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Probability Theory: The Logic of Science by ET Jaynes was the book that made statistics and probability theory finally make sense to me. Before reading this book, I was already fam…

> Well, we took the "slack" out of the system and sold it. Without really being aware of its value. I think this is the key insight, on this specific topic and many others.

> Isn't a tenth huge? DOGE is brand new so I'm honestly surprised they have done so much. A tenth of one percent. So not 10%, but 0.1%.

The study found reduction in life expectancy to be 6.78 years for males and 8.64 years for females. I wonder what could contribute to that difference.

The title is ambiguous. It might sound like it is about > "GrapheneOS on Pixels" getting "extended Android support" But it is really about > GrapheneOS (commenting) on "Pixels gett…

There is a book about it: "Bullshit Jobs" by the late anthropologist David Graeber.

Qubes has an excellent security model and should a top choice (if not _the_ top choice) for security-minded and technologically sophisticated users. I used Qubes for a year or two,…

Try this gift link to the article: https://wapo.st/3CeK2hk

There is something wrong with some of those numbers. For example, take 7-Zip Compression 22.01. The CPU Power Consumption Monitor chart states: AmpereOne: Average 278.72W EPYC: Ave…

Summary: Real estate properties in Florida are increasingly at risk due to climate change. Established insurers ran their numbers and noped out of Florida quickly. New low-quality …

I am not the person you asked, but I have been on a similar path to improve my statistical literacy. For context, I am fairly good at math generally (used to be a math major in col…

Is it still the case that "at the border" actually means "anywhere within 100 miles of the US border"? https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone

A meta-comment: whether an advice is good or bad should not be assessed based on a specific outcome. You can follow a good advice and end up with a bad outcome. Similarly, you can …

And readthenotes1 is just playing along by pretending to be stupid (due to reduction of IQ that kelseyfrog jokingly took credit for).

> Bingo. Nobody who ever won a Nobel Prize, competed in the Olympics, or, in Joseph's Heller's case, wrote several novels that each took years to complete ever got up in the mornin…

IIRC on ThinkPad keyboards, the 6-key navigation block (arrow keys + pgup & pgdn) has a lower baseline -- the bottom of the block is lower than the bottom of the rest of the keys o…

I am new to these kinds of lightweight low-complexity deployment systems. Can you point me to a few other good projects? Thanks!

The absolute terrible thing about leaded gasoline is that they were already aware of several other additives (including ethanol, IIRC) that have the desired anti-knocking propertie…

Google has not released the March update for Pixel 6, 6 Pro, and 6a.

On my Pixel 6a running stock Android 13, the setting is under Accessibility > Color and motion > Color correction > Grayscale. No separate app and no development mode needed.