Author: OneTrueStudent

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Matlabbery

Weierstrass Sine Product, qdot simulator.

%Matthew Miller
%v_4
%2/8/22
%Calculates max qdot for a range of n and c1 values
%to do more I’d have to optimize a time-dependent progression
%I may do it later

%pdot = q1*q2*q
%qdot = m3Factor * s_n(chi)/sin(chi)
%s_n(chi) = chi * PI(k=1:n)(1-(chi/(k*pi))^2)

%==========================================================================
%start fresh

clear all

%==========================================================================
%human entry

%set number of purchases
steps = 1000;

%since the maximum number of purchases of each variable is all of the
%purchases, these can be set to steps
nDimension = steps;
c1Dimension = steps;

%not sure what to do with these yet
q1=1;
q2=1;
c2=1;

m1=4; %Milestone upgrade 1 level (0, 1, 2, 3, or 4)
m2=1; %Milestone upgrade 2 level (0 or 1)
m3=3; %Milestone upgrade 3 level (0, 1, 2, or 3)

%==========================================================================
%prelim calculations

nIndex=1:nDimension; %X axis
c1Index=1:c1Dimension; %Y axis

m1Factor = q1^(1+0.01*m1); %precalculate
m2Factor = c2^m2; %precalculate
m3Factor = 3^m3; %precalculate

chi = zeros(nDimension,c1Dimension); %preallocate for speed
sinterm = zeros(nDimension,c1Dimension); %preallocate for speed
s_n = zeros(nDimension,c1Dimension); %preallocate for speed
qdot = zeros(nDimension,c1Dimension); %preallocate for speed

%==========================================================================
%generate variables
%Normally I’d do all these with functions, but that’s harder to read

%blah blah blah arrays begin at 1 so I’m ignoring c1(0)=0

stepLength = 50;
basePower = 1;
offset = 1;

power=basePower;
c1steps=1;

c1(1)=offset;

for index = 2:c1Dimension
c1(index) = c1(index-1)+power;
c1steps=c1steps+1;
if c1steps > stepLength
power=power*2;
c1steps=1;
end
end

%chi
for n_index=1:nDimension %X
for c1_index=1:c1Dimension %Y
chi(n_index,c1_index) = pi.*c1(c1_index).*nIndex(n_index)./(c1(c1_index)+nIndex(n_index)/m3Factor)+1; %x=n, y=c1
end
end

%sin(chi)
for n_index=1:nDimension %X
for c1_index=1:c1Dimension %Y
sinterm(n_index,c1_index) = sin(chi(n_index,c1_index));
end
end

%s_n(chi)
for n_index=1:nDimension %X
for c1_index=1:c1Dimension %Y
s_n(n_index,c1_index) = chi(n_index,c1_index);
s_nk(1)=chi(n_index,c1_index)*(1-(chi(n_index,c1_index)/(1*pi))^2);
if n_index>1
for k = 2:n_index %Big Pi
s_nk(k)=s_nk(k-1)*(1-(chi(n_index,c1_index)/(k*pi))^2);
end
end
s_n(n_index,c1_index)=s_nk(end);
end
end

%qdot(chi)
for n_index=1:nDimension %X
for c1_index=1:c1Dimension %Y
qdot(n_index,c1_index)=m2Factor*s_n(n_index,c1_index)/sinterm(n_index,c1_index);
end
end

[M,I] = max(qdot(:));
[n_max, c1_max] = ind2sub(size(qdot),I); %Maximum values
qdot(n_max,c1_max);

%========================================================================================
%plotter
%========================================================================================

clear rows cols

maxSteps = steps;
minSteps = 1;
for stepsIndex=minSteps:maxSteps

nRange=stepsIndex;
c1Range=stepsIndex;

C=max(qdot(1:nRange,1:c1Range));
D=max(C);
[rows(stepsIndex), cols(stepsIndex)] = find(qdot(1:nRange, 1:c1Range) == D);

end

figure(1)
plot(rows, cols)
title(‘Peak Qdot’)
xlabel(‘n’)
ylabel(‘c1’)

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Common

Apropos of nothing, I really liked Common’s character Cassian in John Wick 2.

Cassian had an upper level he was capable of, but he didn’t go there. He could have. The character had ceiling in his will to violence, ceiling Clausewitz would have urged him to explore. And in his first meeting with John, when John basically admits he killed Gianna, Cassian goes nearly to that level, drawing and shooting in a crowd. But after that Cassian is subdued, playing with the line between repressed and controlled. I rarely see that.

It might have been more intense for Common to play a screaming psycho, but it would have been less enjoyable. The character wouldn’t have been as cool. For a series like the John Wick movies that are anchored in their shtick, it would have been the wrong move. Common played Cassian exactly right. He fit the texture of the story. His character matched.

I hope there’s no bad blood in there (between actors/directors/etc. in the real world). I’d love to see a John vs Cassian movie, just two assassins going at it.

The High Table could be supporting Cassian as a patsy. Cassian might even know and not care. But I’d like a full movie of those two trying to kill each other, set against the backdrop of assassin politics.

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EI&WSP

Without cost, the best purchase works out to be linear. There’s no cool backstepping or ommissions worth chasing.

I’m hunting around for typos, but it seems to match up with the game results pretty carefully. Perhaps including a cost function, there will be a way to beat the autobuyer.

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WordPress

I think it’s time to find an alternative to WordPress.

The techbros who write software have a hard problem recognizing anything that isn’t right in front of them. They update software in an annoying and less userfriendly way, but it solves some backend problems of theirs so they like the update. The users don’t, but the devs just say ‘you’ll get over it.’

And we do. We get over the software.

Facebook did this. Their user growth finally stagnated.

A few games I used to play did this. They’re all in the glide path now.

WordPress is making it more and more difficult for me to just do what I want to do. They shove me toward features I don’t want and take away features I do. ‘You’ll get over it,’ they say.

They’re right. I’m over WordPress.