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Re:The Demise of Scientific American on Monday January 03, 2022 @06:34AM (#29779730)
Sorry, I meant assume instead of infer. *not english native.
Re:The Demise of Scientific American on Monday January 03, 2022 @06:31AM (#29779706)
I respected SA for that. And I think it was on topic for them given the anti-science sentiment transpired from one of the sides. And science will always be political.
Re:The Demise of Scientific American on Monday January 03, 2022 @05:25AM (#29779257)
When you sample a population you infer the type of distribution and try to sample it in a way that respects the distribution properties, because that can have a great impact on the results.

I'm afraid most people here criticizing her normal distribution remarks are oversimplifying it much more than her.

Re:David Zucker reflects on "Airplane!" in 2021 on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @05:27AM (#28916319)
caption: this was a joke about Zucker's inability to cope with the changing times.
That wasn't so bad compared to some other services. But I agree it should be easier.
Re:Block The New York Times on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @05:01AM (#26075695)
They aren't. The only people thinking that are radicalized/extremist people or people coming from an academic thesis/reflection (perfectly valid). But the latter is not something you get on this site and I'm sure is not related to the link.