ProfessorPeregrine

joined 2 years ago

Don't mistake aggregate with individual responses. In aggregate a survey sample might result in a sum of 98% are Muslim, Catholic or Jewish but no individual selected that sum. We could imagine a scenario where each individual chose one of those as a large majority, for example.

That said, it is true that many people really don't understand data and it's implications and tend to consistently overestimate many unlikely probabilities. Source: I teach statistics...

Some public water naturally has flouride in it without adding it. IIRC it was high flouride well water in Colorado that revealed its benefits You can also use flouride rinses or just not rinse after brushing. This doesn't help kids though, which as I understand it are the primary beneficiaries of flouride in waterr.

[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sorry friend, "Rubio" is a Hispanic name, so off to El Salvador he goes...no crime necessary.

[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Of course it is, along with the Administration ignoring a judge's order. The point is that this DOJ will not prosecute it. AG Bondi had made that clear.

[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Exactly who are you thinking would bring criminal charges? The DOJ certainly won't. His family might get some sort of civil judgement. Possibly a civil rights case filed with a state?

It can also be EXTREMELY long code to do something relatively simple. I bounce between base and ggplot, and use ggh4x for some oddly difficult stuff in ggplot.

[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That is one reason to do tariffs. However, as someone who's consulted in a variety of industries, it's stupid to do non-targeted tariffs like this. There's no way this is going to rebuild industry on shore in the US, exactly as you say. That takes years or decades to even build up an infrastructure and a supply chain, not to mention that, at least recently, we've had low unemployment rates and no one to work the jobs anyway.

The CHIPS act was a better way to do it. If you believe you need to re-onshore an industry, then give multiple years' warning before implementing tariffs and provide support for redeploying domestic production capacity. However, for some strange reason, the Republicans don't like that act.

[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 15 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I think your general point may be correct, but remember that tariffed countries don't pay anything, it is the US importers that pay and pass that along to US consumers.

BE NOT AFRAID...🙄

[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The guy behind Wing Commander (and my favorite game of all time, Privateer) has a mission based space flight game out next year. You can see the first hour of gameplay here: https://youtu.be/1H-0x4xk2Xk

Keep in mind, cutscenes are in-engine not pre-rendered.

My eyes are burned into my head due to someone using a pie chart on these data...

 

Hey, new to the Fediverse and thought I would put this out there.

If you teach stats or use stats in your job, you might be interested in using my GUI for R. I hope this doesn't count as an ad, since it is free.

I like how versatile R is, but I hate remembering how to type in what I already know it can do.

So I wrote an app.

You can tell I am not a programmer or a computer scientist (I am an engineer, industrial researcher and occasional teacher) but it works to do the basic to the moderate stats you probably use all the time.

It is free. I just put some of my blog posts and books on the splash page. If you register I only send you info about the app.

Let me know if you would like any enhancements. I continue to add stuff to it until I can do most of what the practical researcher would need.

 

Internal emails highlight how an advertising company can use its in-house resources to oppose public policy proposals.

One of the world’s largest advertising firms is crafting a campaign to thwart a California bill intended to enhance people’s control over the data that companies collect on them.

According to emails obtained by POLITICO, the Interpublic Group is coordinating an effort against a bill that would make it easier for people to request that data brokers — firms that collect and sell personal information — delete their dossiers.

 

US District Judge Tanya Chutkan said that she plans to put serious limits over how sensitive evidence is handled in the Donald Trump 2020 election interference case, in a dramatic hearing Friday in Washington, DC, that could set the tone for the upcoming trial.

The former president has a right to free speech, but that right is “not absolute,” Chutkan said. “Mr. Trump, like every American, has a First Amendment right to free speech, but that right is not absolute. In a criminal case such as this one, the defendant’s free speech is subject to the rules.”

 

I can't figure it out.

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