Tar_alcaran

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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What is that supposed to represent???

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago

I recently tried to compare data on morbid obesity, but most countries don't even have a rate, or only include the data as a sub- 1% share of the obesity.

And the US it's 9.5%

As in, 30% of the US has a BMI between 30 and 40, and 10% is over 40.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Z values are measurement of how many standard deviations something is from the mean. 95% of your values fall between -2 and +2. Most "interesting cases" are about outliers, something that's very uncommon. If it's common, you don't tend to write a paper about it. Nobody cares if someone had a slightly above average tumor, but if they have 50kg tumor, that's publishable.

The survivorship bias plane shows a world war 2 chart of where the bullet holes were on planes. The conclusion famously isn't to armor those parts often hit, but to armor the parts that weren't hit, because no planes hit there returned to be recorded.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's almost as big as the Xbox360. We can reuse all the all the old memes

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

Not having kids also saves a lot of money.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Gay men are after all famous for being frugal in their clothing styles.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

To be fair, a hundred pages wouldn't fit in the margins

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

I learned that I can do a great anime-protagonist haircut, but now that I'm not in my early 20s anymore that's not really my style anymore.

On the other end of the spectrum, if you just trim the tips off of your perpetual ponytail/braid, that's easy too.

Everything in between needs practice, and ideally the ability to look at the back of your head.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

If the potatoes are still inside, other options exist too

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

It looks like a square, with two straps holding it in place

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 27 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Also, women aren't actually rare, large companies have warehouses full of women to artificially inflate the price

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

Is it? I'm a cis woman who paid good money not to be able to give birth.

(Edit: technically I can still give birth I guess, just made sure it won't happen without a lot of pre-work in a lab.

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