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Understanding the pitfalls of preferring the median over the mean
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aakinshin.net
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3 years ago
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eng
This post examines the pitfalls of naively replacing the mean with the median. In Pragmastat, Center — the Hodges–Lehmann estimator — offers a better alternative to both: 95% asymptotic efficiency when data is clean and a 29% breakdown point when it is not. Confidence intervals are available via CenterBounds . pragmastat.dev github.com/AndreyAkinshin/pragmastat A common task in mathematical statistics is to aggregate a set of....
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What is it like to work at your company? Think about it carefully. How do your people spend their time? What culture and behaviours do you incentivize? Is it a good place to work? Culture in this context describes how people interact at work, the processes and policies, productivity friction, meeting efficiency, et cetera. Your company’s culture describes what it is like to work for your company, and it has an outsized impact on the type ..
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Are you familiar with the term 'fork bomb' in Linux? If not, it is a potentially dangerous command that can severely impact system performance and stability. In this article, we will explore what a fork bomb is, how it works, and how to protect your Linux system from its harmful effects.
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Are you familiar with the term 'fork bomb' in Linux? If not, it is a potentially dangerous command that can severely impact system performance and stability. In this article, we will explore what a fork bomb is, how it works, and how to protect your Linux system from its harmful effects.
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Are you familiar with the term 'fork bomb' in Linux? If not, it is a potentially dangerous command that can severely impact system performance and stability. In this article, we will explore what a fork bomb is, how it works, and how to protect your Linux system from its harmful effects.
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My father’s name was Joe Basile. He was born in 1946 and passed away in 2014. Even though it’s been almost a decade now, I still miss him nearly every day. Since yesterday was Father’s Day, he’s been on my mind especially. So, I thought I’d take some time to write out some of my memories of him in no particular order. My dad wasn’t what you’d call a “computer guy,” but he had a genuine love for computers. He never learned how to type with..
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This odd thing keeps happening to me where companies reach out to ask if I know of any Clojure developers they can hire instead of just hiring me. I understand why they do this. I am not interested in full-time position, after all. I think most people would bitterly
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All the news and updates from the 2023 Guardian Product and Engineering away day The second session of the unconference time has come to a close. There will now be some time for feedback on the topics. Who will step up to share their thoughts? It’s nearly time on session two. I’m hearing there will be a brief summary of each discussion back to the room. Let’s see what the future holds for us all. Continue reading...
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I tried being productive with smartphones but I love computers more
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muratov.space
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3 years ago
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eng
I love computers. I love sitting in front of the large display. I love typing on the full-featured keyboard. I love having multiple windows on the screen and switching between them. I love dealing directly with files. Create them, delete them, and know where they are on my file system. I love to install whatever software I want and use it to process my files. On the other hand, there are smartphones. Don’t get me wrong; smartphones are co..
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I just arrived last night to Japan, and I honestly think Japan might be my favorite country. I’ve been to Japan many times (I’m half-Japanese so used to come every year as a kid), but every time I come back I’m still blown away. Don’t get me wrong I’m not necessarily saying I would live … Continue reading Japan Might Be My Favorite Country
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My MacOS Element Matrix client (Electron based) started getting errors when I searched. My Windows Matrix client worked just fine, so I was pretty sure it wasn’t a server issue. When I typed anything into the message search I’d get this error right underneath: “Message search initialisation failed, check your settings for more information” And … Continue reading Fixing Element Search
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I knew Zig supported some sort of reflection on types. But I had been confused about how to use it. What's the difference between @typeInfo and @TypeOf? I ignored this aspect of Zig until a problem came up at work where reflection made sense. The situation was parsing and storing parsed fields in a struct. Each field name that is parsed should match up to a struct field. This is a fairly common problem. So this post walks through how ....
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Linux bzip2 and gzip Compression Utilities: An Overview of File Compression
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akashrajpurohit.com
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3 years ago
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eng
In the world of Linux, bzip2 and gzip are two popular compression utilities that allow you to compress and decompress files. They are efficient, fast, and easy to use, making them an essential part of any Linux user's toolkit. In this article, we'll give you an overview of bzip2 and gzip, explain how they work, and provide examples of their usage.
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Linux is known for its flexibility and customizability, which is largely due to its file systems. While the ext4 file system is commonly used in Linux distributions, there are other options available that offer unique features and advantages. Two of the most notable alternatives are Btrfs and ZFS. In this article, we will explore these file systems and see what makes them stand out from the crowd.
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Linux bzip2 and gzip Compression Utilities: An Overview of File Compression
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akashrajpurohit.com
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3 years ago
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eng
In the world of Linux, bzip2 and gzip are two popular compression utilities that allow you to compress and decompress files. They are efficient, fast, and easy to use, making them an essential part of any Linux user's toolkit. In this article, we'll give you an overview of bzip2 and gzip, explain how they work, and provide examples of their usage.
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Linux is known for its flexibility and customizability, which is largely due to its file systems. While the ext4 file system is commonly used in Linux distributions, there are other options available that offer unique features and advantages. Two of the most notable alternatives are Btrfs and ZFS. In this article, we will explore these file systems and see what makes them stand out from the crowd.
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Linux bzip2 and gzip Compression Utilities: An Overview of File Compression
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akashrajpurohit.com
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3 years ago
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eng
In the world of Linux, bzip2 and gzip are two popular compression utilities that allow you to compress and decompress files. They are efficient, fast, and easy to use, making them an essential part of any Linux user's toolkit. In this article, we'll give you an overview of bzip2 and gzip, explain how they work, and provide examples of their usage.
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Linux is known for its flexibility and customizability, which is largely due to its file systems. While the ext4 file system is commonly used in Linux distributions, there are other options available that offer unique features and advantages. Two of the most notable alternatives are Btrfs and ZFS. In this article, we will explore these file systems and see what makes them stand out from the crowd.
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The Problem with A/B Testing (Stop Calling it Conversion Rate Optimisation)
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somethingdecent.co.uk
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3 years ago
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eng
Other than the work I do for freelance clients and hobby projects, my professional career has been largely in the realm of A/B testing. I was an in-house engineer in my previous employer’s optimisation department and when started at my current employer. In both roles I joined a company writing code directly into the editor […] The post The Problem with A/B Testing (Stop Calling it Conversion Rate Optimisation) appeared first on Somethi..
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When I was done with a journal, I’d put it on the shelf with others. I do a good job of making sure to transfer anything important to a real tracking system at the end of the day, so there wasn’t much in the journal that I thought would be useful. At some point, though, I picked up an old journal, it was probably a few years old at that point, and just flipped through it. As expected, it was mostly boring. Just a mundane list of what was ..
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Principles I've found useful for designing good Python library APIs, including structure, naming, error handling, and type annotations.
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The Policy @ DEF CON team is all about “bridging communities”-- and for that, they’ve put together a video that better explains who they are, what they do and delves into pressing policy issues that are shaping discussions across all communities. Watch here!
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Digit: Their names are both references to toes, continuing the theme of Nine-Toes’ name and the name of the gun he drops, The Clipper. While Nine-Toes does respawn during playthroughs, Pinky and Digit only spawn once per playthrough in the original version. In the enhanced version of Borderlands, they do respawn. These two spawn beside Nine-Toes in Mad Moxxi’s Underdome. Querulous adjective Given to complaining; peevish. Express..
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While Org babel's noweb isn't something I've frequently used for literate programming, its simplicity makes it rather versatile to glue all sorts of babel things I hadn't previously considered. The idea is simple. Add a placeholder like <
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Linux package management can be daunting for new users. With multiple package managers like apt, dnf, and pacman, it can be overwhelming to understand how they work and which one to use. In this article, we'll provide an overview of these package managers and their features to help you get started with Linux package management.
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