HexesofVexes
@HexesofVexes@lemmy.world
Why, a hexvex of course!
- Comment on She is making a GREAT point 2 days ago:
Erm…
I think there are errors on both parts here…
1.9/170 is about 1.1176%. 4 decimal places is still an unacceptable level of rounding here, but it’sa damn sight better than 0/1 decimal place. Both of you were off on this.
It is definitely right to split rape and sexual assault, they’re very different crimes - combining them is double counting which is a poor faith tactic used to inflate numbers.
1.1176% per year DEFINITELY does not translate directly to that for a lifetime. To put it into context, if you have a 1% chance of being shot each day (assuming BINS) you have a [(0.99)^365]*100% (or 2.6%) of not being shot at all that year - note binomial is not appropriate for rape odds calculations but it’s a nice example of how low odds per year DO NOT translate to low odds per lifetime.
Self report is absolute garbage - it’s the worst form of stat gathering and often leads to socially advantageous answers being given. Using self-report stats as a keystone to an argument is dangerous at best.
The “known rapist” is a tricky one, as it depends how you define rape. Sex under the influence of alcohol you later regret - tricky to place in the at home (you knew them enough to go home with) vs stranger (did you really know them). While it’s nice to give clear cut numbers, this isn’t a clear cut scenario.
/Statsrant
Seems to me you both care about this topic - sounds to me like you should both go data hunting and explore the topic together. Two opposing perspectives makes a great paper, and you generally learn more!
My two cents - being alone with someone is always risky. Trying to assign which is riskier (men or women) is foolish, it creates the dynamic of “men vs women” rather than the desired “everyone vs rapists”.
- Comment on Great to see some actual progress over there 1 week ago:
Tiny Truss Tower?
- Comment on Ok, boomer 1 week ago:
Managed this as a millennial - had absolutely nothing to do with my parents helping pay half my deposit. Nope, absolutely nothing to do with that whatsoever.
- Comment on ANTI PEE PAINT 1 week ago:
Not so much in London, and usually you need to pay for the public ones.
- Comment on one bright second 2 weeks ago:
We live in but a bright second, yet are determined to fill it with darkness unending.
- Comment on Mary E. Brunkow, one of this year's Nobel Prize winners in Medicine, has only 34 published papers and an H-index of 21. 3 weeks ago:
The three pathways for most academics
Option 1 - shit out a large pile of bad (either misleading, over-sensationalised, or just clearly partial work) papers, but get funding to do the same for another year.
Option 2 - work hard to create a quality paper, run out of time, no more funding, off you go to industry.
Option 3 - take a teaching intensive role and never have any time for research, oh and also get paid less than in industry.
- Comment on In this essay... 4 weeks ago:
Ehh…
So, it’s more a case that the system cannot prove it’s own consistency (an system cannot prove it won’t lead to a contradiction). So the proof is valid within the system, but the validity of the system is what was considered suspect (i.e. we cannot prove it won’t produce a contradiction from that system alone).
These days we use relative consistency proofs - that is we assume system A is consistent and model system B in it thus giving “If A is consistent, then so too must B”.
As much as I hate to admit it, classical set theory has been fairly robust - though intuitionistic logic makes better philosophical sense.
- Comment on Have you seen it? 5 weeks ago:
There’s the future we all need
- Comment on Sexualized video games are not causing harm to male or female players, according to new research 1 month ago:
How dare you! You can’t throw facts at puritanical arguments; that’s illegal.
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- Comment on How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027) 1 month ago:
Hi intel management system, you can be thrown into abnormal states where you sit there eating glue.
- Comment on How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027) 1 month ago:
Eh, just means it isn’t plug and play. Once you have the hardware, you are the admin.
It may get tougher, but it’ll never be impossible.
- Comment on Losing my resolve 2 months ago:
"How do I share my screen?’
“Ctrl+shift+H”
- Comment on Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told 2 months ago:
Staunch conservative - wants a totalitarian state.
Nothing newsworthy there.
- Comment on Parallel Empires 2 months ago:
I miss thicker netbooks. Easy enough to repair most things, and it had every port you could ever want.
I hate the new “ultra-light” fashion. Give me thick, durable, powerful, and ported!
- Comment on Young men are struggling in a slowing job market, even if they have college degrees 2 months ago:
2008 2, the next “once in a lifetime” financial crisis.
- Comment on THIS is always the correct response 2 months ago:
Honestly, I’ve used “hey, can we keep it to friends” a lot over the years. Partners I’ve more earnestly turned down have sat there and quizzed me nonstop as to why, some have turned violent, and then there are the quiet ones that just slander you continually. Emotional blackmail is the bare minimum I’ve expected over the years.
The amount of absolutely insane women out there is beyond frightening.
- Comment on GOG NSFW Giveaway 2 months ago:
If I can buy a game on Gog I do - their lack of DRM, Linux ports, and prices just make me happy.
- Comment on Oh yes... 3 months ago:
Laughs in going to bed at 3am in my late 30s
- Comment on Itch.io is delisting NSFW games due to pressure from payment processors 3 months ago:
Those ladies are really unpopular at the moment.
Still, it further highlights just how much power over law payment processors have - a worrying thought that the morality of a company (influenced by problem life nuts) dictates international law.
- Comment on Anon loves The Lord of the Rings 4 months ago:
A genuinely heart warming story that deals with strong themes of love and friendship in a way that made a genuine impact?
Undertale.
- Comment on Dune game 4 months ago:
But we already have dune video game at home.
- Comment on Who did this 😂😂😂 4 months ago:
It’s on my old netbook, it will never leave.
That thing is nearing 20 now I think!
- Comment on Who did this 😂😂😂 4 months ago:
Shit, I’m old…
- Comment on X's new 'encrypted' XChat feature seems no more secure than the failure that came before it 5 months ago:
I saw xchat and felt hope…
- Comment on I feel attacked 5 months ago:
Hey… Wanna go down the geometry rabbithole?
It has points at infinity, area as a function of angle defect, a triangle whose angles sum to 0…
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
The big issues with age gaps is mostly down to protective probability. By 30 most folks are experienced enough at life to make up their own mind.
Hope it goes well for you both!
- Comment on Don't ask for more pixels 5 months ago:
Microcosmic example. Take 3 people - a newborn (A), a professor of biology (B) and a professor in philosophy ©.
You’re easily able to argue that both professors are more intelligent than the newborn (A<B and A<C). However, you’re unable to establish (in any meaningful way) whether B<C, or C<B; even B=C is out. This is because both professors have knowledge the other does not, so trying to meaningfully equate or order them in relation to one another is an act of futility.
This is a fun example of a partial order that most of us see every day (in a less extreme form).
- Comment on Everyone loves some good food; 5 months ago:
Someone woke up this morning and chose violence.
- Comment on You just want a break sometimes 5 months ago:
So do I, but not everyone is so lucky!
