bss03

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Moon Dust⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Not every error bar represents a Gaussian, if for no other reason that most error bars aren’t symmetric.

  The error bars for small sample size relative to population size are Gaussian.

  Error due to a non-representative sample can have a variety of shapes, but their distribution might also be unknown. We do frequently, almost implicitly, assume unknown distributions to be Gaussian, but we should recognize that’s not necessarily a true fact about the universe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Moon Dust⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a very non-reprrsentative, very small sample. The error bars in the statistical inference to the whole population includes both “very common” and “one-in-a-million”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The roses, of course. Ow.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  When I started it was more of a walk (2.0 mph; 30 minutes), but it still wore me out.

  Now, I do a 7min mile on Wednesdays, try to get my 5k @ 2% incline down to 28 minutes on Satruday (did ~32 minutes yesterday), and try to get a 10k in under the “club limit” of 1hr on the treadmill on Sunday (did 6.15 mi. in 1:02:00 [2 minute cooldown] today).

  It’s the best way to get my recommended weekly cardio I’ve found.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The roses, of course. Ow.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t kill the part of you that’s cringe, kill the part that cringes.

  – Kabona Drawfee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The roses, of course. Ow.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Same… and my back no longer hurts after I started running. The back pain actually went away before the weight did.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What the fuck⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My fave minimalist loss: :.|:;

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are American cops allowed to be morbidly obese?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the subway stabbing is the main focus of the Cracked video I linked. But, maybe it’s a different subway stabbing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are American cops allowed to be morbidly obese?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “protect and serve” is copaganda, since SCOTUS ruled on en.wikipedia.org/…/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia in late 1981. “Fun” animated video to describe same: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAfUI_hETy0

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨kiwis!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a prior source to refute that: www.arjen.eu/2011/09/how-to-prepare-a-kiwi/ /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for the perfect 5 year anniversary gift?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “you’re just another evil ex waiting to happen”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel attacked⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess running. About 4 years ago, I started on the treadmill with an exhausting 30min/mi. Earlier this week I completed my first 7min/mi. Along the way, I added a 28min/5k@1.5% and am working on a 60min/10k (today did 62min/10k).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone else⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ISTR that canonically, Earth is under non-interference by The Culture (except for Special Circumstances) as a “control group”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rule 34 rule⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just FYI: rule34.xxx/index.php?page=icame

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨$80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree, but when you wouldn’t let Aspyr do a Linux port for BL3, I stopped being a “real fan”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Understanding your target audience when marketing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Make sure and get your colonoscopy this year.

  It’s an old meme, sir, but it checks out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon gets a call from his past⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  she then has a free ticket to get the guy for 18 years of child support

  He is definitely on the hook for child support because the child deserves those benefits, and that’s the way it should be.

  Shared custody / co-parenting often reduces the raw financial burden, but the child still needs parenting and support, and if she’s the only one putting in time, then under Capitalism, he has to put in money.

  Also, in many states, if the child gets governmental benefits based on being in a low-income family, the state will often aggressively seek out the other parent, even if the primary parent doesn’t really want to deal with them.

  I’m not defending male rape, but I am defending taking care of all humans since none of us asked to be born. If the child (and everyone else) got UBI, there would be less (or no) reason for child support payments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uncultured⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  ^ This ^ is where I learned the word “aglet” and (looked up) what they were. First time I found them in Terraria, I thought surely it was a typo for “anklet” or something, since that was back in the beta days.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a fighter⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I did 1 mi. in 7:19 today.

  I have done 9.2 mph in some 1-2 minute sprints for HIIT.

  I’d want somewhere soft to land (when the treadmill threw me) and a first aid team ready if I were to even attempt 12 mph!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If it's good enough to keep your house warm, it's good enough to keep your insides warm⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Nihilistic optimism or bust.

  I’m still working on the optimism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The pipeline⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s “choosing the easy option” and “being soft”. There’s no deeper meaning that I can discern.

  Evidently, “real men” choose “hardship” so they are ready when “hardship” chooses them?

  Also I think the pictured “(Alpha Male)” account is intentional satire of the Tates of the world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, thanks...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was about to downvote the AI slop, but your reply gave it enough context that Imma leave it alone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, thanks...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Alpha, the one after Gen Z, which is after Millennials, which is after Gen X, which was named that not because it was the 24th, but because they didn’t have a good name so they used X as a placeholder for an unknown name.

  Generations are slightly bullshit tho. Birthdate definitely matters, but it more of a continuum / spectrum than discrete generations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Oh god': There's a buried Steam help page that shows how much money you've ever spent on the platform, and you may not want to know⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t they make all their money on hats?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I reverses the natural flow of the conversation.

  Why is top-posting so bad?

  Top-posting.

  What’s the worst thing I can do when writing a reply to the mailing list?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  1. No, we can test groksponk without flibbertygibbet. But, when rolling to production, flubbertygibbet will need to be in place before grokspunk due to how the gonksponk end-user documentation is written (at least, for now).

  2. Oh, sorry, “doohicky” is how me and my team call them. They are actually <link to ISO specification for purchase>, specifically chapter 4, section 2 (in my 2012 copy it is titled “Hippydip Operations and Serialization”). Hopefully that connects well with the existing goober documentation, but let me know if you need further details/clarification.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  On average a communication has more readers than writers, so it is better for writer(s) to use effort in order to save effort on the behalf of the reader(s).

  This was especially true in the days of mailing lists and me having to beat TOFU users about the head with a clue-by-4. But, it remains true today. The median communication might be 1 to 1, but it’s much more frequent for additional readers to be added that additional writers, so maximum effort with writing is still true.

  But, man, it is annoys the heck out of me when I compose informative, contexual email/SMS with several open-ended questions and get back: “yes”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I lost 6 to 10 years of my retirement last week!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m kinda in the middle. I think so far my balance is about the same as it was 1 year ago, so I lost at least a year worth of progress. The slide is probably not over, yet, tho.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tron: Ares - Official Poster⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I enjoyed legacy. It wasn’t the movie I was expecting, and it has rough parts, but overall I found it fun, particularly the action scenes and the sound track.

  I will also plan to see this one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨p r e s s u r e⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you saying that under enough social pressure anyone will revert to the gender binary? (j/k)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let me be *perfectly* clear...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  CW: Visible notochord.