ProfessorPeregrine

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[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think it is at least in part, that few and fewer people in the general public actually understand how a variety of technologies work. It's all magic to them, so if a CEO promises some crazy thing that an expert knows is bogus, most of the people aren't critical because who knows, it might be possible.

[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Women get unwanted pregnancies by not being educated or misinformed about how sex works, so sure, educate everyone in Sex Ed . But women get unwanted pregnancies in lots of ways that Sex Ed won't stop, including failed contraception and rape. And there are a large number of reasons to have medical abortions available including ectopic or other high risk pregnancies. Hence the poster relying to you saying both is fine, but "just" Sex Ed is a terrible idea.

[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 12 points 4 months ago

It's not stupid. Anyone reading needs to know where a statement or conclusion comes from in case they need to check and see how that conclusion was reached in the first place.

Ha, while funny it still doesn't work. If we use an interval scale with zero degrees Lat defined as 16 degrees Celsius, how many times hotter is zero degrees Lat than-1 degrees Lat? If you are using "temperature comfort" as your underlying property,, zero had to be the university defined "lack of all comfort" which I don't think you will find. Subjective comfort is notoriously difficult to make into ratio scale. Pain measurement is a well- known example.

[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 12 points 5 months ago (4 children)

This is an example I use when I teach data types. It happens because the scale (F or C) is an "interval" scale. Its zero is not based on the absence of the property it is measuring, so you can't apply a multiplicative transform to it like, "double".

It is like lining up by height, calling the shortest person the standard and measure height of everyone else from that. So, the next tallest might be 2 cm, the next 4cm. But clearly the person we are calling 4cm is not twice the height of the person we called 2 cm.

Truly you are a connoisseur...

Point for "gripping hand" reference

Also brilliant....😀

[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Not a movie, but the series Cosmos.

"We are a way for the universe to know itself." -Carl Sagan

Historical sword-making, modern metallurgy, practical stats and experimental design. How to structure a business in a not-dumb way that treats employees as people.

[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 23 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Majority in House but 60 votes in Senate are needed to avoid a filibuster, which will require some Democrats.

 

Internal emails highlight how an advertising company can use its in-house resources to oppose public policy proposals.

One of the world’s largest advertising firms is crafting a campaign to thwart a California bill intended to enhance people’s control over the data that companies collect on them.

According to emails obtained by POLITICO, the Interpublic Group is coordinating an effort against a bill that would make it easier for people to request that data brokers — firms that collect and sell personal information — delete their dossiers.

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