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• PP 28 Oct 2021 17:30 UTC

  2 points

  in reply to: Said Achmiz’s comment on: They don’t make ’em like they used to

  That remind me of what we had in our house. It wasn’t used much for cooking, stews maybe that’s all I recall.

• PP 30 May 2020 16:59 UTC

  1 point

  in reply to: Purplehermann’s comment on: Sus­pi­ciously bal­anced evidence

  I see that gjm has replied with beautifully typeset text.

• PP 19 May 2020 19:52 UTC

  1 point

  in reply to: gjm’s comment on: Open & Wel­come Thread—May 2020

  What is a reference image?

• PP 19 May 2020 16:46 UTC

  6 points

  on: Sus­pi­ciously bal­anced evidence

  I have a confession to make, I can make no sense of probability as degree of belief. The measure-theoretic definition (due to Kolmogoroff?) suits me and I have never progressed beyond it. I can do naught but beg your forgiveness.

• PP 28 Jan 2020 21:23 UTC

  −6 points

  on: The Best Text­books on Every Subject

  Since different people have different tastes and different needs, I doubt that there is a best textbook on any subject. As for ‘every subject’, what can that possibly means?

• PP 26 Jan 2020 23:49 UTC

  1 point

  in reply to: gjm’s comment on: “Fu­ture of Go” sum­mit with AlphaGo

  Do you play go?