#fun with math

You can extend this logic to double-lags, in which case the eigenvectors remain the same, and the corresponding eigenvalues are a^-2, or n-lags, in which case the corresponding eigenvalues are a^-n. You can even extend this to the n-forward-shift operator, in which case the eigenvalues are a^n.

Interesting to note that the kudos have increased roughly 100%-400%, comments have increased about 1,900%, but the shares have increased ~18,000% (if I understand what those icons mean). Holy mackerel. I guess people like the visuals.

This article was exactly what I wanted it to be from start to finish. A review of basic statistics; an examination of bias in framing the problem; snide digs at how certain people use Twitter; an elaboration of the original problem into graph form; and a calculator that allows me to determine the exact size of group that switches the resulting probability from 99.999% to >99% (157,746)

So I guess my point is that I'm still kind of miffed that Childcraft set me up like that, and I then had to suffer through the next eleven years before learning about Buffy.

He's 210 times the age of my kid. This tickles me.

Last year Jeff Bezos donated 00.1% of his wealth to charity. At median income if an average Joe donated one one thousandth of their wealth annually, it would amount to a tax deductible $30. Now while 10% of Amazon employees in Ohio are on food stamps I can’t help but wonder... If you can give a man a fish, and call it charity, or teach a man to fish, and call it charity, can you give a man the scraps of a fish you just ate and call it charity? I wonder, if I took the remains of a salmon I ate if the remaining meat still clinging to the bones would constitute a larger or smaller portion of that fish, than say Jeff Bezos’ charitable donations as it relates to his net wealth. I could cook a fish, weigh it, eat it, weigh the bones, clean the bones for a final third weigh in, subtract that total from the first two, and then divide the total boneless weight of the fish against the scrap meat. I could do that, but I feel like even the possibility of a comparison speaks strongly enough for it’s self.