March 27, 20187 yr I can't imagine having to say that I live in the "Johnathon." That's just ridiculous.
March 29, 20187 yr I almost never play the lottery - the odds are just terrible. I ended up with a little more cash than usual after a friend paid me back this weekend. On Tuesday, I saw the Mega Millions was up to $458m so I figured what the heck, threw $2 down. I've played the lottery probably less than 20 times in my life. There's a drawing almost every week at work (people pool money, buy 15, 20, whatever tickets...they never win). To my surprise I matched 4 (!!!) numbers and missed by two digits on the 5th. I was also one digit away from the mega ball. So on two numbers, I was a sum of three digits away from winning $458m! As such, I won $500 (I'm actually net positive playing the lottery in my lifetime) which did not require me going to a bank or filling out any forms to claim it. I haven't told anyone at work. Very Stable Genius
March 29, 20187 yr I almost never play the lottery - the odds are just terrible. I ended up with a little more cash than usual after a friend paid me back this weekend. On Tuesday, I saw the Mega Millions was up to $458m so I figured what the heck, threw $2 down. I've played the lottery probably less than 20 times in my life. There's a drawing almost every week at work (people pool money, buy 15, 20, whatever tickets...they never win). To my surprise I matched 4 (!!!) numbers and missed by two digits on the 5th. I was also one digit away from the mega ball. So on two numbers, I was a sum of three digits away from winning $458m! As such, I won $500 (I'm actually net positive playing the lottery in my lifetime) which did not require me going to a bank or filling out any forms to claim it. I haven't told anyone at work. I always laugh when the jackpots go up and someone decides to plop $20 down instead of just $2. Statistically they are really in no better position having spent the extra $18. Congrats on your big win! I suppose you're upping your UO membership to premium today? ;)
March 29, 20187 yr I always laugh when the jackpots go up and someone decides to plop $20 down instead of just $2. Statistically they are really in no better position having spent the extra $18. Not that I think playing the lottery is ever a good idea, but your odds of winning are certainly higher the more tickets you buy.
March 29, 20187 yr I always laugh when the jackpots go up and someone decides to plop $20 down instead of just $2. Statistically they are really in no better position having spent the extra $18. Not that I think playing the lottery is ever a good idea, but your odds of winning are certainly higher the more tickets you buy. But going from one to 10 tickets purchased is statistically insignificant in terms of winning the jackpot.
March 29, 20187 yr I always laugh when the jackpots go up and someone decides to plop $20 down instead of just $2. Statistically they are really in no better position having spent the extra $18. Not that I think playing the lottery is ever a good idea, but your odds of winning are certainly higher the more tickets you buy. But going from one to 10 tickets purchased is statistically insignificant in terms of winning the jackpot. I'm not saying it's a good idea. The odds in both cases are incredibly low. But the fact is that it is statistically 10 times more likely that you'll win if you spend 10 times as much money (assuming you pick 10 unique combinations :P ).
March 29, 20187 yr I always laugh when the jackpots go up and someone decides to plop $20 down instead of just $2. Statistically they are really in no better position having spent the extra $18. Not that I think playing the lottery is ever a good idea, but your odds of winning are certainly higher the more tickets you buy. But going from one to 10 tickets purchased is statistically insignificant in terms of winning the jackpot. I'm not saying it's a good idea. The odds in both cases are incredibly low. But the fact is that it is statistically 10 times more likely that you'll win if you spend 10 times as much money (assuming you pick 10 unique combinations :P ). So low that its' deemed to be statistically insignificant. Kind of like getting struck by lighting in the spot you're standing on, versus standing on a box in the same spot, 1 foot higher.
March 29, 20187 yr I always laugh when the jackpots go up and someone decides to plop $20 down instead of just $2. Statistically they are really in no better position having spent the extra $18. Not that I think playing the lottery is ever a good idea, but your odds of winning are certainly higher the more tickets you buy. But going from one to 10 tickets purchased is statistically insignificant in terms of winning the jackpot. I'm not saying it's a good idea. The odds in both cases are incredibly low. But the fact is that it is statistically 10 times more likely that you'll win if you spend 10 times as much money (assuming you pick 10 unique combinations :P ). Not sure about that because I’m not a statistician but I seem to remember my Practical Logic 201 class at UC determined that the dumbest dollars you can spend are the second, third, fourth...dollars you spend on the lottery. Say your chances of winning with entry is 1:450,000,000. Spending money on one additional entry makes your chance 2:450,000,000. Ten? 10:450,000,000. It’s not 10x. Any mathletes check his for me?
March 30, 20187 yr Guys, this is simple. 10/n is 10x larger than 1/n for all n, regardless of how large n is. (And so we don't have to have the discussion about negative numbers or division by 0, let's just say for all n > 0.)
March 30, 20187 yr Guys, this is simple. 10/n is 10x larger than 1/n for all n, regardless of how large n is. (And so we don't have to have the discussion about negative numbers or division by 0, let's just say for all n > 0.) Your absolute chance of winning only increases by 1:n (not 1x:n) with each additional ticket that has a new number combo.
March 30, 20187 yr https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/lotto-winners/ ^Let's just figure out a way together to win. Very Stable Genius
March 30, 20187 yr I thought this was weird. All I know of Jordan Peterson is that he is a respected psychologist who has become an internet celebrity among white males with victim mentalities.
March 30, 20187 yr It's Good Friday and I only know that because I happened to get today off, from work. To be completely honest, I'm not at all sure of what that means because I'm not religious at all. I just know that I just came back from my favorite Asian Buffet and when I went up front to try to pay my bill, this random guy in front of me snatched my bill from me and paid for my lunch and we ended up meeting and shaking hands. I thought that was really cool and a really nice gesture. Next time I'm out, I want to pay someone else's bill.
March 30, 20187 yr Good Friday symbolizes the day Jesus died, at least according to most Christian religions if I'm not mistaken. Very Stable Genius
March 30, 20187 yr Ironic name regarding what? If his name was BrightandSunny, I think I'd actually deem it ridiculous. In fact, I think I'd think of him as a looney-tune in that case. I think he has a cool screen name.
March 30, 20187 yr Ironic name regarding what? If his name was BrightandSunny, I think I'd actually deem it ridiculous. In fact, I think I'd think of him as a looney-tune in that case. I think he has a cool screen name. Think he meant "Good Friday" being the day Jesus was crucified. Very Stable Genius
March 31, 20187 yr See the 7th definition of "good" here: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/good Good can be used almost as a synonym for "holy."
April 5, 20187 yr There is no dividing line between Rally's and Checkers. Some parts of the country have both. Outside of Charleston, WV, there are a Rally's and Checkers just 18 minutes apart.
April 5, 20187 yr See the 7th definition of "good" here: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/good Good can be used almost as a synonym for "holy." Depends on the circles one travels in... >:)
April 5, 20187 yr There is no dividing line between Rally's and Checkers. Some parts of the country have both. Outside of Charleston, WV, there are a Rally's and Checkers just 18 minutes apart. Foodie mecca!
April 5, 20187 yr I LOATHE sleep paralysis. Why on earth does this happen The worst! I used to get it a lot more, a few times a month. But havent had it much at all any more. I'm not sure what changed.
April 6, 20187 yr something interesting in the paper today — the history of the cellphone: https://nypost.com/2018/04/05/inside-the-high-stakes-tech-rivalry-that-would-change-our-lives-forever/
April 6, 20187 yr something interesting in the paper today — the history of the cellphone: https://nypost.com/2018/04/05/inside-the-high-stakes-tech-rivalry-that-would-change-our-lives-forever/ "The best technology is when you are free to do what you want.” - great quote.
April 13, 20187 yr Milwaukee has been involved in a shockingly ass-backwards ad campaign. The ads are focused specifically, only, on Chicago millenials who use the L, and that you could either be "commuting" home via the train in Chicago or saving a whopping 22 minutes in Milwaukee and drinking with your diverse group of friends in downtown Milwaukee. The ads are all the same: two photos, on the left a frumpy, tired-looking millennial standing or sitting on a half empty L train; and to the right a photo of a 30-year-old playing with his child, an athletic couple white water rafting, or the aforementioned beautiful people (each of a different ethnicity - and the exact same slim body type) having cocktails and cheering their saving 22 minutes. And at the heart of the physical ad, and these are also on the radio, is living in Milwaukee saves you 22 minutes from your commute. Apparently they are trying to make that number stick so the radio ads interchangibly mention that Milwaukee is 22 percent cheaper to live. What a coincidence. Whoever scammed the Milwaukee tourism bureau to funding this dogshit deserves it. Pure Michigan this sure as hell isn't.
April 22, 20187 yr ^ akron should hire the agency and do the same kind of ad contrasting with tired millenials on the rapid! but seriously, that ad campaign sounds cringey horrible.
April 23, 20187 yr ^ Try not to get yourself into a Lorraine McFly situation. Man, when you think about it a bit, how inevitable is that? You're 25% her, and 25% the guy she picked.
May 10, 20187 yr Fast food romance from the Boston area... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 18, 20187 yr Do you hear Laurel or Yanny? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2018/may/18/donald-trump-yanny-laurel-debate-white-house-covfefe-video
May 21, 20187 yr OH: Man Walking Home from Train Station Followed by Pig ASSOCIATED PRESS ON MAY 21, 2018 SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST Police in a Cleveland suburb thought they had a drunk on their hands when a man called to report a pig following him home from a train station. A North Ridgeville, Ohio, officer arrived on the scene early Saturday to find the man was very sober. And he truly was being followed by a large dark-haired pig. The officer managed to get the pig in his patrol car and transported it to the station and reunited with its owner. The pig, according to CBS News, is named Zoey. Read the complete article at https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/man-walking-home-from-train-station-followed-by-pig/2018/05/21/79f69056-5ce9-11e8-b656-236c6214ef01_story.html?utm_term=.a03c1f9a4884 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 21, 20186 yr meet new haven's traffic vigilante superhero: https://nypost.com/video/masked-vigilante-patrols-the-mean-streets-of-new-haven/
June 25, 20186 yr Brilliant.... chair.exe has stopped working "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 3, 20186 yr A water main broke in Philadelphia's Center City, resulting in some impressively rapid flooding. The videos are pretty cool. Bring back the canal in downtown Cincinnati!
July 13, 20186 yr I think it really depends on the area and how screen-oriented the people are. Some of the big cities have full buildings where nobody leaves except to go to work because they are screening all the time. They have all their food delivered and even have people do their laundry for them so that they can spend more time in front of a screen. Some of them are indeed working and getting paid well for it making it a better choice for them than lugging bags around. Meanwhile others "need to catch up on their shows" or don't want to let down the other members of their guild. Contrast this with a lot of suburbanites and rural dwellers who try to DIY all kinds of things that they really should be farming out. My former coworker completely stopped coming in to our office so that he could work from home, where his desk had 13 screens powered by multiple computers. I'm trying to attach a photo but the forum isn't letting me for some reason.
July 20, 20186 yr What I really want to know is how an entire soccer team wound up in a cave in the first place and with their uniforms on never-the-less???...
July 20, 20186 yr What I really want to know is how an entire soccer team wound up in a cave in the first place and with their uniforms on never-the-less???...
July 20, 20186 yr What I really want to know is how an entire soccer team wound up in a cave in the first place and with their uniforms on never-the-less???...
July 26, 20186 yr Do you guys ever stop to think how amazing Who Framed Roger Rabbit was. All those historic, IP-issued characters in a dark noir kids-and-adults film (about highway expansions, no less), with an amazing script, top notch performances, and flawless special effects. No CGI either. As an adult, I really have come to appreciate the movie in so many more ways.
August 1, 20186 yr ^ yes for sure, and more and more so as time goes on. *** citizens beware! https://pagesix.com/2018/07/31/theres-a-serial-farter-on-the-loose-in-the-west-village/?_ga=2.96470431.1480009233.1532878185-1288271774.1460947150
August 4, 20186 yr US government: we can definitely 3D print homes on Mars. Also: homelessness is so complicated, we haven’t yet figured out how to... https://t.co/Q3ZSCI0ltF "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 4, 20186 yr LOL! The only thing more amazing than the ignorance in this embarrassing tweet is that he hasn't deleted it yet. The comments to this guy's tweet are priceless, BTW. @brianlilley So some guy that owns a foundry is making out like a bandit as these things get sold everywhere to keep idiots from walking into traffic while texting. Whoever thought this up and is making the money from it is a genius! https://t.co/JYpZMl3lzF "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 7, 20186 yr it's National Night Out tonight. Be sure and attend your local event. The police usually offer free hot dogs, at least they did last year :( https://natw.org/about http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
August 9, 20186 yr Here's Bruce Springsteen's Legendary 1978 Show at the Agora, 40 Years Ago Today https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2018/08/09/heres-bruce-springsteens-legendary-1978-show-at-the-agora-40-years-ago-today "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 17, 20186 yr tour of the former boblo island amusement park: https://www.mlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2016/08/these_are_the_eerie_remnants_o.html
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