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[WWGD]

I find information needs some kind of framework to sit in if it's to stay in my brain. Agreeing holiday dates with my wife used to be dreadful because she'd say stuff like "how about the 25th July to 1st August" and I would have no idea how far in the future that was or how long it was or anything. The raw dates seem to mean something to her. I just can't process it that way. Now I've learned that I need to have a calendar in front of me. I have a good idea what my work "looks like" and I can check dates against that as long as I have a table of dates in front of me.

I think it's why I like science and programming. It's all structured information; it fits together and reinforces itself.

I agree with you and others in this regard, but there also seem to be some mindsets where the mind is particularly receptive and can absorb just-about anything while in them. I have tried to understand these states better so I can put myself in them , but I have not gotten very far in this regard. Mayble alpha?

 

[fresh_42]

... there also seem to be some mindsets where the mind is particularly receptive and can absorb just-about anything while in them. I have tried to understand these states better so I can put myself in them ...

You mean a toddler?

 

[WWGD]

You mean a toddler?

? No, states of mind. I guess $\alpha, \beta$ , etc. Mental states where/when you can absorb anything. But these states set in without any (conscious) control, and only maybe people with very specialized skills can consciously enter into them or trigger them.

 

[fresh_42]

I think we're usually in such a state as long as we're younger than, say 6, maybe sometimes a little bit more. From there on ... To achieve something you've described, we would probably need a good portion of a Tibetan monk and eventually some chemicals. It's not really a western state of mind.

 

[WWGD]

I think we're usually in such a state as long as we're younger than, say 6, maybe sometimes a little bit more. From there on ... To achieve something you've described, we would probably need a good portion of a Tibetan monk and eventually some chemicals. It's not really a western state of mind.

Seems kind of cruel that toddlers have the needed state of mind but not the necessary knowledge/context and viceversa for adults.

 

[fresh_42]

55 m to go and I'll approach this state of mind

 

[WWGD]

They have a street called "Prince St". I suggest having a cross street called " The Revolution", so that you can be at "Prince and the Revolution" . They also have a street name " Spring St" , where they could have a business called "een", so it is Spring St een (Bruce).

 

[fresh_42]

How about a bar in NYC named "99 Bottles of Beer"? Probably not financeable at this location, though.

 

[WWGD]

How about a bar in NYC named "99 Bottles of Beer"? Probably not financeable at this location, though.

I think they do have a place with a similar name. But my $ situation does not allow me to do much bar-hoping.

 

[fresh_42]

I think they do have a place with a similar name. But my $ situation does not allow me to do much bar-hoping.

Just found a Random Road ... What must have happened to call it this way?

 

[WWGD]

Just found a Random Road ... What must have happened to call it this way?

It may be someone's last name, as in Random Publishers, which I think has the same origin. Sorry, it is Suntag Nicht and I am too lazy to do a (non-random) search for it.

 

[jim hardy]

Honest there's an intersection in Palm Beach "Prosperity Farms Road" and "Easy Street" ...

 

[WWGD]

I can do some correlated subqueries and some aggregates but doing a combo of both ( including joins) took me like three weeks.Finding the sum of highest invoices of companies in each state. Fun but exhausting. Clearly not on Easy Street...;).

 

[StoneTemplePython]

it is Suntag Nicht

doch!

Just found a Random Road ... What must have happened to call it this way?

First guess: Wilson's Algorithm of course.

Second guess: Drunkard's Walk?

 

[WWGD]

Congrats, @russ_watters on the Eagles' victory last night.

 

[fresh_42]

Congrats, @russ_watters on the Eagles' victory last night.

<> I first had been happy that Gronkowski was in the line-up. Then I saw how the Eagles' defense dealt with it and that the Patriots' pass defense was basically not existent. All in the first quarter, and the half-time result wasn't very promising either. But I had a little hope for the 4th. However, I fell asleep during Timberlake only to awake afterwards seeing my hopes had been all in vain. </>

 

[WWGD]

<> I first had been happy that Gronkowski was in the line-up. Then I saw how the Eagles' defense dealt with it and that the Patriots' pass defense was basically not existent. All in the first quarter, and the half-time result wasn't very promising either. But I had a little hope for the 4th. However, I fell asleep during Timberlake only to awake afterwards seeing my hopes had been all in vain. </>

Wow, I thought (US) Football was not very popular outside US ( I am assuming you are not that much of an outlier in that regard)

 

[fresh_42]

Wow, I thought (US) Football was not very popular outside US ( I am assuming you are not that much of an outlier in that regard)

They had even live reporters in the stadium, and not the usual idiots, but actually experts.

 

[Psinter]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screw_drives

So many types and sizes . I wonder how much it will cost to have a screw driver for each type and size. And to make it more complex, there's magnetized and non-magnetized!

*Goes to store, buys one of each type and size* ... *Uses only a couple of them*

 

[WWGD]

Another example of how/that Math is useful in daily life. Probabilities. Someone was going through Yelp in order to find a professional for hire. I went over the search with her, I noticed the highest ranking one, which she was considering, had some 150 ratings, and all of them 5 stars out of 5. I argued, using the Binomial with even p=0.95 , the probability of 150 ratings _all_ being 5 out of 5 was less than one in a million http://stattrek.com/online-calculator/binomial.aspx

 

[Ibix]

Just found a Random Road ... What must have happened to call it this way?

"The rolling English country road... laid by the rolling English country drunkard..."

 

[StoneTemplePython]

Another example of how/that Math is useful in daily life. Probabilities. Someone was going through Yelp in order to find a professional for hire. I went over the search with her, I noticed the highest ranking one, which she was considering, had some 150 ratings, and all of them 5 stars out of 5. I argued, using the Binomial with even p=0.95 , the probability of 150 ratings _all_ being 5 out of 5 was less than one in a million http://stattrek.com/online-calculator/binomial.aspx

What was the verdict then? Too good to be true / rigged? (I didn't see a prior here...)

 

[WWGD]

What was the verdict then? Too good to be true / rigged? (I didn't see a prior here...)

Yes, too good to be true . First, must have p=0.95 , then must satisfy people at a 100% rate. Even when someone is extremely good there are those who will nitpick for one reason or another. Rare that none of some 150 people had something to complain about. EDIT: I tried to consider the caveat that those who are satisfied are more likely to comment than those that are not, but this does not seem to bear out in general in Yelp or other review sites.

 

[skyshrimp]

I like to do a fry up for lunch.

I slowly fry 4 rashes of thick smoked bacon in butter to release the smokey bacon fat. Then I add quartered mushrooms, two hash browns, a halved tomato and three eggs in the smokey bacon fat butter combo. I salt the eggs and plate all of that tasty goodness. Then I fry a slice of thick, white bread to soak up the remaining fat. I deep fry French fries, making sure it's very hot first to get them crispy and salt them too. All washed down with a glass full to the top with ice and a fizzy drink.

It's all really healthy of course due the tomato, hehe.

 

[Borg]

I'm trying to decide if that is deadpan humor or deathpan humor.

 

[fresh_42]

I'm trying to decide if that is deadpan humor or deathpan humor.

I missed the molten cheese ...

 

[WWGD]

I missed the molten cheese ...

I miss it too. And I heard it misses us. And it misses the mrs's.

 

[WWGD]

I wonder why when I hear anything about Japan, I never hear anything about rivers*?

* I don't mean Joan.

 

[WWGD]

Interesting article and dataset on proving that !Q in males has larger variability than in females. A ratio of variances passes the F-test ( Ratio of Variances) even at the 0.01 significance level, though result is not politically-correct nowadays because some use it to explain why there are more male CEOs -- tho it may also explain why some 93%+ of prison population is male -- the left tail is fatter in males , just like the right tail. . The site is not politically neutral, but it sticks to the data, as I saw it. .http://www.aei.org/publication/statistical-tests-shows-greater-male-variance/ Hope it is acceptable to post this; let me know otherwise.

 

[fresh_42]

Interesting article and dataset on proving that !Q in males has larger variability than in females. A ratio of variances passes the F-test ( Ratio of Variances) even at the 0.01 significance level, though result is not politically-correct nowadays because some use it to explain why there are more male CEOs -- tho it may also explain why some 93%+ of prison population is male -- the left tail is fatter in males , just like the right tail. . The site is not politically neutral, but it sticks to the data, as I saw it. .http://www.aei.org/publication/statistical-tests-shows-greater-male-variance/ Hope it is acceptable to post this; let me know otherwise.

Here's a famous book titled: Why men can't listen and women can't park. There are a lot of things to be said for why there are differences. The problems start, if those differences are evaluated which is always biased. Anyway, I know if I say "A" and a woman says "B", I'll put my money on "B", whatever it is.