chuankl

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by chuankl 9mo ago
Probability Theory: The Logic of Science by ET Jaynes was the book that made statistics and probability theory finally make sense to me. Before reading this book, I was already familiar with Bayesian probability, having finished (among oth
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by chuankl 1y ago
> Well, we took the "slack" out of the system and sold it. Without really being aware of its value. I think this is the key insight, on this specific topic and many others.
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by chuankl 2y ago
> Isn't a tenth huge? DOGE is brand new so I'm honestly surprised they have done so much. A tenth of one percent. So not 10%, but 0.1%.
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by chuankl 2y ago
The study found reduction in life expectancy to be 6.78 years for males and 8.64 years for females. I wonder what could contribute to that difference.
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by chuankl 2y ago
The title is ambiguous. It might sound like it is about > "GrapheneOS on Pixels" getting "extended Android support" But it is really about > GrapheneOS (commenting) on "Pixels getting extended Android support&
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by chuankl 2y ago
There is a book about it: "Bullshit Jobs" by the late anthropologist David Graeber.
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by chuankl 2y ago
Qubes has an excellent security model and should a top choice (if not _the_ top choice) for security-minded and technologically sophisticated users. I used Qubes for a year or two, and then realized that my main use case was to isolated the
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by chuankl 2y ago
Try this gift link to the article: https://wapo.st/3CeK2hk
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by chuankl 2y ago
There is something wrong with some of those numbers. For example, take 7-Zip Compression 22.01. The CPU Power Consumption Monitor chart states: AmpereOne: Average 278.72W EPYC: Average 311.64W But the fine print under that same chart state
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by chuankl 2y ago
Summary: Real estate properties in Florida are increasingly at risk due to climate change. Established insurers ran their numbers and noped out of Florida quickly. New low-quality insurers came in and filled the vacuum. Established rating a
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by chuankl 2y ago
I am not the person you asked, but I have been on a similar path to improve my statistical literacy. For context, I am fairly good at math generally (used to be a math major in college decades ago; didn't do particularly well though I
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by chuankl 2y ago
Is it still the case that "at the border" actually means "anywhere within 100 miles of the US border"? https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone
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by chuankl 2y ago
A meta-comment: whether an advice is good or bad should not be assessed based on a specific outcome. You can follow a good advice and end up with a bad outcome. Similarly, you can follow a bad advice and end up with a good outcome. This i
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by chuankl 3y ago
And readthenotes1 is just playing along by pretending to be stupid (due to reduction of IQ that kelseyfrog jokingly took credit for).
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by chuankl 3y ago
> Bingo. Nobody who ever won a Nobel Prize, competed in the Olympics, or, in Joseph's Heller's case, wrote several novels that each took years to complete ever got up in the morning and said "I've done enough." I
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by chuankl 3y ago
IIRC on ThinkPad keyboards, the 6-key navigation block (arrow keys + pgup & pgdn) has a lower baseline -- the bottom of the block is lower than the bottom of the rest of the keys on the keyboard. So it is still easy to find the arrow k
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by chuankl 3y ago
I am new to these kinds of lightweight low-complexity deployment systems. Can you point me to a few other good projects? Thanks!
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by chuankl 3y ago
The absolute terrible thing about leaded gasoline is that they were already aware of several other additives (including ethanol, IIRC) that have the desired anti-knocking properties. But they went with tetraethyl lead anyway because it is
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by chuankl 4y ago
Google has not released the March update for Pixel 6, 6 Pro, and 6a.
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by chuankl 4y ago
On my Pixel 6a running stock Android 13, the setting is under Accessibility > Color and motion > Color correction > Grayscale. No separate app and no development mode needed.