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For anyone curious, MCMC = "Markov chain Monte Carlo" - the article doesn't actually tell you what it stands for until a number of paragraphs down. (This is a
by alekratz 2y ago
For anyone curious, MCMC = "Markov chain Monte Carlo" - the article doesn't actually tell you what it stands for until a number of paragraphs down.
(This is a massive pet peeve of mine - if you are going to call something "X for dummies", don't bury the lede! Tell me what "X" is as soon as possible, especially if it's an acronym!)