skeptical900067

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by skeptical900067 7y ago
Andrew Gelman is quoted as saying that 2000 was the stone age in recognizing statistical error. Has statistics really come that far in 20 years?
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by skeptical900067 7y ago
I can't say it's terribly impressive, but I've collected my performance at 90% of my gym visits over the last two years. Sheets has been very convenient in keeping myself on-track. I'm thinking about taking a weekend to
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by skeptical900067 7y ago
I think the speech agrees with you, more or less.
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by skeptical900067 7y ago
On becoming a god in Central Florida and Chernobyl were both real solid. If we can go back a few years, so were The Young Pope and Mad Men.
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by skeptical900067 7y ago
Can anyone help me out in understanding how green energy is going to kneecap oil? I know the costs have gone down some, but iirc total oil energy produced/consumed is still orders of magnitude higher. Additionally, the margins on oil a
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by skeptical900067 7y ago
Thinkpad x220,IPS model, running xubuntu. Display is lacking, so I wouldn't use it for illustration work. Otherwise, it has been months since I opened my mbp.
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by skeptical900067 7y ago
>A copy of the painting can serve for viewing nearly as well as the original. Maybe for a lay-viewer. As an amateur realist painter, even the very best prints seem to lose 75-80% of the mark-making and process clues that are easily obser
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by skeptical900067 7y ago
I use the free fillable forms. Happy with it every year so far. If turbo tax makes them go away, I'll get real politically involved real quick.
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by skeptical900067 7y ago
What form? do you mean just sending letters to my reps?
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by skeptical900067 7y ago
I had hoped to see a comment like this about Vice higher up. I find that their content is usually insubstantial, and when it is otherwise, facts are presented or omitted staggeringly skewed fashion for maximum emotional engagement. In short
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by skeptical900067 7y ago
Iirc OSINT is information that is intentionally publically available, like county arrest records.
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by skeptical900067 7y ago
Ah thanks. You had me excited for a moment: classical methods for drawing were tedious, but rewarded my patience by improving my ability exponentially faster than other forms of practice. I had hoped for something similar WRT writing.
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by skeptical900067 7y ago
It was Microsoft.
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by skeptical900067 7y ago
I'm familiar with classical training for music (conservatories) and painting (ateliers, master/apprentice systems). I've never heard of classical training for writing. What does it entail? Where can I learn more about the met
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by skeptical900067 7y ago
Once every two months I'll vote 3-5 times in 'new'.
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by skeptical900067 7y ago
Those sound like big filters. Where are they installed, and how often do you replace? Or is that just pitcher volume?
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by skeptical900067 7y ago
Is this to say, "RS sometimes slept at the office to get more done, but the mattress weirded some people out" or "RS had a mattress in his office, which is evidence he used it to put female colleagues through unsavory casting
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by skeptical900067 7y ago
Except the videogame review department. Surprisingly objective and critical material there in a genre renown for quid-pro-quo.