I disagree with Geyer on this. Burn-in may not be necessary but often is for the type of inference that most people are familiar with. But these days, who car

I disagree with Geyer on this. Burn-in may not be necessary but often is for the type of inference that most people are familiar with. But these days, who cares? I can fit a highly parameter used model on my 6 year old MacBook Pro with Stan just fine. If I want some extra juice I can rent an EC2 or Droplet.