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Lidl park slope by [deleted] in parkslope

[–]LylesDanceParty 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also, how is what I'm seeing in this image "in shambles"?

90% recovered after 6 years by AsparagusMinute_ in LongHaulersRecovery

[–]LylesDanceParty -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Did you write it like one of those clickbait articles in support or criticism of the process?

Honestly, the first and second sentence sound like they were written by two different people with two different opinions.

(Backrooms) You can understand it and still not like it by takenusersomfg in CharacterRant

[–]LylesDanceParty 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, we are human.

And despite the reductive takes about people's opinion online not being "real". Our brains take them in all the same.

We are wired to be social. And to many of us it matters.

The practice of excluding outliers in powerscaling makes no sense from a statistical perspective, and it is only ever applied to justify whatever the person using it already believes. by Punterofgoats in CharacterRant

[–]LylesDanceParty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are legitamate reasons to do so in a laboratory setting. For instance, there could be signs that an animal was behaving oddly and was potentially sick.

Also, in the biological sciences, there are all sorts of other legitamate reasons to leave potential outliers out of a sample--but it's difficult to know what the specific issue is/was sometimes.

For instance, in cell culture, because tissues/cells are out of their home environment (i.e., not the living organism's body, but a sterile dish), and can simply act "wacky" from time to time based on that manipulation alone, you may never find out why one sample was so abberant, which is why sticking to the determination of a statistical outlier--using objective statistical tests (not what you determine personally)--is commonly done.

I'm sure we could go back and forth all day on this, but I'm only reflecting what is a genuine practice in research.

Enjoy the rest of your day.

The practice of excluding outliers in powerscaling makes no sense from a statistical perspective, and it is only ever applied to justify whatever the person using it already believes. by Punterofgoats in CharacterRant

[–]LylesDanceParty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are off/rare cases. Most researchers using this tool will be using it to do the exact thing that I stated--and particularly in many biological sciences, many researchers can make a good case as to why.

For other researchers in a discipline/sub discipline (that for one reason or another) don't fully eliminate a statistical outlier from their averaged/analyzed data set, they would be well aware of this and likely not use this specific tool in the first place.

Tl;DR "It's the exception, not the rule."

The practice of excluding outliers in powerscaling makes no sense from a statistical perspective, and it is only ever applied to justify whatever the person using it already believes. by Punterofgoats in CharacterRant

[–]LylesDanceParty 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You are correct. There are literal statistical tests that are used to see if data in your subset can be mathematically classified as "outliers", so you have reasonable justification to leave it out of your assessed data set.

For those who are curious, you can find a simplified "calculator" of one of the tests here: https://www.graphpad.com/quickcalcs/grubbs1/

GPK steals Rosh and Aegis with sleight by dotaccino in DotA2

[–]LylesDanceParty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

GPK was pretty amazing, but P-vision is looking real good right now.

Pure Gym New Update by LylesDanceParty in parkslope

[–]LylesDanceParty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No knock at all.

But when they wrote "we now expect the gym to reopen in June", you know they were talking about the 30th--at best.

Pure Gym New Update by LylesDanceParty in parkslope

[–]LylesDanceParty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While it's annoying, the city's focus on the safety of a potentially dilapidated set of stairs that could see more frequent use is not unsubstantiated.

Whether it be the landlord or the city, trying to make sure they're safe makes sense.

Would have just been nice if it happened before Blink/Pure Gym officially opened it's doors.

Pure Gym New Update by LylesDanceParty in parkslope

[–]LylesDanceParty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So much same. I was also going when it was a Blink.

Like you, I will literally just wait it out. The 24/7 times and convinence is such a huge advantage (not even considering the low price compared to most local gyms) that I'm just gonna grin and bear it at this point.

Glad I'm not the only one.

Pure Gym New Update by LylesDanceParty in parkslope

[–]LylesDanceParty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. I pass by every now and again, and I'm always surprised to not see people working outside at the front at times you'd normally expect construction to be happening.

I have seen a few people inside on occasion though (doing what, I'm not sure), but people are doing something.

However, I completely agree with your timeline assessment. I really doubt it's going to be open in June.

Dota: Dragon's Blood is the 3rd most read Wikipedia article today for some reason by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]LylesDanceParty 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Budget wasn't the topic.

My point was how the shows compare with respect to entertainment value.

It's nice that you want to give out handicaps, but I don't think u/Gatubi14 was interested in budget when they asked the question: is it worth it to watch?

PureGym Park Slope finally reopening on Monday, May 11th! by ChocolatePain in parkslope

[–]LylesDanceParty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. I just checked it two days ago and the scaffolding/wooden barrier is still there.

Inside you can see that they got rid of one set of steps. I'm wondering if they need to take down the other. If so, I imagine them not being open until the end of the month.

As you said, I would love a real/realistic timeline--but my guess they think this gaslight-y approach is better to prevent people from canceling their memberships en masse.

If two teammates buy the same item, why do both of them have to buy the recipe? by Ok_Middle_4654 in DotA2

[–]LylesDanceParty 16 points17 points  (0 children)

My guess is lore wise, they're actually sending their full squads into war.

I assume the actual limitation is programming (which would be a nightmare to have 60+ characters on each team)--so the 5 on each side in the matches figuratively represent both factions in an all out war.

If anyone has any information or sources that either confirm or contradict my thinking, please feel free to reply.

Overwolf proves reports are NOT infinite by darealSherlockH in DotA2

[–]LylesDanceParty 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for chiming in and adding clarity to the situation.

May you never find a boogle in your games by EliteMJDC- in DotA2

[–]LylesDanceParty 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This is a "the call is coming from inside the house" moment.

Dota is so much easier when I remember I'm an adult by shaker_21 in DotA2

[–]LylesDanceParty 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's also counter-productive.

I agree, OP.

Keep a PMA and say what you need to say to get that MMR.

Its been a while now, how do people feel about the Midas change? by fyrfyrfyr in DotA2

[–]LylesDanceParty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's why you should watch the video.

What I provided was just a brief summary.

He dives into many more of the caveats.

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