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That falls pretty clearly into the first bucket the parent listed, "Help write lots of code"
Re:Why are sex workers forced to wear a financial scarlet letter? on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @12:25PM (#33009847)
Prostitution has been legal in Amsterdam since 2000, so a good percentage of the current sex workers were born into that world. Has someone done a case study on the long term effects?
Re:Dear Chess World on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @03:46AM (#32992578)
Is criminal activity as a minor used as evidence in Adult trials? I feel like that should hold less water
Re:Dear Chess World on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @02:53AM (#32992229)
It seems like ELO skill ratings fall apart when comparing players of two different eras, since ELO Ratings involve the skill level of your opponents too.

Maybe a better metric would be running both players games through a computer to see the "%best move" metric?

Re:The Unsolved Mystery of the D-Day Puzzles on Monday August 30, 2021 @01:17PM (#28358166)
Seems like statistics would help figure out if it was coincidence. What are the odds that ~6 months worth of daily crossword answers will contain 6-7 specific commonly used words?