firstinstinct

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   by firstinstinct 7y ago

   at the end of the comments of the post http://varianceexplained.org/r/teach-tidyverse/ compare base R: var1 <- "pounds" var2 <- "wt" mtcars[[var1]] <- mtcars[[var2]]/1000
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   by firstinstinct 7y ago

   What I see clearly is that is not a good option to begin with R inferno, except when you are a fighter prepared to learn at any cost.
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   by firstinstinct 7y ago

   A related post is http://varianceexplained.org/r/teach-tidyverse/
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   by firstinstinct 7y ago

   Put a lot of false food for the squirrels and estimate the squirrel population by how much false food they try to eat. False food: It looks like fruit but taste very bad, it is suppose only one bite for each animal.
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   by firstinstinct 7y ago

   I cannot remember. I emailed him about some results, he said they were interesting, but later I discovered those results were already published. I told him : I will throw them to trash. Very impolite from my part!, that must be 20 years ago
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   by firstinstinct 7y ago

   Long time ago I failed to solve this conjecture. Nice to see it have been solved. I shared some email with S. Hetdetniemi about some special cases. Good old times.
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   by firstinstinct 7y ago

   Perhaps the reason is they think they will be left behind?
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   by firstinstinct 7y ago

   Related: Our first instinct is far too often wrong (finantial times, 10 May 2019, Tim harford, pay walled article). Another related article: Heads or Tails: The Impact of a Coin Toss on Major Life Decisions and Subsequent Happiness Steven