France’s EU minister names her cat ‘Brexit’ because ‘he meows loudly to be let out but won’t go through the door’

If my cats were French, I would call them Surrender and Vichy.

Larger sample requires lower p-value (larger t-stat). (Generally, the larger the sample, the smaller the error of your estimates, and the easier it should be to tell the error from the actual effect. You may compare the values of the standard error of the estimator between the samples to check if th...

@kat I'm not worried about Arabs, I'm worried about Guardian readers.

Choose the outfit in a red colour. They'll think the theme is Red Brigades or something...

The Nights draw on Arabian mythology, before Islam, and are probably more popular in the West than in the Middle East. Would a Greek person feel offended if you dressed up as Poseidon?

Why Rich Parents Are More Likely to Be Unethical?

I've never been good at writing academic research grant applications: I'd simply ask "Why poor parents don't pay million dollar bribes?" - Because they are ethical!... No, sorry!

I was just planning my time in Ireland. I'm going there in late June. First Galway and then a few days of hiking in Connemara and a visit in Clifden - thanks for the recommendations. I'm not on the island at the moment - I'm on the peninsula. Aran Islands: https://lallytours.com/wp-content/uploads/2...

Oslo nicely shows why the BMI index is not an adequate measure of healthy weight. It has a reputation of one of the slimmest European capitals, but what I've seen over the weekend has been mostly fat - just slightly taller.

I ca't handle compurrter guyz talking litter about p-hiss-ics!

BTW, couldn't you Irish be a bit more creative with the names of geographical places? I've almost spent two days watching grass grow and sheep sh... on Aran Islands - not the beautiful and rich and fauna Scottish Isle of Arran.

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That was my point. Equating gradient methods to simulated annealing (artificial time vs artificial temperature) is not a far jump, but in the wrong dimension. Physicists developed those methods and name things like that for a reason

Bеганські голубці (vegan "pigeons")

My grandma loved them.

Stupid question: what numerical importance-sampling methods don't use artificial time (or "artificial time")?

If you like tsunami.

Cheltenham 2019: Sir Erec put down after horrific injury in JCB Triumph Hurdle as critics say he shouldn’t have run
Entertainment for philistines and boors.

No. I've been having favourite pianos, violins, some Spanish guitars and Thierry Escaich's organs, but no classical trumpet.

The Lawnmower Man - cool movie! Many 80s and 90s' sci-fi movies were anti-science/scientist statements.