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Re:Survivorship Bias by devdad on Friday April 21, 2017 @11:07AM (#14166231)
Some students would have to start at 600 meters with led shoes and weights in their hands. And another group should get to start at 200 meters on bikes.
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Re:Survivorship Bias by xxs on Friday April 21, 2017 @11:14AM (#14166280)
when I read 'led shoes', I thought of the one that literally have LED on them and flash/glow. Then I realized it was meant to be the lead element (Pb), that's actually pronounced (led)...

Also typing/pronouncing/using 'LED lights' makes for a great tautology. ("Light emitting diode" lights)

English is weird, sometimes.

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Re:Survivorship Bias by jdmichal on Friday April 21, 2017 @03:07PM (#14168393)
That's RAS Syndrome -- redundant acronym syndrome syndrome.

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

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