ColFrancis

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by ColFrancis 2y ago
As a first pass definition it does well to explain the concept. Even if you're interpolating you will need to rank the samples and find the two nearest neighbours to interpolate between. It serves to distance it from the moment-based s
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by ColFrancis 2y ago
The quartiles are defined by doing the sorting and splitting algorithm. So if you want quartiles (or any other quantile generally) you need to calculate it that way. The mean and standard deviation (sigma) are fundamentally different, which
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by ColFrancis 2y ago
For what it's worth, you've convinced me that my beloved box plots need to be explained if I want to use them again. The SVG you've provided clearly shows that the box plot splits the data in 4. The interquartile range (IQR)
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by ColFrancis 3y ago
As I understand it, it's more that the mathematical functions aren't specified by the standard. There is no sqrt instruction. So you stard with a taylor approximation, then maybe do a few rounds of Newton's method to refine t
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by ColFrancis 4y ago
Sure, punish the recklessness to remove the moral hazard. You can both make sure people don't starve and align the incentives. If you don't then next time it will be worse.
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by ColFrancis 4y ago
I know this is a very late reply, but I'm curious. How often does it align that the functional argument that you want to specify is in the correct position of the argument list that you get to make use of this feature? The times that I
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by ColFrancis 4y ago
> l_add needs the arguments passed one at a time. We never see this syntax with multiple parenthesis in Python. It works and it has many benefits built in, but it would be a paradigm shift to expect pythonistas to start writing their pro
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by ColFrancis 4y ago
It's tricky. I find it a little sad that regional accents are disappearing but it's a process that's been happening for a long time. The trouble is that there's real benefits for having certain accents and you can't
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by ColFrancis 4y ago
> Majority of the streams are gone. In Australia that's typical for many reasons. Are you sure they're not just seasonal flows?
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by ColFrancis 4y ago
Yikes, 260 character path names can be a real pain. Please support sensible path names or at least tell me why you can't read or write to a file. Often you just get a "can't write to that file" error message, or worse, &
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by ColFrancis 5y ago
I think the example problem has many issues with it which confuse the issue. There is a pervading assumption that more slices is better. What if Alice only wants 5 slices? Then her fall back is quite close to what she needs but also she doe
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by ColFrancis 5y ago
I cannot run it "permanently". Basically, I can run it along the floor but not hidden at all as that counts as installing. https://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/diy_cabling_-_read_this_before...
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by ColFrancis 5y ago
A genuine question, from someone who doesn't have the option: would you prefer to have it banned?
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by ColFrancis 5y ago
I've noticed a lot of turns at traffic lights are getting explicit red arrows. A solid green light without an arrow means that you need to give way to pedestrians and other vehicles if turning. It feels to me no one is looking any more
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by ColFrancis 5y ago
Warning labels, perhaps not. But in Australia I cannot run Cat6 for "safety". I might electrocute someone with the 12V and must get a licensed professional to do the work for me. A label warning that high voltage is inside is fine
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by ColFrancis 5y ago
Jobs shouldn't be a limited resource.
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by ColFrancis 5y ago
Funnily enough, I really struggled going to Java and python coming from C++ originally. What do you mean I don't know if I'm getting a copy? The semantics of passing something to a function were so confusing and I was never sure i
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by ColFrancis 5y ago
He almost got there in the end, but he stopped short. The plough will break. Then what? Do you know how to make charcoal and how to make a forge? What about replace the steel that's rusting around you? Beyond the technology traps, we&#
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by ColFrancis 5y ago
Regardless of reality, perception of reality is more important for this. The boss can think the worker is wrong, and can react with a > That's stupid, it won't work due to X, we're going with Y or a > Thanks for the fee
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by ColFrancis 5y ago
> The poor get poorer not because tech startups get richer. Not that Uber has made any money, but it's certainly dropped the price of taxis and their market. Someone got poorer.
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by ColFrancis 6y ago
I get the feeling sometimes that language is unstable in the absence of outside forcing. Stupid, moron, retard. People start using them as a pejorative and so a new neutral term is required. Lavatory, toilet, water closet, bathroom. People
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by ColFrancis 6y ago
Thank you, my brief research led to a list of versions that had R 1.0 as 2000, but it appears that v0 lasted a good many years. Pandas as well was in v0 for many years so it is the better comparison to use like-for-like.
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by ColFrancis 6y ago
Genuine question: How is this different from a F1 engine where each piston head is crafted for each cylinder in the block? When you go high performance things that look like they're a commodity become one-of-a-kinds as you push them ri
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by ColFrancis 6y ago
R is from ~2000, while pandas started in 2011. Is it possible that the lack of compute power had an effect on the required performance characteristics?
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by ColFrancis 6y ago
Yes, it would. But right now the long term maintenance of the A380 is shaky despite Airbus still being around. Devils advocate to long term maintenance with a large company: they could just stop caring about you as a customer or refuse to s
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by ColFrancis 6y ago
The idea is that if it's small enough to fail, then the incentives are much stronger to avoid failure. If it's too big to fail, why would they put effort into avoiding failure? So yes, buying from a small enough to fail company co
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by ColFrancis 6y ago
Just checking, even though you likely know. The numpy arrays really only pay off when you vectorise your calculations. Don't expect any speed up if you're still using list comprehensions. A vector operation is just where instead o
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by ColFrancis 6y ago
In this case if they create enough supply to match demand the price will fall as they are no longer "limited supply". They would far rather leave money on the table than push it too far and lose the value proposition entirely
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by ColFrancis 6y ago
> At those Texan speeds, managing to stop a sixteen wheeler on ice would be a miracle. So what you're saying is they should have been going slower due to inclement weather?
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by ColFrancis 6y ago
> constant logarithmically incrementing indicators Exponentially increasing? 10^3, 10^6, 10^9, 10^12 (I kind of hate being that guy , but I mean it in a positive and helpful sense)

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