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Re:Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astro... by throwaway4220 on Monday July 25, 2022 @11:27AM (#32225710)
To me it’s like when they say xy stock plummets (by 5%)
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Re:Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astro... by prewett on Monday July 25, 2022 @05:59PM (#32231491)
Heh, I'd be fine with that. Usually it's "XY plummets because of ... (XY: -1%)". From my non-statistically informed observations, 1% is basically the noise floor, so saying "because" is misleading at best. At least 5% is pretty rare.
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