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Re:Is Dark Mode Such a Good Idea? by mewpmewp2 on Friday June 12, 2020 @12:53PM (#23501136)
I don't think he is misunderstanding anything.

Using the average sometimes works, some times doesn't. Number of arms an average person has is less than 2.

Definitely check out the fighter jet seat problem.

Re:Is Dark Mode Such a Good Idea? by philipov on Friday June 12, 2020 @02:09PM (#23501965)
Mean is not a robust statistic, so that's why it's often better to use Median instead.
Re:Is Dark Mode Such a Good Idea? by dekhn on Friday June 12, 2020 @01:04PM (#23501284)
I did. Not impressed.
Re:Is Dark Mode Such a Good Idea? by mewpmewp2 on Friday June 12, 2020 @01:11PM (#23501364)
If 60% people perform better with light theme and 40% dark theme, average is going to be that light theme is superior. This doesn't make dark mode a bad idea.
Re:Is Dark Mode Such a Good Idea? by acrefoot on Friday June 12, 2020 @01:51PM (#23501781)
This is going to appear nitpicky, but the average preference is some average gray, neither dark nor light. The mode is light. That relates back to the fighter jet thing: if you’re going to build a non-adjustable cockpit, build one that fits (within some tolerance) the most number of pilots, not the average on every dimension.
Re:Is Dark Mode Such a Good Idea? by marcus_holmes on Friday June 12, 2020 @07:26PM (#23504957)
or, better, don't build a non-adjustable cockpit
Re:Is Dark Mode Such a Good Idea? by dekhn on Friday June 12, 2020 @01:52PM (#23501798)
IE, argmax, not mean
Re:Is Dark Mode Such a Good Idea? by dekhn on Friday June 12, 2020 @01:50PM (#23501774)
All you're saying is that means aren't informative if distributions are bimodal. Which is both totally true and completely missing the point.