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Why does designing a simple A/B test seem so complicated?(win-vector.com)
2 points by erehweb 11y ago|0 comments
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R in a 64 bit world(win-vector.com)
43 points by erehweb 11y ago|13 comments
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by erehweb 11y ago
This and many other interesting stories can be found in cartoon form in "The Big Book of Hoaxes: True Tales of the Greatest Lies Ever Told!" (Factoid Books)
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A Peep into the Speed of Light(blog.education.nationalgeographic.com)
1 points by erehweb 12y ago|0 comments
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Why Pilots Still Matter(nytimes.com)
7 points by erehweb 12y ago|0 comments
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by erehweb 12y ago
Had a friend who worked in Energy Efficiency for a U.S. state. It was a real struggle for them to get people to switch traffic lights over to LEDs from incandescents, even though the LEDs were superior - lot of risk-aversion.
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Jed's List of Situation Puzzles(kith.org)
5 points by erehweb 12y ago|0 comments
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by erehweb 12y ago
Re "Any other use of this telecast or any pictures, descriptions, or accounts of the game without the NFL's consent is prohibited." - maybe someone should write to the NFL to ask their permission to talk about the game with t
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by erehweb 12y ago
A 10 is overstating it, I think. Netflix gives reasons for why they collect the data (recommendations, continue watching cross-device, ...). Given the Netflix prize, I don't think we can be too surprised that they're collecting
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by erehweb 12y ago
Where are you located? With inflation very low in U.S. and Europe, I wouldn't see point of that.
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by erehweb 12y ago
Yes, non-U.S.-flagged, which is almost all cruise ships.
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by erehweb 12y ago
See the Jones act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920 which forbids this. Means that cruise ships can't go from one U.S. port to another. http://www.cruiselawnews.com/2011&#x
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East of Palo Alto’s Eden(techcrunch.com)
209 points by erehweb 12y ago|123 comments
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by erehweb 12y ago
As your link states, most of AOL's revenue in fact comes from content. Most of the profit comes from dial-up.
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by erehweb 12y ago
Embedding xls in ppt sounds like a good idea. At the moment, though, the only two use cases I can think of are: (1) Inadvertently generating Powerpoints that are far too large, or (2) Making it easier for attackers to take over your system
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by erehweb 12y ago
We really need to say more than just "N = 32". If you're tossing coins, and the treatment group gets 16 heads, that's a significant result. Not saying that's the case for this particular study, but general point i
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Sorry, but Could You Think of a Worse Combination Than These Two Brands?(techcrunch.com)
1 points by erehweb 12y ago|0 comments
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by erehweb 12y ago
San Francisco has recently passed the Fair Chance ordinance - http://sfgsa.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=12136 - a step towards limiting disclosure of previous convictions.
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by erehweb 12y ago
A couple of minutes Googling leads to this article http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/768914_1 which links to American Assembly of Men in Nursing, which is doing just what you say. Also has interesting notes on how n
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by erehweb 12y ago
If you're interested in this topic, you may enjoy the alt-hist comic book "Ministry of Space", set in a world where the UK space programme is much more successful.
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by erehweb 12y ago
Are you apathetic to: - whether your fellow countrymen go to war? - who gets to marry? - abortion rights? If you are, then that's your right, but please don't act surprised when people who care about these things get irritated.
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by erehweb 12y ago
Is statistical analysis useless for soccer? No - Australia was unlikely to win the world cup. Is the 538 model a good enough one? No - when we have two events it thinks are extremely unlikely (this and Netherlands-Spain 5-1), we should su
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In the rental market, Craigslist may be undisruptable(sfgate.com)
2 points by erehweb 12y ago|1 comments
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by erehweb 12y ago
Even a sample size of 5 allows us to reject some claims. Consider claim - "this die is fair". If it comes up a six 5 times out of 5, we're justified in being suspicious.
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by erehweb 12y ago
Interesting theory, but why buy the house in SV rather than more affordable L.A.?
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by erehweb 12y ago
The philosopher Wittengstein has something to say about this, in part of a discussion of formal logic. He says contradictions are not as bad as you might think. "Or suppose that there is a contradiction in the statutes of a particular
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When Dead People Open The Mail(adexchanger.com)
1 points by erehweb 12y ago|0 comments
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by erehweb 12y ago
Is writing being similarly affected? Seems like it would be interesting to know? Further research would be useful? Edit: Of course, a joke. But note that an article title currently on front page "How to tell when someone is lying?&q
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France Could Create A Developer Visa To Support French Startups(techcrunch.com)
13 points by erehweb 13y ago|5 comments
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A day at sea(sortieenmer.com)
4 points by erehweb 13y ago|2 comments

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