I think he'd be pretty...

Dauphin is Canadian and I think he'd be pretty miffed being called an African-American.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 22nd June 2016, 11:45 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 6,932
Posted By Dessi
Let's look at one specific white collar job which...

Let's look at one specific white collar job which was automated out of existence. In the 1940s, AT&T employed about 350,000 people to do this job:...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 9th June 2016, 08:05 AM
Replies: 363
Views: 28,114
Posted By Dessi
Trans kids exist in virtually every school in the...

Trans kids exist in virtually every school in the country. 10s of 1000s of high schoolers compete in track events every year. By the large of large numbers, a trans student was going to beat a cis...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 9th June 2016, 07:14 AM
Replies: 188
Views: 13,160
Posted By Dessi
I'm queer as hell, as are my friends, and we get...

I'm queer as hell, as are my friends, and we get along just peachy. "Saving" people from being gay sounds like a solution in need of a problem.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st June 2016, 07:11 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,880
Posted By Dessi
Internet still harps on Cecil the lion, you...

Internet still harps on Cecil the lion, you complain they are flogging a dead horse.

Internet forgets about Cecil the lion, you complain they are not flogging a dead horse enough.

SJW's and...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st June 2016, 08:08 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 6,397
Posted By Dessi
Betteridge's law of headlines seems applicable to...

Betteridge's law of headlines seems applicable to this thread.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 20th May 2016, 01:04 PM
Replies: 505
Views: 49,830
Posted By Dessi
I wouldn't. A "delusion" would imply some error...

I wouldn't. A "delusion" would imply some error of fact, as if trans people were persistently mistaking their anatomy for other body parts. However, virtually all trans people are fully aware and...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 19th May 2016, 12:07 PM
Replies: 2,877
Views: 162,506
Posted By Dessi
I don't think trans people literally perceive...

I don't think trans people literally perceive their body parts as having the wrong shape, in much the same way that a left-handed person is not deluded into thinking their left-hand is really a...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 9th May 2016, 09:03 PM
Replies: 171
Views: 20,936
Posted By Dessi
I have no issues dating trans people.

I have no issues dating trans people.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 26th April 2016, 01:25 PM
Replies: 3,210
Views: 297,980
Posted By Dessi
Transgender Child...

Transgender Child (http://www.amazon.com/Transgender-Child-Handbook-Families-Professionals/dp/1573443182/) is a useful book on the subject.

For what it's worth, we have a couple very young trans...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 24th April 2016, 11:32 AM
Replies: 134
Views: 20,931
Posted By Dessi
Some more microscope inspiration for you...

Some more microscope inspiration for you (http://www.bevshots.com/shop) :)

Evaporating an alcoholic drink on a slide produces some really gorgeous crystals, almost like abstract art. If you get a...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th April 2016, 07:22 PM
Replies: 221
Views: 23,856
Posted By Dessi
I wonder if one of those probes could point in...

I wonder if one of those probes could point in Earth's direction and determine if there is life on this planet from that distance.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th April 2016, 07:08 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 7,197
Posted By Dessi
Speaking of concealable folding guns, I would...

Speaking of concealable folding guns, I would love to see the Burgess folding shotgun make a comeback:

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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th April 2016, 01:52 PM
Replies: 3,210
Views: 297,980
Posted By Dessi
I work with the trans community all the time, and...

I work with the trans community all the time, and have met some people who had regrets post-op. The interesting thing is that regrets are rarely, if ever tied to an incorrect diagnosis of being...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th April 2016, 12:12 PM
Replies: 3,210
Views: 297,980
Posted By Dessi
If someone is going to argue it's a deluded, they...

If someone is going to argue it's a deluded, they have the burden of explaining what trans people's delusion is. There's a misconception that trans people are "confused" or hold a mistaken perception...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th April 2016, 10:40 AM
Replies: 3,210
Views: 297,980
Posted By Dessi
Gendered Restrooms and Minority Stress: The...

Gendered Restrooms and Minority Stress: The Public Regulation of Gender and its Impact on Transgender People’s Lives...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th April 2016, 11:58 AM
Replies: 3,210
Views: 297,980
Posted By Dessi
Perhaps cis-male drag performers are inclined to...

Perhaps cis-male drag performers are inclined to do this, as drag performers are no strangers to shock value and screwing with gender norms. But I doubt many transwomen would use a urinal, even if...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th April 2016, 11:52 AM
Replies: 3,210
Views: 297,980
Posted By Dessi
While it's normal for you to walk naked through a...

While it's normal for you to walk naked through a locker room, your private experience does not generally to everyone, least of all to trans people. Most trans people just don't want or need the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th April 2016, 09:07 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 4,808
Posted By Dessi
Continued existence is only valuable to people...

Continued existence is only valuable to people who exist, because living an uninterrupted life is a prerequisite to satisfy people's interests. Non-existent people have no interests to satisfy,...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 8th April 2016, 08:17 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,699
Posted By Dessi
Diffie-Hellman Key exchange...

Diffie-Hellman Key exchange (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffie%E2%80%93Hellman_key_exchange) protocol addresses precisely this problem:

Alice and Bob want to send secure messages over an...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 7th April 2016, 04:28 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,699
Posted By Dessi
Programmer here ^_^ "It depends" is the...

Programmer here ^_^


"It depends" is the right answer, but the best approach you can take is to read the file and determine the distribution of byte values within the program. An encrypted file...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th April 2016, 01:18 PM
Replies: 3,210
Views: 297,980
Posted By Dessi
^ this. I'm one of the organizers for a trans...

^ this. I'm one of the organizers for a trans youthgroup, have been an advocate for the trans community for a long time. I'm not aware that they have any higher propensity for flashing than the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th April 2016, 12:26 PM
Replies: 3,210
Views: 297,980
Posted By Dessi
This is one of the most wtf threads I've seen in...

This is one of the most wtf threads I've seen in a long time.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th April 2016, 12:10 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 4,808
Posted By Dessi
To backtrack: If they were never born...

To backtrack:


If they were never born when they otherwise would have been, one could argue that's hurtful because they never got a chance to live. (Of course, this is veering into temporal...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th April 2016, 10:49 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 4,808
Posted By Dessi
You can easily live happy and healthy life...

You can easily live happy and healthy life without eating animals for your entire life. Eating animals is strictly needless and easily avoidable for the vast vast majority of us who live in a...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th April 2016, 10:40 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 4,808
Posted By Dessi
No. But if I didn't, I wouldn't be harmed, by...

No. But if I didn't, I wouldn't be harmed, by virtue of there being no existing "I"/Dessi to harm in the first place.


Not familiar with your use of "negated" in the sentences above. What does it...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th April 2016, 10:35 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 4,808
Posted By Dessi
Since the ideal is out of reach, it's best to...

Since the ideal is out of reach, it's best to address the problem by trying to minimize the harm, by means of not breeding more unwanted animals that end up as strays or in shelters for their entire...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th April 2016, 10:00 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 4,808
Posted By Dessi
Hurtful to whom? To non-existent animals?

Hurtful to whom? To non-existent animals?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th April 2016, 09:54 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 4,808
Posted By Dessi
Interestingly enough, my objection to killing...

Interestingly enough, my objection to killing dogs for food is utilitarian as well. It's straightforwardly obvious that dogs are harmed to a much greater extent being killed for food, than you would...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th April 2016, 09:49 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 4,808
Posted By Dessi
Yes I do. You can't hurt dogs who are never born.

Yes I do. You can't hurt dogs who are never born.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th April 2016, 09:16 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 4,808
Posted By Dessi
No. Why would one be worse than the other?

No. Why would one be worse than the other?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th April 2016, 08:12 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 4,808
Posted By Dessi
For a start, dogs are intelligent animals with...

For a start, dogs are intelligent animals with complex emotional lives. They have a first-person point of view, have expectations, wants, interests, and can suffer. Killing them causes real, actual...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 27th March 2016, 11:00 PM
Replies: 3,210
Views: 297,980
Posted By Dessi
The vast, vast, vast majority of trans people...

The vast, vast, vast majority of trans people live ordinary, quiet lives. They work hard and maneuver through society as invisibly as everyone else. They don't cause harm to you in any direct or...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 27th March 2016, 10:26 PM
Replies: 3,210
Views: 297,980
Posted By Dessi
Chrissy Polis...

Chrissy Polis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beating_of_Chrissy_Lee_Polis)' beating in a public bathroom was not an isolated incident. Trans people are assaulted and murdered all the time, even in...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 22nd February 2016, 11:59 AM
Replies: 268
Views: 33,080
Posted By Dessi
American here: apartment rentals are almost...

American here: apartment rentals are almost presumed to be monthly amounts, unless otherwise specified.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 28th January 2016, 10:12 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,934
Posted By Dessi
Civilization is for infants. Hearts of Iron 4 is...

Civilization is for infants. Hearts of Iron 4 is the definition of complexity.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 27th January 2016, 06:11 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 11,513
Posted By Dessi
het·er·o·nor·ma·tive hedərōˈnôrmədiv ...

het·er·o·nor·ma·tive
hedərōˈnôrmədiv
adjective
denoting or relating to a world view that promotes heterosexuality as the normal or preferred sexual orientation.

Seems like a reasonable...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 23rd January 2016, 08:37 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 3,224
Posted By Dessi
On the topic of cars crashing had on, suppose...

On the topic of cars crashing had on, suppose they are both traveling 75% of the speed of light, what is the speed that each car perceives the other relative to itself? Also would it make sense to...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 22nd January 2016, 08:01 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 7,422
Posted By Dessi
What is JREF?

What is JREF?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 22nd December 2015, 08:19 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 7,686
Posted By Dessi
Most posts like yours are too idiotic to merit a...

Most posts like yours are too idiotic to merit a response. For what it's worth:

- Ferial is a friend of mine, who happens to be Muslim. She is one of the organizers for the Omaha Transgender...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th December 2015, 11:23 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 7,337
Posted By Dessi
You can find it in Asian grocery stores under the...

You can find it in Asian grocery stores under the name "mock duck", but most veg people call it seitan. There are lots of recipes if you want to make seitan at home, including some nice slow cooker...
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