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adiM

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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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