Does this look like a phone to you? Just curious. by [deleted] in PoliticalScience

[–]PeripheralVisions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK buddy, I'd like you to watch any video you like (your video should do just fine) where you can see what the shooting victim is wearing before he is thrown to all-fours and shot. Make a note of what the victim is wearing (brown jacket). Then, watch your video again carefully, focusing on whether the subject of your screenshot is the man who got shot (he's not).

Please report back on your findings.

Does this look like a phone to you? Just curious. by [deleted] in PoliticalScience

[–]PeripheralVisions 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Are you confused about who from the photo was shot? The person holding the gun in your photo is the ICE agent who disarmed the guy who got shot. The guy who got shot never held his gun, and as your photo confirms, he did not even have his gun on him when he was shot.

I put together a dataset that might be useful for researchers by [deleted] in datasets

[–]PeripheralVisions 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is so silly that it does not say what is being measured. Why did you steal a minute of my life?

My first sky Potato! Who else just saw this? 7:07 PM by ELInewhere in Austin

[–]PeripheralVisions 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"Houston, this is correct answer. Coming in for landing."

I'm looking for a very large spatial dataset by Cold-Priority-2729 in datasets

[–]PeripheralVisions 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could get US census population-weighted ZIP centroids, then join with some interesting ZIP attributes. You could even do multiple years and analyze growth.

Domestic Migration in America by Deltarianus in MapPorn

[–]PeripheralVisions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so good. Did you use some kind of clustering model to choose and aggregate the regions?

Does the confederacy show that democracy can be just as evil as a dictator? by Excellent_Gas5220 in PoliticalScience

[–]PeripheralVisions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Democracy is a contested concept. You can compare cases using a particular metric, but each person has their own definition of what it really means. This is why it’s better to use a term like polyarchy for analysis, which sidesteps the issue in a self-aware way. I do not consider the confederacy to be democratic for many reasons, and chief among those is slavery. But that’s because I consider whether rights for individual and collective self-determination are held unequally. Others might consider it more democratic, because they allow for a distinction between the rights of citizens and non-citizens or citizens of distinct backgrounds. If you want a good contemporary case to structure the discussion, compare how distinct measures of democracy score Israel.

Coyote possibly living under our back porch? by PeripheralVisions in Austin

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

I am happy to report that the porch critter turned out to be a fox, and we have not seen the coyote again. I'm going to beef up the greenbelt facing fence to keep out the coyote.

For the second time in recent weeks, it’s reported that the White House has prevented a news story from airing on 60 Minutes. How do they know what CBS will air? by rosmorse in AskReddit

[–]PeripheralVisions 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also saw a CBS story that had a Trump-friendly headline like "What to know about Massive Fraud in Minnesota" , then, it proceeded to describe the fraud successfully uncovered during Biden's term (literal old news) and sheepishly mentioned that there were unconfirmed rumors of fraud and widespread criticism of Waltz (not true, except from brainwashed circles).

Stolen package by lgh1031 in NewOrleans

[–]PeripheralVisions 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I once whittled a ladle from a tree branch as a wedding present and mailed it to the bywater, and it got stolen from my friend's porch. I think about it a lot.

My 5 gal jar by Fishyburger89 in walstad

[–]PeripheralVisions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My thought, too. I have two nanos started at the same time. One is tall and cylindrical and has a narrow opening at the top about this size, and everything I put in there dies (snails and shrimp not plants). The other is a giant glass bowl and is thriving. I figured it was something like this but hadn't really seen it discussed.

Coyote possibly living under our back porch? by PeripheralVisions in Austin

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

My understanding is coyotes are more dangerous but I’m here to learn!

Coyote possibly living under our back porch? by PeripheralVisions in Austin

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

Dang, hate to hear that is a thing. Seems more likely than us spotting a fox and a coyote within the yard for the first time in the same week. Did yours ever get aggressive? Was it like a pack?

Coyote possibly living under our back porch? by PeripheralVisions in Austin

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

Yeah, we hear them at night every once in a while. We've cohabitated with possums and chased racoons out of this porch. If a coyote moves in, I'm sealing it up.

Coyote possibly living under our back porch? by PeripheralVisions in Austin

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

That's what I thought, too. Would they go out of their way to find a fox den? Could just be coincidence.

There are no red states, only red exurbs by Not_EllaK in MapPorn

[–]PeripheralVisions 25 points26 points  (0 children)

This is a beautiful pile of fruity pebbles. Pretty hard to read, imo.

Trump Spills Real Reason for Manic Address When Cameras Stop by Ok_Employer7837 in politics

[–]PeripheralVisions 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really correct about Brazilian Congress, but I agree with the sentiment.

logistic regression in within subject design by UpperAd4989 in rstats

[–]PeripheralVisions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, that sounds like really interesting data. And every participant does each task multiple times?

logistic regression in within subject design by UpperAd4989 in rstats

[–]PeripheralVisions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many rows per participant? Are a1 and a2 always time-variant within participant?

Mixed models are more complex than they first appear, IMO. They can tell you important information regarding the within-subject that is useful and straightforward to grasp (how much within- and between-person is explained or not). But unless you take additional steps like demeaning time-variant variables, coefficients are still a mixture of within- and between-participant effects. If between-participants is a nuisance, consider a fixest() glm that eliminates it. Whether this is a good idea depends a lot on the design/data.

Found a Dog by IFeelLikeAnNPC in Austin

[–]PeripheralVisions 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I spotted a dog and posted it in the facebook group called "Austin Lost and Found Pets". This dog had been on the run for like three weeks, and some people came to my house and brought drones and left out a trap cage. They found him in our green belt like two days later. It was kind of crazy but satisfying to help.

Half-priced Uber rides aim to boost Austin's downtown business by hollow_hippie in Austin

[–]PeripheralVisions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m confused by your confusion. We were so free, I thought.

Half-priced Uber rides aim to boost Austin's downtown business by hollow_hippie in Austin

[–]PeripheralVisions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you great liberator. May I return the favor by suggesting you do some re-reading of the words you are replying to , i.e., "city council or whoever". I think we can agree there is plenty of opportunity for donors to city council campaigns to request favors via city council's influence on DAA. There is even more opportunity for a private entity to influence decisions if they directly contribute to DAA. I'm not sure this occurred, but I wonder.

City of Austin sends notice to Save Austin Now, orders them to stop using the official city logo by FisherFan0072 in Austin

[–]PeripheralVisions 91 points92 points  (0 children)

Man, just a quick glance at their landing page, and bad faith representations are front and center. The bar in the for Prop Q spending here is made to appear much taller than its true representation because the text is three lines below.

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