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IMHO this feels like quibbling as the author doesn't make clear when this would actually make a difference.
by itronitron 9y ago
IMHO this feels like quibbling as the author doesn't make clear when this would actually make a difference.
- princeb 9y ago> the author doesn't make clear he makes the point across several points (4, 6, and 7 and maybe 1) which is that using a power law gets tail estimates very badly wrong (or they fit the tail and then get the distribution of the rest of the domain wrong).