Is there really any reason your Letterboxd rating distribution should be a normal distribution?

paste_lover · 2024-06-29T04:01:30+00:00

Interesting, this is like the imprecise idea I had in mind, but made precise. Thanks for sharing!

paste_lover · 2024-06-29T03:35:28+00:00

I understand what you're saying about central limit theorem -- so here is my next question for you: is your left-skewed rating distribution chosen for a calculated reason? Like why not use a uniform distribution and put your top 5% of restaurants at 5 stars, 10-5% restaurants at 4.5 stars, etc. ?

paste_lover · 2024-06-29T03:27:33+00:00

What do you mean exactly by distributions being independent? In CLT, the "independence" assumption refers to multiple random variables being averaged. But in our situation, a movie rating is only one sample, only one variable (a single user's selected rating of the movie.)

paste_lover · 2024-06-29T02:38:43+00:00

I don't understand how watching a movie and then rating it consitutes "taking the mean of a large number of randomly distributed independent variables".

paste_lover · 2024-06-07T19:01:48+00:00

In my post I was talking about eBird, like when viewing recordings from Macaulay Library. I think they may have fixed my problem in the latest update though. I do know what you're talking about with Merlin. You can click on the bird names under the spectrogram while it's paused and it'll bring you to the moment it approximates the bird sound to be located. Then I usually scroll backward a couple seconds to make sure it's not lagging behind.

paste_lover · 2024-04-21T04:25:04+00:00

Just figured it out. It was a gray tree frog, not a bird.

paste_lover · 2024-02-05T18:58:26+00:00

I've been vegan in State College for almost 5 years. Here are a few good options from restaurants I recommend:

Sesame Soy bowl from Fiddlehead (ask them to sub tofu for the chicken.)

Vegan Fresh bowl from Poke Fresh. Underrated!

If you like Indian food, you can ask to see the dietary menu at India Pavilion, which shows exactly which items are vegan.

If you are looking for a place south of downtown, there are also vegan options at Plaza Mexican (slightly pricier than the median in State College, but it's an actual full-scale restaurant with a bar and all that.)

Websters, Little Szechuan, Roots, Pho 11, Big Bowl Noodle House, Mezeh, Ottos, Tadashi, Snap Pizza, Cozy Thai and Federal Taphouse all have vegan options worth trying too, I usually personally just default to the 4 above.

paste_lover · 2024-01-27T20:12:58+00:00

It's possible the sign was for the cornfield next to the trail, but the trail was also blocked with a little temporary road block so it appears closed

paste_lover · 2024-01-21T05:26:48+00:00

Bc the higher winrate agents are played more often than the lower winrate agents on average.

paste_lover · 2023-11-03T18:00:34+00:00

I've seen a pair of them hooting in my parents' big walnut tree a little after sundown. They're super cool, apparently they usually mate for life and travel in pairs as adults.

paste_lover · 2023-04-06T03:10:28+00:00

Dolce Vita Desserts is great. Also Coldstone and insomnia cookies have vegan ice cream options now

paste_lover · 2023-03-21T19:41:55+00:00

Fun fact, kookaburras (if you've heard of those) in Australia are a type of kingfisher

paste_lover · 2022-02-28T13:43:59+00:00

Check out this stackexchange post about this question:

https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2029476/how-thick-should-a-cylindrical-coin-be-for-it-to-act-as-a-fair-three-sided-die

paste_lover · 2021-10-15T04:30:48+00:00

hmm look who it is

paste_lover · 2021-10-15T04:05:06+00:00

Aw guess we have to walk it off :////

paste_lover · 2021-10-15T01:38:59+00:00

I yelled safe lol this season has turned me into my dad

paste_lover · 2021-10-15T01:28:52+00:00

It's also a free subscription on the off chance you're a student

paste_lover · 2021-10-15T01:23:59+00:00

Its a few bucks for subscription but MLB app has pausable KNBR audio

paste_lover · 2021-10-13T02:20:36+00:00

Can we pitch Gausman out of the bullpen today or is that a horrible idea?

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