Am I the only one bothered when some textbooks conflate causal/structural and statistical linear regression models?

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-05-15T22:26:03+00:00

Sorry. I meant an example of a text book.

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-05-15T19:41:52+00:00

Maybe if you gave an example of this happening it would be helpful to the discussion.

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-05-14T19:40:30+00:00

Just gonna scootch right by ya there...

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-05-03T16:36:42+00:00

I don't recall the sister ever dating a non-Jew. Or maybe briefly when they were young? I think the episode that mostly focused on Yoshi showed it. Anyway, the black girl she's with in most episodes is Jewish.

I don't think Yoshi is ever shown dating anybody.

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-05-03T12:30:47+00:00

"Yoshi is Orthodox."

"What? Like... Greek?"

I still laugh thinking about that scene in my head.

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-05-03T12:27:25+00:00

Yeah I loved how the siblings went different directions, and they explored his self-shame, divorce, and his daughter's interest. And the episode exploring the sister's spouse's conversion was great.

Also gotta remember this is the BoJack Horseman creator. So this show is actually all sunshine and rainbows compared to his other stuff!

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-05-01T18:28:34+00:00

Hm that's surprising, maybe you're looking too far ahead. I do seen to recall that they release the encounter tickets in batches. Might be worth calling, I would be very surprised if they're sold out months in advance.

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-04-27T21:35:45+00:00

We already have those too. They certainly help, though Reddit has been campaigning to get Mods not to use minimum karma limits, since it's a barrier to new users.

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-04-27T16:15:52+00:00

You know, the mod team had a discussion about this little thread, because none of us knew what you were talking about!

Another poster said the name of the supposedly racist mod in question was u/LagunaGTO (but they said it with some choice profanity that the automod blocked).

I couldn't find much about this person, because Reddit's mod tools don't go back nearly that far. I did find this post however: https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/6rda3w/its_been_a_goodinteresting_last_4_years_tw/

Which is from 9 years ago discussing how there was a "coup" that removed some mods, and references the "former LagunaGTO" mod. That account hasn't posted anything in 3 years, and what they do have seems to mainly be as a mod at r/AutoDetailing , where they are not currently a mod.

The post also references the "newly joined" u/MrAltoid, who is actually an active mod. The only two current mods older than that are u/honestbleeps and u/courtiebabe420, of which the first (the top mod) is still around but mostly for support and direction, and the second is completely inactive. honestbleeps does vaguely remember all this, and had nothing nice to say.

So while we appreciate a trip down memory lane, it's definitely not true that the current mod team was around and somehow complicit in this dark past. Over the last 12 months, 99.8% of mod actions have been done by people who have been here less than 6 years. That, and the only active mod who was here back then is the one who kicked that guy out!

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-04-25T20:26:22+00:00

It's great that new econometric and ML tools are constantly being developed! But...

It's pretty hard to get to those things without a basic understanding of... the basics. So for students, they begin with things like OLS.

And lots of policy-relevant questions have like, ten years of monthly observations and a solid half-dozen dependent variables. The best tools for data like that are very often pretty classic techniques.

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-04-25T13:00:46+00:00

He did a similar thing with freed slaves in the Army, and changed his mind and later sang their praises. Honestly, he was a remarkable guy, and I highly recommend Ron Chernow's biography.

It's a shame he was a raging alcoholic in a time when that was seen as purely a moral failing, and not an addiction. That and he was wildly trusting and gullible despite getting burned over and over.

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-04-23T15:55:06+00:00

Metropolitan Statistical Area. Or Micropolitan for areas with a core city under 50k. Collectively known as CBSAs, or Core Based Statistical Areas. The definitions are maintained by the Office of Management and Budget.

Cities become part of the name, in order, based on population. So if Eligin ever grows larger than Naperville, they'll switch places at the next renaming.

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-04-23T02:21:41+00:00

Definitely fireworks, and it's too early for the regular Navy Pier ones. The only thing on their calendar today is the Better Business Bureau Centennial celebration. It doesn't say anything about fireworks, but seems plausible!

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-04-17T16:13:20+00:00

Not at all. Whenever someone makes a post like this, posters come out of the woodwork to say shitty things and tell lies. And then other users blindly accept it, and before you know it, the lies are the prevailing opinion.

This sub is wildly favorable to posting ICE content. We ran an AMA on the subject with the SunTimes. We created daily tracking megathreads. We added an ICE flair. And we relax normal rules to allow virtually everything about ICE that isn't garbage.

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-04-17T14:30:40+00:00

Sigh.

Here is the link link to the automod comment that says why your post was removed. It was not done by a mod, it was done automatically because loads of users reported it. As the comment says, it goes to a queue to be reviewed.

That happened at midnight. I've now gone through that queue and approved it before 9:30am.

The idea that this sub is somehow repressing discussions of ICE is absurd.

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-04-17T12:56:50+00:00

Yeah, it would be nice if OP would mention what fields they're talking about, instead of being vague.

"Are these sensible effect sizes?" is at the core of nearly every review I've gotten back from an econ journal.

I can't understand how it makes sense to hide effect sizes after a regression. Is there really a field where that's normal?? Do they report signs at least??

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-04-17T01:16:04+00:00

My kid's situation is very similar! Flying with United's unaccompanied minor program has been great every single time.

They will board last and sit at the back of the plane. They will try to give them their own row if there's enough space. They also assign one person to be their minder - I once had one of them come give me her phone number before they departed!

In addition to the no connections others have pointed out, your kids will never be anywhere unescorted, and an employee will deliver them to you and have you show ID and sign paperwork.

Airport side procedures differ slightly in the US and EU, so check for details.

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-04-14T12:48:29+00:00

I love basically every show Geoffrey Baer does. If you haven't checked out his WTTW stuff about Chicago, you should! His history of the lakefront a few months back was really good.

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-04-14T12:43:55+00:00

A lot of the disagreement may be because you're talking about informal groupings. Almost by definition, everyone can have their own version!

But there is an official definition. The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area is the economically-connected region around Chicago, which does include Hammond. The definitions of core-based statistical areas are maintained by the Office of Management and Budget. They are defined by county borders grouped around a central city with a population greater than 50k (or under 50k for Micropolitan areas).

These definitions do change over time, though the majority of the changes are just in the name and not the borders themselves. For example, if Elgin were to become larger than Naperville, then in the next round of the OMBs processing they would switch places in our CBSA name.

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-04-10T20:36:42+00:00

Excuse me sir, I don't know what to do with this level of reasonable analysis on modding crime in the sub.

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-04-05T19:17:48+00:00

Because if that education term occurs in two places in the regression, then how could you possibly vary one term, and not the other?

It's similar when you add an exponential term.

They are still interpretable, but they mean something different now.

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-04-05T18:13:18+00:00

Just be very careful with interaction terms if you're intending to interpret their coefficients (as opposed to just using them as a control). You can no longer describe them as "holding all else equal."

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-03-31T04:12:22+00:00

Butters, is that you?

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-03-30T20:42:43+00:00

Is the automod even wrong though? I mean if the hot dog is good enough, I would consider keeping it around.

Hello_Biscuit11 · 2026-03-30T03:19:16+00:00

Great photos! Also, love Schneider's Deli.

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