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by ronaldx 13y ago
>And again, if you believe my assumptions are not sensible, replace them with your own and rerun the model. And again, I won't be doing that because I think representing the situation as a naive, untestable model adds zero value to
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by ronaldx 13y ago
The 'average' guy in the definition of MQ looks like someone who goes to the gym only 4-5 times per week rather than 7-8 times. I find it slightly offputting to show that as the baseline.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
It's a bit awkward to give a full answer to this, but this is to the best of my understanding and explained as simply as is reasonable: A small sample has less statistical 'power' to identify significant differences where the
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by ronaldx 13y ago
> unlike a mathematical model, your words are unclear. Given that, I would argue that my words are a better model for reality than mathematics :) > you probably want to alter that until it describes your beliefs rather than mine. Exac
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I recognise that I am not an expert in economics. I am certainly not good enough to presume that I can create a model that compares with cutting edge models. As a mathematician/computer scientist, I recognise that there is limited ben
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by ronaldx 13y ago
As a direct criticism, the choice of the Normal distribution adds nothing to the model other than acting as a cover for the author's choice of point estimates. I believe you would get the same results independent of the distribution. C
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by ronaldx 13y ago
As long as the situation is mathematically more complicated than the board game Go (for example), opinions probably beat code. Expert opinions certainly beat naive code. This is not to say that code cannot be valuable, but the justification
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Welcoming critique? I didn't get that at all. I personally think writing "shut the fuck up" removes any sense of critique being welcomed. The author does kindly gives us permission to critique as long as we accept his model -
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Consider what your next best alternative is and bid at an amount that makes it definitely worthwhile for you to give that up. It doesn't matter if that's i get everything and you get nothing in your opinion, because you are givi
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I agree with your definition mostly; however, I disagree with your conclusion. In this sense, economics is a science. Having a corpus of poor quality articles does not exclude you from being a science. Having dissenting groups, and areas wh
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Yes, except that I wasn't talking at cross-purposes and nor about countries. I was talking about inequality between individuals globally, because I think it's fundamentally a more important measure - and there is now far less glob
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by ronaldx 13y ago
And your reply reflects the attitude of someone who hasn't fully understood probability. Best wishes ;)
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Well done for experimenting and good luck :) I especially like #2 - Blocking ads is the only reasonable way for me to say "You don't have permission to show me ads". Let's say it's part of my Terms & Conditions
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by ronaldx 13y ago
"Rockstars" probably aren't going through traditional hiring funnels anyway, so don't worry about that. A negotiated trial period is typically good for both sides and probationary fire-at-will periods are often much long
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by ronaldx 13y ago
No, you're very badly mistaken. Are you a shill for an advertising company, by the way? Deciding to put ads on your work means you are primarily making money by serving people ads, not from what you create. You are now probably writi
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I'm not sure what you're trying to say, but I'm replying anyway. If there's a sudden gust of wind, say, there's a possibility you might draw a different tile than you would have otherwise. But, this wouldn't ma
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Do better. I'm serious. Do better so that you don't have to make money from ads.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Apart from all the other problems with QR codes, the tombstoning case (one of the failures here) is important in reality. Without that, you have to awkwardly scan from exactly the correct direction. The thing is, you surely could correct f
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by ronaldx 13y ago
OK, but globally inequality isn't growing, by many measures. Hans Rosling illustrated that this week[1]. World income now fits a more continuous curve compared to the rich- and poor- of the past. World equality has presumably been he
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Can this be used on real world (e.g. still life) objects? Outstanding.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I gather that it would be straightforward for individual bitcoin users to refuse to handle known-stolen bitcoins. Perhaps this is illegal already - under local handling of stolen goods laws. People would likely be inclined to take up this p
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by ronaldx 13y ago
If the same argument can be applied to software, it's not an argument against using JS.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
"a majority of science publications are wrong" As a scientist, I think this is probably correct. In my experience, a great majority of publications draw improper statistical conclusions, and I believe many of these are wrong in s
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I find the remarkable part more important than the failure. Best of luck for the future.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I could beat my younger sister at RPS every throw. I couldn't have told you exactly how I knew, but I knew what she had decided to play whenever she started to move her arm. So I would reveal before her and still win... that freaked he
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I read this comment and realised something. Although it's not particuarly my goal to work 80 hours a week: I would rather work 80+ hours a week in something that I valued and that complemented/benefitted my life, than work 40 hour
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by ronaldx 13y ago
> I Can't think of a single founder who blogged high quality original content consistently for more than two years that didn't turn his audience and readership into a successful company. This is statistical nonsense. You are un
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Right. PGP is enabled by the recipient, not the sender. If I release my public key (convincingly authenticated), it's up to the sender to take their time to use it.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
He does talks about the weight of the backpack (on page 2?) Personally, I used to be a messenger bags guy (cooler and more convenient access) but now I need two straps. As an adult, one-strapping gives me a near-instant headache (I wonder i
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by ronaldx 13y ago
The difficulty level increased in an unusually neat way for this type of game - at a pace which you could improve and keep up with. HN readers advised to start on 'expert' level.

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