User contributions for Roshan

24 September 2024

• 19:2919:29, 24 September 2024 diff hist +48 N File:Ottobock Ankle Split.png No edit summary current
• 05:3205:32, 24 September 2024 diff hist +19 Blog/2024-09-23/Internet Exaggeration No edit summary
• 05:3205:32, 24 September 2024 diff hist +2,360 N Blog/2024-09-23/Internet Exaggeration Created page with "Why does everyone on the Internet exaggerate so much? If you were to listen to Twitter you'd expect that: * One time using fentanyl would instantly addict you for life * One time using LSD would break your mind open forever * A single dose of shrooms is going to make you lose your sense of self These are all objectively untrue. I know this because I have experienced all of these things: fentanyl in a hospital, LSD a few times at music festivals,..."
• 04:5504:55, 24 September 2024 diff hist +19 Blog/2024-08-20/Addiction No edit summary

21 September 2024

• 07:5007:50, 21 September 2024 diff hist +867 N Ablative Error Created page with "An Ablative Error is something you intentionally introduce so that it can be fixed by a process or person who needs to fix things irrespective of whether they need fixes. By providing a simple and weak target, you allow them to fulfill their inner urge while not damaging the thing that needs to be built. People with authority do not have to employ this technique since they can simply reject 'fixes'. People without are frequently governed in large organizations by th..."

20 September 2024

• 19:5919:59, 20 September 2024 diff hist −87 The Decline of Empire No edit summary current
• 19:5719:57, 20 September 2024 diff hist +1,190 The Decline of Empire No edit summary

17 September 2024

• 03:5303:53, 17 September 2024 diff hist +793 Blog/2024-09-03/Getting A French Visa No edit summary

15 September 2024

• 06:3806:38, 15 September 2024 diff hist +4,252 N Blog/2024-09-14/Politics Created page with "I'm not American, so I can't really vote in US Politics, but it does affect my life quite a bit, both proximately and ultimately, since I live in the US and I'm married to an American and because my children (if everything goes well) will probably be American too. Given all this, I try to pay attention. And about the biggest surprise for me this time has been that the Republicans are actually making most of the sense. Democratic Party policies seem patently insane - eit..."

11 September 2024

• 19:3719:37, 11 September 2024 diff hist +36 Bozo Bit Phrases No edit summary

10 September 2024

• 22:5922:59, 10 September 2024 diff hist +859 N Talk:Blog/2024-09-10/No one ever sees the end coming Created page with "{{Template:Draft}} Status quo bias is almost universal. On the Internet, people call it "[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nothing-ever-happens nothing ever happens]". And for most nations this is true. They're small timers and life just goes on almost all of the time because no one is able to get going in any way. File:Run Off The Cliff Blissfully.jpg|thumb|alt=A Dall-E 3 generated cartoon of someone running off a cliff|This is how people..." current
• 21:3521:35, 10 September 2024 diff hist +76 N File:Run Off The Cliff Blissfully.jpg No edit summary current

9 September 2024

• 22:1922:19, 9 September 2024 diff hist −4 m Blog/2024-09-03/Getting A French Visa No edit summary
• 22:1922:19, 9 September 2024 diff hist +19 Blog/2024-09-03/Getting A French Visa No edit summary

6 September 2024

• 07:0307:03, 6 September 2024 diff hist +707 Establishing An LLC Add banking
• 06:5906:59, 6 September 2024 diff hist +68 N File:Mercury Bank - Dashboard Screenshot.png No edit summary current
• 06:0806:08, 6 September 2024 diff hist +103 The Emperor's Tailor No edit summary
• 06:0706:07, 6 September 2024 diff hist +2,860 N The Emperor's Tailor Created page with "The Emperor's Tailor is a story about how ideas can escape from the context in which they are expressed, leading to adverse consequences. Sometimes, when the smart play at being stupid, the foolish listen and think that what they're doing is wise. <blockquote> Once upon a time, in a far off kingdom, there was an Emperor. This Emperor loved clothes, and would frequently have his tailors design new and extravagant designs for him to walk around the city in. One day,..."

5 September 2024

• 23:3823:38, 5 September 2024 diff hist +22 Bozo Bit Phrases No edit summary
• 08:5208:52, 5 September 2024 diff hist +336 Roshan Variant English No edit summary

4 September 2024

• 05:4305:43, 4 September 2024 diff hist +3,787 N Blog/2024-09-03/Getting A French Visa Created page with "Since I'm an Indian citizen, getting a visa is a common activity for me. Going practically anywhere is an exercise in paperwork. Some places are easy, like Hong Kong (which just needs an instant online application), some places are easy if you've got a US visa (like most of South America), and some places are hard (like the Schengen zone). For much of my life I've had a Schengen visa since either my parents applied for me to visit as a child..."

3 September 2024

• 21:2021:20, 3 September 2024 diff hist +11 Bozo Bit Phrases No edit summary

29 August 2024

• 19:4819:48, 29 August 2024 diff hist +23 The Decline of Empire No edit summary
• 19:4619:46, 29 August 2024 diff hist +23 The Decline of Empire No edit summary
• 19:4519:45, 29 August 2024 diff hist +13 The Decline of Empire No edit summary
• 19:4519:45, 29 August 2024 diff hist +2,617 N The Decline of Empire Created page with "Empires decline, and over time become backwaters, but the memory of the past remains long after the empire has lost what it can do. One thing that rapidly degrades as an empire declines is its state power, in its introverted sense. Lee Kuan Yew visited London in October 1946 and saw an empire still in power<ref>Yew, L. "Britain revisited". ''Asia Europe Journal'' '''1''', 311–313 (2003). doi:10.1007/s10308-003-0027-y [https://wiki.roshangeor..."
• 00:2400:24, 29 August 2024 diff hist −2 Big O Magnitude Notation No edit summary
• 00:2300:23, 29 August 2024 diff hist +27 Big O Magnitude Notation No edit summary
• 00:2200:22, 29 August 2024 diff hist +19 Big O Magnitude Notation No edit summary
• 00:2100:21, 29 August 2024 diff hist +23 Big O Magnitude Notation No edit summary
• 00:2100:21, 29 August 2024 diff hist −78 Big O Magnitude Notation No edit summary
• 00:1900:19, 29 August 2024 diff hist +524 N Big O Magnitude Notation Created page with "Like Big O Unit Notation, Big O Magnitude Notation refers to a notation used to express orders of magnitude. == Formal Definition for Functions == A function <math>f(n) = O(10^k)</math> if <math>\exists n_0 \in \mathbb{R+}</math> such that <math>\forall n \geq n_0 : 10^k \leq f(n) < 10^{k+1}</math> == Formal Definition for Random Variables == Colloquially, one can say a random variable <math>X = O(10^k)</math> if its probability distribution function has meas..."

28 August 2024

• 22:3122:31, 28 August 2024 diff hist +23 Unknown Nobility No edit summary current
• 22:3122:31, 28 August 2024 diff hist +979 N Unknown Nobility Created page with "thumb|Loggers are Environmentalists A common trope on the Internet goes like <blockquote> Spend any time among X and talk to them and you'll find that they're the kindest people you know and care the most about Y. </blockquote> It'll usually be someone totally bogus who is usually much-maligned for some particularly characteristic. If loggers are not considered environmentally friendly, then if we spend ti..."
• 22:2722:27, 28 August 2024 diff hist +338 N File:Twitter Screenshot - Loggers are Environmentalists.png No edit summary current

27 August 2024

• 23:3923:39, 27 August 2024 diff hist +1,617 N Blog/2024-08-27/Comprehension is Enough Created page with "When I was a child, I remember reading a lot of books about "the supernatural". Ghosts and stuff like that. And to some extent I believed in their existence. There was no evidence of their existence, of course, which made them all the more alluring. If I could prove that they existed, I would have won a big battle for us all. A key discovery would have been made. So, even though I was scared running into a room as a 11-year-old I would have the "there's a ghost here" li..."
• 19:2419:24, 27 August 2024 diff hist +98 Big O Unit Notation No edit summary
• 19:2319:23, 27 August 2024 diff hist +1,275 N Big O Unit Notation Created page with "Big O Unit Notation is a variant of Big O notation that is used when you want to express a notion of order of magnitude. You can usually differentiate these two concepts by the fact that Big O Notation is expressed in terms of functions whereas Big O Unit Notation is expressed in terms of units. One writes that some process or action takes <math>O(milliseconds)</math> or is of length <math>O(kilometre..."

23 August 2024

• 05:3705:37, 23 August 2024 diff hist +251 Intake Breathing Nasal Strips No edit summary

22 August 2024

• 18:1818:18, 22 August 2024 diff hist +104 Blog/2024-08-20/Addiction No edit summary

21 August 2024

• 06:5606:56, 21 August 2024 diff hist +2,795 N Blog/2024-08-20/Addiction Created page with "Addiction is a strange thing. People talk about addictive things like they're an immutable property of the world. Cigarettes are addictive. Opioids are addictive. But clearly this cannot be that simple. [https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/opioid-use-disorder#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20American%20Medical,develop%20an%20addiction%20to%20them.&text=People%20misusing%20opioids%20may%20try,it%20is%20more%20easily%20available. The percentage of people who use op..."

19 August 2024

• 18:0918:09, 19 August 2024 diff hist +988 N Rage Sniping Created page with "thumb|A typical story To rage-snipe someone is to post something intended to cause outrage so that they'll participate in a discussion instead of doing whatever they were originally doing. thumb|And the real story It's like [https://xkcd.com/356/ nerd sniping] except completely unfulfilling for the victim for the few seconds before they're hit by the bus. A classic example is for..." current
• 18:0618:06, 19 August 2024 diff hist +557 N File:Reddit Screenshot - Rage Snipe.png No edit summary current
• 18:0218:02, 19 August 2024 diff hist +545 N File:Twitter Screenshot - Rage Sniping.png No edit summary current

14 August 2024

• 08:0808:08, 14 August 2024 diff hist +2,116 Blog/2024-08-14/Fearless American Women No edit summary
• 08:0208:02, 14 August 2024 diff hist 0 File:Subaru Forester 2017 - crushed by rollover.jpg Roshan uploaded a new version of File:Subaru Forester 2017 - crushed by rollover.jpg current
• 07:5507:55, 14 August 2024 diff hist +64 N File:Subaru Forester 2017 - crushed by rollover.jpg No edit summary
• 07:5207:52, 14 August 2024 diff hist +1,749 N Blog/2024-08-14/Fearless American Women Created page with "Something that has always struck me about my time in the US has been the fact that women hear are positively fearless. Whether this is a cultural learning they have or that society here is safe enough that they can be so is unclear to me, but I have often been the beneficiary of this. == NC State == thumb|Picturesque. The view outside my window as I sat with crutches. File:Google Maps Screenshot - Hunt Li..."
• 07:4207:42, 14 August 2024 diff hist +101 N File:Google Maps Screenshot - Hunt Library to ES King Village.png No edit summary current
• 07:3707:37, 14 August 2024 diff hist +74 N File:Gorman St Grad Student Residences in Raleigh, NC.jpg No edit summary current