What’s one thing you believe everyone should try at least once in their life?

[jross]

Skydiving - The adrenaline rush and perspective from free-falling thousands of feet above the earth... Have been twice, likely thrice coming up.

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Raise a child for unparalleled responsibility, love, and patience.  It will change your perspective on life.

[lisa morales]

Skydiving on the back of an instructor is kind of gay.  

[headshuck]

Hang-gliding shoulder-shoulder with an instructor didn’t feel like it.

[lisa morales]

Hang gliding is different.  Parachuting hugging an instructor is weak.

[El Luchador]

This thread makes my life feel uneventful. 

[ionel]

Proving the normal distribution sums to one.

[ionel]

Looping a PT-17 Stearman.

[headshuck]

Looping a PT-17 Stearman.

For real?

On the other end of the spectrum, I was invited to a Northwest Airlines (Delta now) private 747 simulator tour. They let us play, so I was able to do a loop on a 747 and not crash.

[ionel]

Just now, headshuck said:

For real?

Yes

1 minute ago, headshuck said:

On the other end of the spectrum, I was invited to a Northwest Airlines (Delta now) private 747 simulator tour. They let us play, so I was able to do a loop on a 747 and not crash.

Friend of mine's neighbor commercial pilot had a full simulator, can't remember if 747, 737 etc, in basement.  Invited me over to fly it.  Really regretted never took him up on it before we moved.  

[JimmySpeaks]

4 hours ago, lisa morales said:

Skydiving on the back of an instructor is kind of gay.  

Not if she’s hot it’s not 

[El Luchador]

49 minutes ago, headshuck said:

For real?

On the other end of the spectrum, I was invited to a Northwest Airlines (Delta now) private 747 simulator tour. They let us play, so I was able to do a loop on a 747 and not crash.

I knew some of the techs who worked on those simulators they could fly anything.  Many had more hours than some pilots.

[headshuck]

I knew some of the techs who worked on those simulators they could fly anything.  Many had more hours than some pilots.

One of your tech friends probably enabled my tour. All hours assigned to tech. Genius!

[jross]

6 hours ago, lisa morales said:

Skydiving on the back of an instructor is kind of gay.  

I would not know.

But I also disagree.

[Tripnsweep]

Realizing that honeydew is the money melon, not cantelope. 

[mspart]

Some say trying durian is something everyone should do.   I disagree. 

Some people regard the durian as having a pleasantly sweet fragrance, whereas others find the aroma overpowering and unpleasant. The persistence of its strong odour, which may linger for several days, has led some hotels and public transportation services in Southeast Asia, such as in Singapore and Bangkok, to ban the fruit.

I have walked by a fruit market in KL and there was  pretty strong odor that was not pleasant.   I assumed that was the durian fruit. 

mspart

[jross]

Fasting for 24+ hours.

[jross]

Travel to a developing country. 

[WrestlingRasta]

2 hours ago, jross said:

Travel to a developing country. 

A lot of perspective comes from such a journey. 

[El Luchador]

On 5/28/2025 at 5:57 PM, ionel said:

Proving the normal distribution sums to one.

I don't understand this, are you referring to the pareto distribution?

[ionel]

12 hours ago, El Luchador said:

I don't understand this, are you referring to the pareto distribution?

No the Normal Distribution 

For defining Normal Distribution suppose we take f(x) as the probability density function for any random variable X.

Also, the function is integrated between the interval, (x, {x + dx}) then,

f(x) ≥ 0 ∀ x ϵ (−∞,+∞),

_-∞∫^+∞ f(x) = 1

[jross]

I think @ionel is literally suggesting that everyone should show the proof behind normal distribution summing to 1.

For me, simply understanding the math language is enough to try once.

  

1 hour ago, ionel said:

f(x) ≥ 0 ∀ x ϵ (−∞,+∞)

For every number ( x ) you can think of (from super tiny to super huge), the machine ( f(x) ) will give you a number that’s at least 0 or more. You can never get a negative chance!

• f(x) - function notation.  A function is like a machine that takes one number and gives you another number in return.
• ≥ 0 - the value returned from the function will be greater than or equal to 0
• ∀ - For all, "for every single one"
• x - the variable (or placeholder) the function will operate on
• ϵ - Element of (or “in”, or "is part of", or "belongs to"
• (−∞,+∞) - Interval (range of numbers) from negative infinity to positive infinity

1 hour ago, ionel said:

_-∞∫^+∞ f(x) = 1

When you add up all the probabilities across all possible numbers, they total exactly 1 (or 100%)

• ∫ - The integral sign means to Sum up a bunch of small things (numbers in this case)
• −∞
  +∞
  • Limits of integration (starting and ending points) tell us the range of numbers we're adding up, from negative infinity to positive infinity
• f(x) - function notation.  A function is like a machine that takes one number and gives you another number in return.

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Proving math things is something we should leave to Ionel.

[fishbane]

On 5/28/2025 at 5:24 PM, headshuck said:

Hang-gliding shoulder-shoulder with an instructor didn’t feel like it.

Norm MacDonald once said that when his son was first born it was the most exciting thing that ever happened to him.  Then six months later he went hang gliding and that was way more exiting.

[headshuck]

Norm MacDonald once said that when his son was first born it was the most exciting thing that ever happened to him.  Then six months later he went hang gliding and that was way more exiting.

It’s super stressful running towards a cliff and hoping the wind is just right to catch your wing so you don’t fall to your death.

[Le duke]

Skydiving - The adrenaline rush and perspective from free-falling thousands of feet above the earth... Have been twice, likely thrice coming up.
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Raise a child for unparalleled responsibility, love, and patience.  It will change your perspective on life.

Try getting some tangled in someone else’s parachute on the way down.

(No, I do not recommend this)


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[jross]

Go to Waffle House on Christmas.

Give $100 tip to the waitress.