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As a first pass definition it does well to explain the concept. Even if you're interpolating you will need to rank the samples and find the two nearest neighbours to interpolate be…

The quartiles are defined by doing the sorting and splitting algorithm. So if you want quartiles (or any other quantile generally) you need to calculate it that way. The mean and s…

For what it's worth, you've convinced me that my beloved box plots need to be explained if I want to use them again. The SVG you've provided clearly shows that the box plot splits …

As I understand it, it's more that the mathematical functions aren't specified by the standard. There is no sqrt instruction. So you stard with a taylor approximation, then maybe d…

Sure, punish the recklessness to remove the moral hazard. You can both make sure people don't starve and align the incentives. If you don't then next time it will be worse.

I know this is a very late reply, but I'm curious. How often does it align that the functional argument that you want to specify is in the correct position of the argument list tha…

> l_add needs the arguments passed one at a time. We never see this syntax with multiple parenthesis in Python. It works and it has many benefits built in, but it would be a paradi…

It's tricky. I find it a little sad that regional accents are disappearing but it's a process that's been happening for a long time. The trouble is that there's real benefits for h…

> Majority of the streams are gone. In Australia that's typical for many reasons. Are you sure they're not just seasonal flows?

Yikes, 260 character path names can be a real pain. Please support sensible path names or at least tell me why you can't read or write to a file. Often you just get a "can't write …

I think the example problem has many issues with it which confuse the issue. There is a pervading assumption that more slices is better. What if Alice only wants 5 slices? Then her…

I cannot run it "permanently". Basically, I can run it along the floor but not hidden at all as that counts as installing. https://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/diy_cabling_-_read_this_bef…

A genuine question, from someone who doesn't have the option: would you prefer to have it banned?

I've noticed a lot of turns at traffic lights are getting explicit red arrows. A solid green light without an arrow means that you need to give way to pedestrians and other vehicle…

Warning labels, perhaps not. But in Australia I cannot run Cat6 for "safety". I might electrocute someone with the 12V and must get a licensed professional to do the work for me. A…

Jobs shouldn't be a limited resource.

Funnily enough, I really struggled going to Java and python coming from C++ originally. What do you mean I don't know if I'm getting a copy? The semantics of passing something to a…

He almost got there in the end, but he stopped short. The plough will break. Then what? Do you know how to make charcoal and how to make a forge? What about replace the steel that'…

Regardless of reality, perception of reality is more important for this. The boss can think the worker is wrong, and can react with a > That's stupid, it won't work due to X, we're…

> The poor get poorer not because tech startups get richer. Not that Uber has made any money, but it's certainly dropped the price of taxis and their market. Someone got poorer.

I get the feeling sometimes that language is unstable in the absence of outside forcing. Stupid, moron, retard. People start using them as a pejorative and so a new neutral term is…

Thank you, my brief research led to a list of versions that had R 1.0 as 2000, but it appears that v0 lasted a good many years. Pandas as well was in v0 for many years so it is the…

Genuine question: How is this different from a F1 engine where each piston head is crafted for each cylinder in the block? When you go high performance things that look like they'r…

R is from ~2000, while pandas started in 2011. Is it possible that the lack of compute power had an effect on the required performance characteristics?

Yes, it would. But right now the long term maintenance of the A380 is shaky despite Airbus still being around. Devils advocate to long term maintenance with a large company: they c…