pcrh

77 ms·

841.
by pcrh 11y ago
Why would it not apply in this case? The sample isn't particularly large, and we don't know the extent of possible selection biases. For example one obvious bias is that the sample is restricted to data sent through Docsend, thus
842.
by pcrh 11y ago
Do you actually know what the "true" range is? The data presented is a sample, the "true" distribution might be different from what is shown, and if you start 'cleaning" the data based on subjective judgements,
843.
by pcrh 11y ago
Simply removing "outliers" just because you don't like them isn't a rigorous approach.
844.
by pcrh 11y ago
I suspect it also has to do with traditions in finance. Due diligence, audits of accounts, etc, are a integral part of how education in finance is conducted. Also, it is easy to do the basic arithmetic and see if proposals "add up&quo
845.
by pcrh 11y ago
Scientific research has shown that modification of behaviour and perceptions can be achieved without surgical or pharmaceutical intervention. This goes by the name of psychotherapy. In particular, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has been
846.
by pcrh 11y ago
"...the mean age of Nobel Prize winning achievements since 1980 is 48 y." http://www.pnas.org/content/108/47/18910.full
847.
by pcrh 11y ago
What is the difference between what you wrote and saying "95% of the observed differences would be equal to or less than..." The p-value (in my understanding) makes a prediction about what would occur if the experiment was repea
848.
by pcrh 11y ago
Awesome finding, I hope it is confirmed soon. Many neurodegenerative diseases are known to involve an immune component, but how that might occur has been a mystery. It has very significant implications for diseases such as Alzheimer's
849.
by pcrh 11y ago
Virgin is a bit of an exception. At the beginning it merely chartered aircraft run by others; it was a branding exercise rather than managing and running aircraft. Conglomerates like GE do anything and everything, but the companies cited in
850.
by pcrh 11y ago
It makes you wonder what the determinants of success are for a Chinese business. Would you trust cars made by Nike, if they suddenly started making them, or a airline run by the Hilton Group?
851.
by pcrh 11y ago
The author was contrasting Fajans approach with that adopted by two previous anthropologists, who had abandoned the tribe as "boring" or "unstudiable".
852.
Survivorship Bias(youarenotsosmart.com)
4 points by pcrh 11y ago|0 comments
853.
Dutch honor Americans’ graves in display of gratitude(washingtonpost.com)
5 points by pcrh 11y ago|0 comments
854.
by pcrh 11y ago
>Emphyteusis That sounds similar to the freehold/leasehold system that exists in the UK. In this the owner of a piece of property can sell a leasehold, which is the right to exclusive use for a set period of time (nowadays it is us
855.
by pcrh 11y ago
I lived in SF for years, and I don't ever remember seeing its flag... although the motto (Oro en paz, fierro en guerra -- Gold in Peace, Iron in War) is common (e.g. on Police badges), I kind of liked that it was in Spanish too. https
856.
by pcrh 11y ago
So now Google is the Uber of Amazon...?
857.
by pcrh 11y ago
It isn't so bad. Tampering with mail is a federal crime.
858.
by pcrh 11y ago
Sure, but its a small step in the right direction. Outright parallel construction is evidently illegal, and if is caught would be a major embarrassment. The other problems are age old and not specific to internet surveillance.
859.
by pcrh 11y ago
The difference isn't so much whether they conduct surveillance, within or on the edges of the law, but whether they can use whatever information they find. If the information that is found cannot subsequently be used to (legally) furth
860.
by pcrh 12y ago
From that comment the key advantage appears to be the ability to collect blood without requiring a trained phlebotomist.
861.
by pcrh 12y ago
The VA is a big consumer of medical services.
862.
by pcrh 12y ago
I'm skeptical that there is anything massively different between the technology Theranos uses and that used by existing clinical diagnostic labs. Their greatest claim, as least in the popular press, appears that they can do these tests
863.
by pcrh 12y ago
It's rather ironic that American psychiatrists should consider genocide to be the product of unusual minds (rather than, say, unusual circumstances). The Westwards expansion of their own country was based on the same principles as leb
864.
by pcrh 12y ago
You could take in a few select students as well. Then maybe award them a certificate of completion (a "degree", if you will). In exchange, they would maybe make a small contribution towards the running costs.
865.
by pcrh 12y ago
>Contact us (click) >The Startup Generator is a collaboration between Tiffany Zhang and Mike Bradley. Girl is not a real company. Just in case you get too excited! :-)
866.
by pcrh 12y ago
In addition to the math and statistics described by others here, a better understanding of biology has helped solve some problems in ethics. For example the beginning and end of personhood; the beginning is not before the fusing of gamete
867.
by pcrh 12y ago
Frequently when philosophers solve a particular problem, it moves out of the realm of pure philosophy and into more "practical" fields, such as mathematics, the natural sciences, justice, or politics.
868.
by pcrh 12y ago
Some more information on this site: http://www.frodsham.com/burgess-regulator/
869.
by pcrh 12y ago
Perhaps it was this article [1]. It's fascinating how the cure for scurvy had to be invented twice. [1] http://idlewords.com/2010/03/scott_and_scurvy.htm
870.
by pcrh 12y ago
Concurrent --> competitor

More ›