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saltesc , vor einem Tag

I didn't notice it much this year. I think the markets have moved on. It's been years since rainbow Facebook profile pics and now the right is having surging influence. Companies will jump onto homophobia if that's cool in the next few years.

saltesc , vor 5 Tagen

Quimby

saltesc , vor 7 Tagen

you often need to buy it from other countries. For instance, Russia. Not great.

Yeeeeah, I wouldn't worry about that. Sure we (Australia) are conservative with our fears of mining and exporting uranium, especially with the Cold War and reactor whoopsies around the world. But historically it doesn't take much for us to go down on an ally.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1a7262cd-836b-4f40-8038-05cc2a2e17c0.png

Just let us finish unloading all our coal off to the worst polluting nations first, then we'll crack the top-shelf stuff.

saltesc OP , vor 11 Tagen

Go on....

Just curious if you can.

saltesc OP , vor 11 Tagen

I really loved your comment. I tried to reply to you, but obv couldn't. Then tried to PM you, but couldn't figure it out or I just can't.

It was really insightful for both perspective on myself and on the community.

saltesc OP , vor 11 Tagen

Oh, I've never looked into it, I just noticed it sometimes. I don't say anything harmful or nasty, just unpopular so I expect downvote burial even before I hit the post button haha. I figure that's how it's always meant to work. Downvotes handle dipshit remarks, mods handle malicious ones. But seems entire conversations with multiple people get removed because, despite all the positive upvotes and people involved in a good ol' fashion discussion, a mod has a different personal opinion and it all goes. Even the off-hand comments connected to that thread.

saltesc , vor 17 Tagen

If your parents wouldn't let you see it at 12-years old, it's too much for Lemmy to handle. Pearls will be clutched; soapboxes mounted.

saltesc , vor 17 Tagen

It's true. I didn't realise how much a piece of shit I was until- Waaaait a minute...

Did you just assume binary genders?

pulls out taller soapbox

How dare you!

saltesc , vor 18 Tagen

I did advanced mathematics and chose physics as one of my elective subjects in school. Nowadays, I do a lot of work based around analytics and forecasting.

"We need to find the average of this."

"That's easy. I'll do some more advanced stuff to really dial in the accuracy."

"Awesome. What's the timeframe?"

looks at million row dataset "To find the average? Like a month. Some of these numbers are mispelled words... Why are all these blank?"

"Oh, you'll have to read this 45 page document that outlines the default values."

And that's how roffice maths works. Lots and lots of if conditions, query merges, and meetings with other teams trying to understand why they entered in the thing they entered. By the time the data wrangling phase is complete, you give zero fucks about doing more than supplying the average.

saltesc , vor 17 Tagen

I miss those days...

saltesc , vor 17 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 17 Tagen)

That's a tough question in analytics lol

You mean mathematical examples? Or like examples of analytical outcomes? Keeping in mind the more analytics-heavy, the more it involves lots of sources, patterns, variables, and scenarios, but I could provide just a single example.

Edit: Oh, wait. If you're referring to just averages... In forecasting I prefer, as a minimum, to do weighted averaging. This is where I'll have a certain time period of cumulated historical data that provides a more stable base, however more weight is applied the more recent (relevant) the data is. This shows a more realistic average than a single snapshot of data that could be an outlier.

But speaking of outliers, I'd prefer to also apply weight to outlying data points that may skew the output, especially if sample size is low. Like 1, 2, 2, 76, 3, 2. That 76 obviously skews the "average".

Above that, depending on what's required, I'll use a proper method. Like if someone wants to know on average how many trucks they need a day, I'll utilise Poisson instead to get the number of trucks they need each day to meet service requirements, including acceptable queuing, during the day. Like how the popular Erlang formulas utilise Poisson distribution and can kind of handle 90% of BAU S&D loading in day to day operations with a couple clicks.

That's a basic example, but as data cleanliness increases, those better steps can be taken. Could be like 25 average last Wed vs. 20 weighted average over last month vs. 16 actually needed if optimised correctly.

Oh, and if there's data on each truck's mileage, capacity, availability, traffic density in areas over the day, etc..obbioisly it can be even more optimised. Though I'd only go that far if things were consistent/routine. Script it, automate it, set and forget and have the day's forecast appear in the warehouse each morning.

And yet such simple things are often incredibly hard to get done because of poor data governance or systems.

saltesc OP , vor 19 Tagen

School nights are when all the kids that fuck my very old mother have to log off early, so I get to engage in venerable spray 'n' pray duels with formidable peers. For a couple hours, I am esteemed 'average'.

saltesc OP , vor 18 Tagen

I don't have children.

saltesc OP , vor 17 Tagen

It's not. But it is.

saltesc , vor 27 Tagen

Still waiting for Mattel hoverboards.

Actually... Considering how stupid people are on e-scooters, it's probably for the best.

saltesc , vor 26 Tagen

How did Mary lose an entire pool?

saltesc , vor 27 Tagen

Maybe they think it's in Middle-East. I've seen people think Portugal—Spain too—is in South America.

saltesc , vor einem Monat

It's gonna happen to you and your grandkids are gonna be wondering how you managed to get scammed by such obvious AI mimicking government identities with it's own complex ecosystem running milliseconds behind reality.

saltesc , vor einem Monat

Didn't think someone could waste the internet, but this "meme" is that low effort. It's like something your 60 year old dad makes in a couple of years from now when he discovers what memes are and goes through a phase of trying to make memes for anything

saltesc , vor einem Monat

You're welcome. The typo was a nice touch 👌

saltesc , vor einem Monat

Not without a certificate of authenticity. How's your MS Paint skills, though?

saltesc , vor einem Monat

What a zinger!

You should bank that one for later.

saltesc , vor einem Monat

Well, I'm not a comment.

saltesc , vor einem Monat

Nationalist stuff is usually bad for people's health.

saltesc , vor einem Monat (Bearbeitet vor einem Monat)

the whole joke is based on the trope of yellow = asian. also, it was invented by redditors.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/xi-jinping-winnie-the-pooh-comparisons

You're either stupid or you've been paid. Not a thing you said is even remotely true. I think you'll find it couldn't be further from it.

saltesc , vor einem Monat

I think the lion, fish, crab, and scorpion may not last long with that decision.

saltesc , vor 2 Monaten

It'll be done with an AI voice or highlighting text in Notepad. There'll be an overly animated mouse pointer circling everything, unlicensed EDM with pitched up vocals, and everything noticeable in the background of the lesson implies piracy, porn, and short courses. There's a 50/50 chance of a popup from a family group chat appearing.

saltesc , vor 2 Monaten

That should probably be a clear indicator of how bad their future ideas are. Desperate before even starting.

saltesc , vor 2 Monaten

Yeah, I noticed it in the new Notepad. Nifty feature. Notepad++ is still my go to for everything. Especially dumping "temporary code" in unsaved tabs, then like 6 months later trying to figure out if any of its still relevant or safe to finally close.

saltesc , vor 2 Monaten

If my phone's in Bluetooth range, music is going to automatically start playing at high volume in about 10s anyway, because that's always how I last existed the car.

Coincidentally my wife hates it because when she gets in the car to leave, it still gets connection to my phone in the house and starts blaring hard rock, psychedelic rock, journey trance, or syntheave.

saltesc , vor 2 Monaten (Bearbeitet vor 2 Monaten)

There's a lot and all over the place. Hard, simple, cosmic, journey...

I love our Australian stuff. There's early Tame Impala (first two albums), lots of the King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard is psych rock (soooo many albums), and probably my fave is High Visceral Pt. 1 by the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets. The song Denmark / Van Gogh & Gone is a great headphones track.

Also, Pond.

saltesc , vor 2 Monaten

That pose, "I just fucked up again and need a moment to think if there's a way out of it."

saltesc , vor 2 Monaten

Maybe this planet is the only one that has biological genders and does the sex.

"Miss Universe, once again!"

"We're all asexual beings, you weirdos. What kind of weak species need two versions to make another?"

saltesc , vor 2 Monaten

Consentually slipping D into Pinkman for fun is bad. Slipping ricin into Lydia for murder is fine.

saltesc , vor 2 Monaten

I highly doubt the situation happened. Their insecurity manifested it and it was output into something that made them feel excused. In reality, no one outside of their own mind has thought or said this to them. At least not since junior school.

Just a bunch...

saltesc , vor 3 Monaten

I still don't understand the Linux memes.

1. Meme about how hard it is to maintain a Linux machine.
2. Meme about how Windows is the worst for your machine.
3. Meme about how gullable new Linux users are to bad advice from experiwnced Linux users.

It's like squirting lemon in your eye is the point, and if you don't do it you're one of them. Maybe I'm just not bitter enough in life to get it.

Edit: Oh...

4. Meme about Linux dominating a niche developer thing that most developers wouldn't notice, let alone the end user.

saltesc , vor 4 Monaten

Yeah. I didn't know broken arms guy was on Lemmy now. Happy Valentine's Day @UrPartnerInCrime and sorry for your loss.

saltesc , vor 8 Monaten

My pH is ~7.4

saltesc , vor 9 Monaten

There is a lot of political and other "adult" discourse. Not extreme, but more exhausting for a person wanting memes, gifs, and lols. I imagine the median age here is higher than that of Reddit. Can't confirm, but it certainly conducts itself with less..."juvenility"...or some word.