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Re:Pythagorean Means on Monday March 20, 2023 @01:02PM (#35234742)
I only knew of the arithmetic mean until I came across the harmonic mean while studying F-scores in binary classification.

To me, the arithmetic mean makes the most intuitive sense, and I can't get an intuitive grasp of the harmonic mean and geometric mean yet. Are there any other areas they are used in?

Re:Ask HN: Any resonably good alternate search engines? on Saturday April 16, 2022 @02:53AM (#31050198)
Have you tried Kagi Search? I've been using it for a while and it's pretty good. The search time seems to be around 0.2s on average, which is noticeable. The search results seem relevant and I like the customizability.

The only downsides are that you have to sign up for their private beta, which takes a while, and that it will be subscription-based upon their official launch.