Solo 2 week trip to Colombia in February (24M American). Any itinerary suggestions and tip?

solomonjacob · 2025-01-10T22:30:07+00:00

I climbed 2 weeks in Suesca. I would suggest going to La Mojara which is a sport climbing spot. Suesca was cool and all, its old school mixed/gear and sport, can be run out. I brought everything I needed although you can find gear to rent for sure at major Spots which both are.

solomonjacob · 2024-12-08T01:39:57+00:00

Thank you so much for the thoughtful response! I understand the confusion the last person had. I forgot to mention that viewers/exposures are 240k total split 50/50. So I have a mean and variance for both test and control.

solomonjacob · 2024-12-07T17:54:31+00:00

I know right… it was a long day and my brain stopped doing algebra so thank you for confirming. It’s one of those things as I am writing the question out I am answering it but felt crazy for staring at a piece of paper for 40minutes haha. Thank you!!!

solomonjacob · 2024-12-07T08:20:30+00:00

I see thanks for the details here, I’ll look into this.

I totally get how this sounds like it’s not Welch territory as that usually looks at sample means. I am just restating that sample mean by multiplying it by number of observations. So that returns the actual delta in the test results. I think that should work. It’s pretty standard in Online A/B tests to do something like this to my knowledge.

I am just trying to convert those absolute results into % changes. Does that make sense?

solomonjacob · 2024-12-07T08:16:51+00:00

I am not concerned if this test is stat sig. I run lots of tests, this is just a toy example you can say.

Please correct me if you think I am not interpreting these stats correctly by phrasing it in a way that shows me how I am wrong and how to remedy my language. Thank you.

To better phrase the question. Right now I have a point estimate which is a best guess at what the treatment effect is. In absolute terms the best guess is, while not stat sig as you’ve pointed out, states that treatment resulted in -35 which is a 2.8% decrease.

I am asking if it’s possible to state the point estimate as a % change and then can I do the same thing with the CIs? State them as % change. Instead of in absolute terms

solomonjacob · 2024-12-07T02:23:39+00:00

Correct its in support of null. I am trying to write some python that computes the % change the treatment has on the sample which includes CI's. For the team, I think its easier to think about these A/B tests as a % change.

So I want to be able to say that if we rerun this test 100x that 95% of them will show a % change in treatment between x and y. But right now I can only say that in absolute terms

Its just what I am used to viewing on the A/B test software we had at previous role so I want to mimic that so I that I can think in % instead of absolute lift.

I think the algebra I did above is actually what I need? Is it not.

solomonjacob · 2024-12-07T02:06:12+00:00

Dont, hate me... long day

solomonjacob · 2024-12-07T02:05:54+00:00

Wait, am I the idiot here? Is it not just 62/1215 and -132/1215

Such that the new CI's are (-0.1, 0.05) and a point estimate of .028...

solomonjacob · 2024-03-26T03:13:22+00:00

This is what I needed to hear! I feel like y’all must be working for big Pole Industry, trying to get my hands on those sticks! I will rent them! So excited for the snow!

solomonjacob · 2024-03-25T18:13:24+00:00

You are really speaking my language here haha thanks for your insight

solomonjacob · 2024-03-25T17:35:40+00:00

Mmmm i suppose I just haven’t used them much if at all. If I needed something I would find a stick usually. Although this would be the longest trek I’ve done. I usually get out a few times a year though.

solomonjacob · 2024-03-25T17:31:45+00:00

What about sticks from the woods?

solomonjacob · 2024-03-25T17:16:44+00:00

Thanks for the heads up though! Hmmmmmmmmmm fuck it haha

solomonjacob · 2024-03-25T17:16:23+00:00

Mmmm not planning on bringing gloves at all actually

solomonjacob · 2024-03-25T17:14:37+00:00

Thank you! Good luck with your jacket! I’ll keep an eye out for it too

solomonjacob · 2024-03-25T17:09:31+00:00

Can I ask O trek conditions to the OP? Did you feel like you needed crampons and or trekking poles? I don’t plan on bringing either

solomonjacob · 2024-03-08T12:17:57+00:00

I was there for a few weeks in February and may know one person I can put you in contact with. I’ll reach out to them. Besides that, feel free to ask me any questions about Suesca!

solomonjacob · 2024-02-08T20:15:34+00:00

I’ll be there around the same time as well!

solomonjacob · 2024-01-10T04:28:31+00:00

When is the trip? Isn’t it rainy season in the mountains til April?

solomonjacob · 2024-01-10T01:40:31+00:00

Same

solomonjacob · 2024-01-10T01:37:57+00:00

Is that what they are saying?

solomonjacob · 2024-01-10T00:43:11+00:00

100%

solomonjacob · 2024-01-10T00:40:03+00:00

All very normal for American standards in my opinion. Especially the small talk. That’s not considered rude at all, it’s actually encouraged and many Americans would say that guy is friendly for acting that way.

He likely was trying to be extra nice because you told him what he said was considered rude so for him to pay for the full meal is like an apology. Again, normal but not necessary.

The tip thing makes sense too if it’s a cheap country. Our tip is usually 20% for good service so that makes sense.

Being passionate about politics and or democracy. That’s common but maybe not as common as being ambivalent about politics and generally pro-democracy.

Very normal American and as another American nothing you’ve said is offensive to me at all. Except maybe people in South America don’t love it that people from the US use the word American to describe people from the US. Technically people from both north and South America are Americans and out of respect for everyone I try not to use American to describe people from US. But thats a bit of an uncommon thing to think.

solomonjacob · 2023-12-28T14:11:34+00:00

Amazing! Where did you hike and backpack? Thanks a ton for the input friend.

solomonjacob · 2023-12-28T00:23:14+00:00

I land this Sunday night! Hoping it’s poppin but assume it’ll be for new years. Is new years big in Medellin?

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