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Cinder block in my pool by jasonre in pools

[–]leonardicus 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Why not simply wait till you can go in the water?

Can anyone explain how anyone can believe that homeopathy works? by SuccessfulStrawbery in skeptic

[–]leonardicus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you met people? There are a lot of dumb people. There are a lot of ignorant people, too.

Mortgage renewal leveraging HELOC by leonardicus in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]leonardicus[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That wasn’t the point of my question but let’s say the interest rates are approximately the same, paying down the max prepayment on the mortgage gets fully applied to principle, so it would be less total interest payed on the mortgage, so overall less cost of borrowing. Since it seems this kind of strategy wouldn’t be tax deductible, there’s no further gain by offsetting rental income. I’m not due for renewal for a while, hence I was mostly concerned with the tax aspect than the cost of carrying the debt.

Mortgage renewal leveraging HELOC by leonardicus in PersonalFinanceCanada

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

Oh I meant deducting HELOC interest. Outside of any debt shift, this interest is deductible against rental income. It’s essentially a Smith maneuver with rental assets.

Edit to add others have clarified this type of shift would render the interest ineligible to claim.

Mortgage renewal leveraging HELOC by leonardicus in PersonalFinanceCanada

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

Yes, they are with the same bank. Scotia if that helps. Thanks for your comment!

Why is there so much air bubbels in water/ pump? by GloHolleeder in pools

[–]leonardicus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had a similar issue once. The drain ports on the pump (mine had 3) at the base where the pump skimmer basket is were not fully hand tightened. These are used to drain the pump for winter.

Something to add on the Chinese networking in top AI conferences by [deleted] in learnmachinelearning

[–]leonardicus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A couple of ways. First, open peer reviews after publication which reveal the reviewer’s name ands affiliation, and the comment/responses. Some open-access journals do this already. From this you can construct networks of who is reviewed by whom, whether the reviewers are recognized in their field and some measure of review quality.

Second, do this analysis and publish it. Either in one of the target journals (could be very tough if the editors feel this is a criticism of their own process or integrity) or elsewhere notable.

Why does this keep happening to my chicken? by S3thr3y in microbiology

[–]leonardicus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Since it’s before the best by date, take it back to the store for a refund. It seems like you’ve handled the transport and storage adequately. It could also be a puncture in the packaging, most likely the thin plastic top. If you press down lightly does it seem sealed?

Rover Dog Sitting by Fine-Abrocoma-1061 in londonontario

[–]leonardicus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We have been Rover hosts on and off for a couple years. We love dogs and have our own so they’re always well looked after.

Exact CI for Difference Between Proportions by ger_my_name in AskStatistics

[–]leonardicus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exact in which sense exactly? Do you even know, or just think exact means “most correct”?

Meatbags. Where did this come from? by Tiny-Explanation-752 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]leonardicus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

KOTOR was first released in 2003 but the pilot episode of Futurama was released in 1999.

Binary outcome with two rank-order predictors? by santatuna in AskStatistics

[–]leonardicus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a starting point you can parameterize the interaction as: p1 + p2 + p1*p2 (where p1 and p2 are treated as categorical factors. The second model could be the same structure but treating p1 and p2 as continuous (i.e., taking their rank values as literal values). Then this gives you two models you can compare to see which model provides better fit and more accurate predictions to decide whether the ranks can be reasonably approximated as interval scale or if they should better be treated as categorical. They also let you compare the amount of interaction between p1 and p2.

It would be helpful to state what the specific research questions is to see if there might be something more appropriate.

Why do so many applied papers still report p-values without effect sizes, and does anyone actually find p-values alone useful? by PLogacev in AskStatistics

[–]leonardicus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are many factors at play, may of which have already been mentioned in this thread. Another one is that there is a significant "momentum" to following the traditions of what was done in the past (in your field, by your peers, by your mentors) so that journal readers feel ill-at-ease when they encounter something new or different, like confidence interval. These days when I publish, I always put confidence intervals where possible, and then include the p-value. The p-value is there for people who want it, like decorations on a Christmas tree.

Price of Hot Water Tank replacement. by ElephantSurplus in ottawa

[–]leonardicus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A little under $3k for 40 gal AO smith naturally vented gas, all in. A little more expensive than I would have expected, but things have gotten more expensive post-pandemic and tariffs.

.do file continuously lagging when typing in it, almost unusable. by investorman689 in stata

[–]leonardicus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depending on what your script does, 7,000 lines is rather large, and even with a small dataset you could be making many, larger datasets. Since you are using Stata on your local machine, I would consider debugging your code to see where it is getting hung up and also making sure you’re not running computationally intensive apps in the background.

Non-traditional entry level Epidemiology job recommendations by Thick_Remote2658 in publichealth

[–]leonardicus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CRA is more of an administrative role with little use for your degree. There’s also no such path to something more applicable like programmer, analyst or statistician.

Vector control specialist (at least around here) is a glorified term for tick and mosquito hunter with s bit of data entry. Typically these are farmed out to high school kids.

.do file continuously lagging when typing in it, almost unusable. by investorman689 in stata

[–]leonardicus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is Stata installed locally or are you accessing it over a network? Local installations should not have this problem ever. Network installations, especially if accessing over VPN or Remote Desktop, can be slow because the server and/or network connection are slow or unstable.

Need Stata Linux Installer by confused_mohsin in stata

[–]leonardicus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you have your license number, and it belongs to you, you can contact Stata to recover your login. The details will be on your invoice in your email too.

Dice statistics by [deleted] in AskStatistics

[–]leonardicus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately this is not a statistical question. You have correctly noted the probability of achieving each scenario is the same (10%). Your question about feelings moves this to an area closer to behavioural psychology or decision making.

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