No Spanking, No Time-Out, No Problems

Re:No Spanking, No Time-Out, No Problems by tw04 on Sunday December 04, 2016 @09:11PM (#13102946)

So you didn't bother to read my post? Because I never once said it never happens/is universal law. I said it is the majority of the time... you know, exactly what you just said.

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Re:No Spanking, No Time-Out, No Problems by maxxxxx on Sunday December 04, 2016 @09:29PM (#13103004)

You were not very precise with your numbers. You say "99%", "9 out of 10" and "very rare". To a lot of people these mean "negligibly small". With dog training, child rearing and most everything else in life you increase your chances for success by a lot if you follow certain rules. But let's not look down at the people who fail. It may be their fault or it may not be their fault.

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Re:No Spanking, No Time-Out, No Problems by geon on Monday December 05, 2016 @12:16AM (#13103531)

How are 99 % or 9/10 not precise numbers?

And "very rare" was a comment on "99 %", not a quantity on its own.

HN is the one place where I expect readers to interpret numbers literally.

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Re:No Spanking, No Time-Out, No Problems by hueving on Monday December 05, 2016 @05:57AM (#13104662)

Are 9/10 and 99% the same number to you?

Would you describe a random number generator outputting 5 when picking between 1 and 10 as "very rare"?

1/10 != 1/100 != "very rare"

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Re:No Spanking, No Time-Out, No Problems by geon on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @04:01AM (#13113221)

They are for separate things.

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