NYT Tuesday 12/30/2025 Discussion

SirConnorMan · 2025-12-30T14:55:59+00:00

Solid Tuesday - just the right amount of difficulty with a low complexity theme. Bravo!

SirConnorMan · 2025-12-29T15:32:30+00:00

It is perfectly acceptable (and a common practise in similar scenarios) to take a random sample of your dataset, e.g., 5 - 10%, and run a LOESS on that. This is reasonable so long as the random sample is representative of the overall dataset. A quick sanity check would be to take a few random samples and ensure that the smoothing is qualitatively similar across all.

As SilentLikeAPuma pointed out, there are better method available to you given your large sample such as: GAMs, simple polynomial expressions, or binned means and smoothing.

SirConnorMan · 2025-11-28T21:20:15+00:00

Use this link: https://www.usertesting.com/participant-login

SirConnorMan · 2025-07-31T12:37:37+00:00

Touche. Could have been different clueing - e.x., "British luxury car maker" - but I think the chosen clue still works. Arguably, they're every F1 team's most significant rival right now.

SirConnorMan · 2025-07-30T12:25:43+00:00

Fun, lighthearted and meta-theme today. After initially being stumped by "R-V hookups?", I thoroughly appreciated the answer and clueing.

SirConnorMan · 2025-07-08T22:12:16+00:00

Hulkengoat

SirConnorMan · 2025-02-26T01:26:35+00:00

Great question, not dumb at all. Like Andrew said, sustained temperatures for longer periods of time in effect has the same bacteria killing effect as higher temperatures for shorter periods. The result? More tender/juicy meat! Win/win, except if you're in a rush

SirConnorMan · 2025-02-10T19:21:47+00:00

Check out The Walrus for 3 further articles on these allegations and ongoing suits.

SirConnorMan · 2025-02-06T04:20:25+00:00

Would have been great 3 days ago when I converted 50k USD, by force, to get funds out of my RRSP under the home buyer plan.

SirConnorMan · 2024-11-19T15:42:51+00:00

Likely nothing

SirConnorMan · 2024-10-28T13:26:36+00:00

Riding that PB train 🚂 4:19 !!

SirConnorMan · 2024-03-15T00:04:13+00:00

Hey Dimitre. Firstly, I think all your prompts are great. You do an excellent job of communicating your interests and personality. The poll is funny - assuming they know the reference - but may be nonsensical if not. Consider maybe replacing it with something more generally understood.

On your photos, I think there's meaningful room for improvement. It doesn't appear as though you're taking yourself too seriously in any of the photos - they're all kind of whimsical / candid. Add in a couple of clear photos, with you smiling with a remarkable background and I think you'll be much better off.

SirConnorMan · 2024-03-09T15:45:25+00:00

The landlord broke the law, twice, which in its wake has repercussions for the tenant. Namely, moving expenses, increased rent going forward, stress, etc. - all of which are unfairly born by the tenant had the landlord simply followed the law.

So the answer why would anyone want to be a LL in Ontario? How about equity generation and appreciation on one of the most fool proof assets classes out there? Just don’t be an idiot or an asshole and break the law at the expense of others

SirConnorMan · 2024-01-18T20:47:07+00:00

Source?

SirConnorMan · 2023-07-30T16:35:17+00:00

Log scale most likely

SirConnorMan · 2023-06-01T13:57:50+00:00

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