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by youainti 3y ago
I grew up in a house that had 3 back doors, a front and a garage door. Turns out that multiple remodels really messes with layouts. Where to put your shoes was a big issue
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by youainti 3y ago
The process in which a treatment is administered might change the way people behave, changing outcomes. Trials with control groups are easier to justify as having avoided these issues. If you're interested in learning more, I would rec
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by youainti 3y ago
Those were also small molecule drugs which are relatively simple to produce compared to modern large molecule drugs (biologics such as modern insulin, mrna vaccines, humira, many cancer drugs, etc.)
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by youainti 3y ago
Bayesian approaches alone are not enough to establish causality. I say this as someone using bayesian approaches in a causal analysis. Causality is intricately linked to the processes that underly how data is generated. Two different proces
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I understand that this is the approach being taken by bluesky social.
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by youainti 3y ago
Really disappointed that this happened.
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by youainti 3y ago
Because you can't opt out. Lenders want to know about bad financial behaviors (indicators someone might not be trustworthy) to avoid a "market for lemons"[1] problem. So, they contract with these rating agencies to provide ex
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by youainti 3y ago
Blog mostly used by Andrew Gelman, a well known Bayesian Statistician. I find it interesting as well.
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by youainti 3y ago
A local backup can be accessed nearly instantly in case you are pressed for time.
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by youainti 3y ago
I'm surprised you're the only one saying this. Being locked into a good mortgage or rental situation requires a significant increase in pay (with some job security) to offset the risk of moving.
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by youainti 3y ago
Thank you for that in depth reply. I learned something new by reading it. I guess I had never considered the community and norms aspect to reducing false positives in abuse detection.
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As an economist, thanks for using a proper price/shortage example.
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Thanks for the link, that was a fascinating read.
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It is surprisingly true. Debt is a way of life for many people.
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Or require another virgin birth like the 2012 doomsday one.
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by youainti 3y ago
To be pedantic, 100km/h is the arithmetic mean. Of course this is the wrong tool to use (which is your point) but 100km/h is the correct answer if by mean you intend to say arithmetic mean.
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If you are wanting lists of medical words in English I would recommend taking a look at the National Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Headings (Mesh) thesaurus. Other useful tools include RxNorm (related to US pharmaceuticals) or
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There's a good reason we got rid of that regulation. With limited geographical dispersion, local bank runs could be really damaging. But yes, too big to fail is an issue, but small and easy to fail is another.
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by youainti 4y ago
Tie this into ntfy.sh and you've got the phone notification.
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I use it to link my computer in my office, home pc, laptop, home server, and phones.
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How did you do that? Do you have an app you recommend?
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The "jungle" primary you speak of is in use in Washington state.
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by youainti 4y ago
Yep. I like to think of the statement "A controlled failure is often a success".
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> Can someone ELI5 what exactly is immutable in an OS? I'll do my best. An immutable OS has a set of core features which are updated with a way to roll-back if the update fails. The idea is that the core doesn't generally get t
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by youainti 4y ago
My understanding is that "material" is a technical term in accounting. A "material" effect is one that will have a noticable impact on the business. Example: $100 missing from a single petty cash account would have almos
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by youainti 4y ago
Is that a reference to Shakespeare, i.e. "beware the ides of march"?
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by youainti 4y ago
Thank you for such a great explanation. I found it to be really useful.
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Not really. Money is created but it is created by the fractional reserve baking model where banks borrow from people who are willing to lend for short periods of time (depositors) and lend to those who are looking to borrow in the long term
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by youainti 4y ago
This may become possible soon. Login.gov is an SSO provider for the federal government.
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Wow. I've never noticed it until but yeah, that is how things are for me too.

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