stupid first world problems you're dealing with

I managed to tip the contents of my cat's dirty litter tray into the bath and then I kneed myself in the face.

The look on your face was priceless.

Fucking Starbucks girl made my drink wrong. Ugh this tastes like ass.

i still dont know how to turn avatars off

I hit the Num Lock button and Excel decided I wasn't going to get anything entered.

My phone fell out of my coat pocket on my ride home from work and now has a big splong in the plastic of one corner.

ive been eating lots of spicy ramen noodles and they are also pretty spicey coming out

and i have like 50packs of them

omg why did i buy so many

I've forgotten some basic arithmetic.... Can someone explain to me why (-4h/(x+h)x)/h is -4/x²h ?

I understand that when you divide out the same variable it = 1... IE -4h/h is simply -4. However the way the question is written is (-4h)

--------------

(x+h)x)

--------------

h

(those are division lines btw).

Can someone explain the simplification steps?? Btw I'm supposed to be finding the derivative of (4 - 4 / x ) using the limit (h ---> 0) method, that's why I have the above question.

  On 9/12/2013 at 2:55 AM, usagi said:

are you sure it's supposed to be

 

-4 / x²h

 

instead of

 

-4 / x² + h

 

?

 

because I can see how to get to the latter

Whoops! That's what I meant to write, the second one is more correct.(x+h)x expands to (x^2 + xh but xh) = zero as h approaches 0 (limits and all that noise)

But I still don't understand the steps to divide (-4h)

--------------

(x+h)x

--------------

h

IE why does the top h and the very bottom one cancel out instead of dividing the bottom h out of the middle term (x+h)x

i bought one of those frozen daquiri drinks in a bag and it sprung a leak in my girlfriend's mom's car.

daily living budget is $3 so it'll be a while before I make sum pulled pork

  On 9/12/2013 at 3:22 AM, usagi said:

because:

 

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

-4h / (x + h)x / h

 

=

 

-4h h

______ ÷ ____

 

(x + h)x 1

 

=

 

-4h 1

______ . ____

 

(x + h)x h

 

=

 

-4h

______

((x + h)x)h

 

=

 

-4

____

 

(x + h)x

 

and so on... I don't recall lim/derivative shit particularly well but I'm guessing that, as you said, when you expand the denominator to

 

x² + hx

 

the "hx" part just becomes "h" as the lim approaches zero.

 

I hated that asymptotic bu'shit.

AH!

That makes sense. Thanks man. I don't know why I couldn't piece that together! lol

=)

  On 9/12/2013 at 3:23 AM, Cryptowen said:

daily living budget is $3 so it'll be a while before I make sum pulled pork

pulled pork is awesomely cheap though!

A 12lb pork loin from Costco is $23. Throw in some bullseye bbq sauce and slow cook that bitch and you've got lbs and lbs of meat. I know the bullseye route isn't like gourmet or anything but it'll do. ;)

  On 9/12/2013 at 3:48 AM, StephenG said:

pulled pork is awesomely cheap though!

good tip though. I was planning on making my next grocery purchase some article of meat

  On 9/12/2013 at 3:56 AM, Cryptowen said:

 

  On 9/12/2013 at 3:48 AM, StephenG said:

pulled pork is awesomely cheap though!

i had to go way in debt to buy a bag of flour so it'll be at least three days before I'm back in the blue

 

good tip though. I was planning on making my next grocery purchase some article of meat

 

I just meant like... if you make it ahead of time and freeze it then it's pretty cost effective per serving.

sorry =(

  On 9/12/2013 at 3:58 AM, StephenG said:

I just meant like... if you make it ahead of time and freeze it then it's pretty cost effective per serving.

 

sorry =(

Slow cooker man! that's the way I do it.

Some really cheap ones that are heavy and go a long way are split pea and ham soup, chili, potato/corn chowder! Cost per serving is super low for those. I make really big pots and then freeze em'. =)

  On 9/12/2013 at 1:53 AM, usagi said:

 

  On 9/11/2013 at 3:31 PM, modey said:

I'm generally a pretty excitable person.

 

stay that way

 

my excitement never matches the results though, which means I'm always somewhat disappointed!

  On 9/12/2013 at 5:20 AM, Hoodie said:

every time i think i've figured out what i want to do with my life, someone comes along and plants fear and doubt in my mind. i thought my anxiety had been cured, but it's coming back. that is, i can't stop thinking about how i must be a failure. damn, it's rough.

I have that problem and cover it up with addictions.

WATMM group therapy subforum? =)

jk. But I hope things start looking up for you =).

  On 9/12/2013 at 4:05 AM, StephenG said:

Slow cooker man! that's the way I do it.

 

Some really cheap ones that are heavy and go a long way are split pea and ham soup, chili, potato/corn chowder! Cost per serving is super low for those. I make really big pots and then freeze em'. =)

just eat hotdogs, cheap and oh so yummy!

or if that fails, pasta

Maths makes me cry.

  On 9/12/2013 at 10:03 AM, Sprillian said:

Maths makes me cry.

Lol!

  On 9/12/2013 at 1:36 AM, MadameChaos said:

My phone fell out of my coat pocket on my ride home from work and now has a big splong in the plastic of one corner.

Is it fairly accurate to state that recent events show you and your bike don't operate particularly well together?

As for my fwp, I received an email this morning from a release team telling me that because I had one outstanding authorisation required for scheduled changes on a network rollout (affecting several millions of users), the changes cannot proceed and have been pushed back for rescheduling. That however doesn't really make sense when the change went live 3 hours ago. I like to think I'm a mild-mannered fella at the best of times, but bugger me if blind incompetence doesn't just rile me up. Why wait until after my changes have gone live to tell me? What possible use is threatening the rescheduling of an already live rollout? The joys of working in big business... yeesh.

  On 9/12/2013 at 5:20 AM, Hoodie said:

every time i think i've figured out what i want to do with my life, someone comes along and plants fear and doubt in my mind. i thought my anxiety had been cured, but it's coming back. that is, i can't stop thinking about how i must be a failure. damn, it's rough.

Here's the new age pop psych on this, which I find helpful.

1) No one really knows shit about what's good for you. Just do stuff and find out for yourself.

2) You're looking for signs of fear and doubt because you don't want to commit. Imo committing to anything is better than committing to nothing. If you can find something that calls to you, even a little bit, try it out with all your might.

3) Anxiety and fear of failure are addictive and very comforting, because they promote non-action and escapism. The only way to fight them is to do stuff as best you can. If you fail-so what, either you learn and try again or move on.

All the best in finding your own way. Much respect to those who ask for help.