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Comment #42008740
Don't have a reference on the top of my head, but the main idea is as follows: The definition of MGF of a random variable with PDF f(x) is E[e^{sX}] = int_{-inf}^{inf} f(x) e^{sx} …
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Comment #42006554
One can also think of probability generating functions as (flipped) Z transforms, moment generating functions as (flipped Laplace transforms), and characteristic functions as Fouri…
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Comment #41231793
Is this just risk seeking behavior (in contrast to risk sensitive)
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Comment #41221207
They are significantly different!
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Comment #40470394
I found their reviews to be a bit too rosy and not highlighting the weak points of the products properly. But I do not find them to be biased. The most honest source is Voja's My D…
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Comment #40463490
Some links: https://www.reddit.com/r/ereader/s/ZpVE0dTM98 https://www.reddit.com/r/eink/s/LonNpgGAIF https://www.reddit.com/r/eink/s/YqUXfrZhnm https://www.reddit.com/r/eink/s/xmur…
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Comment #40461439
FYI: goodereader has a bad reputation in the eink world. Their reviews are fair but their shop is borderline scam.
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Comment #40461389
Ratta (SuperNote) does not have front light. At least the A6X that I have. I don't think that the new version (Nomad) has a front light either.
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Comment #39435127
'A' can be reused!
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Comment #39426319
Therefore, likelihood ratios! (Or log likelihood ratios)
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Comment #38160003
It will be fascinating if there were a way for you to record the actual time when you do eat lunch (without the time being revealed to you; say a Rasberry Pi where you press a swit…
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Comment #37556115
The same way that one would use markdown :-) (you JS libs or TikZ or Metapost packages).
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Comment #37553199
I use ConTeXt, and it is relatively simple to get each environment to whatever you want (plus you can code everything in Lua).
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Comment #37549664
I often wonder, if one is going to add such tags anyways, why not directly use LaTeX, ConTeXt, XML, ... for example \begin{conccurrent}{Hacker News Thread} I'm writing in an HN thr…
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Comment #37276417
Is it possible to generate the planner for A6X. The customization options do not seem to mention page size.
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Comment #36963421
A bit attraction of _tiling_ WMs is ... automatic tiling of windows. Does Gnome do that (haven't used it seriously in about 2 decades)?
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Comment #36478880
Curious as to why you thought that this was an ad? Julia Evans has written a bunch of such zines in the past as well and they are quite informative
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Comment #36376088
Only Wisconsin. Canadian universities usually have .ca rather than .edu
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Comment #35549809
Note that context also support for spreadsheet like calculations in tables, so it could perhaps be translated at markup level.
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Comment #35433573
But printing them, would take some time and paper.
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Comment #34604680
I am a long time Linux desktop user (20+ years) but am still forced to keep a copy of windows around to use Adobe Acrobat for filling and signing forms. I have tried various Linux …
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Comment #34498164
Unicode math input works out if the box in Context and (I believe) also in lualatex + unicodmath package.
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Comment #34269918
Julia also has x |> f as a syntax sugar for f(x) and is useful for the same reason as Mathematica.
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