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Comment · 8 months ago
oh, interesting, I assumed the data came from interruptions (that seemed obvious) but I'm surprised you had some specific negative measurements. How do you decide the magnitude of the number? Just counting how long both parties are talking?
Comment · 8 months ago
I assume 0 delay is the minimum here, and a median of 0 means over half of the data are exactly 0.
Comment · 1 year ago
Yeah, I recently upgraded to the 9a from the 4a for $250 USD and am still really enjoying Pixels. I might just be out of the loop on what's available, but I can't imagine many other phones at this price are competitive.
Comment · 2 years ago
Yeah, it was a pretty big change actually. You're right though, the conversation didn't change much even as access to healthcare did change.
Comment · 2 years ago
I'm an American mathematician and have always allowed the codomain of a random variable to be any measurable space. I haven't noticed anyone mention random elements. I don't work in probability though, so maybe people directly in the field care more.
Comment · 2 years ago
I didn't know what a duvet was until I was an adult. Grew up with sheets and quilts in Appalachia.
Comment · 2 years ago
Yeah, that seems true and it's basically the value proposition I bring to my work.
Comment · 2 years ago
Interesting way to look at it. Your description of what physicists are experts at matches my math PhD pretty closely. I focused on mathematical modeling. I now work with a bunch of physicists, so I guess that checks out.
Comment · 2 years ago
You don't think increasing pedestrian fatalities could be linked to people choosing to walk less? I've certainly noticed in my area that drivers have been much more aggressive since the pandemic started and I walk less because of it.
Comment · 2 years ago
The article says that biking increased and walking decreased. I don't think I can explain those things simultaneously with just "well we were in a pandemic during that time."
Comment · 2 years ago
I'm not sure why this article would prompt you to call out bike lanes.

> there’s a noticeable rise in biking trips while pedestrian activity is dwindling as a portion of overall trips.

Beyond that, this seems highly relevant:

> Alarmingly, pedestrian fatalities rose during this period

Maybe we haven't actually made any walkable cities

Comment · 2 years ago
> There are now tools specifically to help you do this

Out of curiosity, not disagreeableness, which tools are those?

Comment · 3 years ago
> CCNOT and Hadamard are universal logic gates with which all (?) quantum functions/transforms can be approximated.

CNOT, H, S, and T are universal for approximating any quantum operation.

Comment · 3 years ago
That's interesting. I thought it was obvious that ADHD does exist because it's just a constellation of behaviors that some people indeed do exhibit. I feel like we agree completely on the base facts and somehow have arrived at opposite conclusions.

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