ProfessorPeregrine

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The Media Can't Stop Propping Up Elon Musk's Phony Supergenius Engineer Mythology in c/fediverse_vs_disinfo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days 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.

Kentucky woman who ordered abortion meds charged with fetal homicide, police say in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 36 points 1 month 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.

I think there's an imposter amongus in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 12 points 2 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.

Latitudes in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

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.

Latitudes in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 12 points 2 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.

X’s new location labels unmask users. Insiders say the idea was rejected for years. in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 3 points 2 months ago

Truly you are a connoisseur...

Man who threw sandwich at US federal agent found not guilty of assault in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 3 points 3 months ago

Point for "gripping hand" reference

What's a movie quote that gives you goosebumps? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago

Also brilliant....😀

What's a movie quote that gives you goosebumps? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Not a movie, but the series Cosmos.

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

Got my tenth COVID vaccine and my flu shot today. in c/casualconversation@piefed.social
[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 3 points 3 months ago

Same. That is the only vaccine that laid me out.

What's a subject you (think) you know more about than the average Lemmy user? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 7 points 4 months ago

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.

Did Border Control exist in previous eras? (Say, like 500+ years ago or more) Can people go to other places? If so, what does the procedure look like? Just walk across a border? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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ROIstat - my free GUI for R for teaching and using (reddthat.com)
 

Hey, new to the Fediverse and thought I would put this out there.

If you teach stats or use stats in your job, you might be interested in using my GUI for R. I hope this doesn't count as an ad, since it is free.

I like how versatile R is, but I hate remembering how to type in what I already know it can do.

So I wrote an app.

You can tell I am not a programmer or a computer scientist (I am an engineer, industrial researcher and occasional teacher) but it works to do the basic to the moderate stats you probably use all the time.

It is free. I just put some of my blog posts and books on the splash page. If you register I only send you info about the app.

Let me know if you would like any enhancements. I continue to add stuff to it until I can do most of what the practical researcher would need.

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Inside Star Citizen: First Rate Resonate (youtu.be)
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Ad firm plans to use people’s data in a maneuver to sink data privacy bill (www.politico.com)
 

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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is there a way to set the default sort order across all comments? (reddthat.com)
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Judge Chutkan says Trump’s right to free speech in January 6 case is ‘not absolute’ (www.cnn.com)
 

US District Judge Tanya Chutkan said that she plans to put serious limits over how sensitive evidence is handled in the Donald Trump 2020 election interference case, in a dramatic hearing Friday in Washington, DC, that could set the tone for the upcoming trial.

The former president has a right to free speech, but that right is “not absolute,” Chutkan said. “Mr. Trump, like every American, has a First Amendment right to free speech, but that right is not absolute. In a criminal case such as this one, the defendant’s free speech is subject to the rules.”

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How do you change the dice skin with the digital deluxe? (reddthat.com)
 

I can't figure it out.

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