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If I was going to pay someone $250,000 to deliver a twenty minute lecture, I'd make sure that I retained at least partial control of distribution rights after the fact. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

For example, 1/3, i.e., one to three against, means you pay $3 for a chance to win $1 (plus the return of your $3) if Clinton wins. In other words, the odds suggest Clinton has a 75% chance of winning in November (disregarding the bookie's rake). Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I'm hoping Trump's nomination will serve as the impetus for the US to finally move past the first past the post voting system and implement something more (mathematically) fair, such as ranked voting or instant runoff voting. Until that happens, a vote for a third party candidate is effectively a vote for the candidate who is in the lead. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I suspect that much of Trump's "support" in the primaries has come from Democrats and independents voting for the GOP candidate who they perceive to be easiest to defeat in November. It's a common strategy in first past the post voting systems. Nobody on the left wanted to see Kasich get the nomination, given that he was the only sane candidate of the final three. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

To be fair, I don't think many of us consider your "observations" to be credible, either. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Such a strategy will have to wait until someone invents a vehicle capable of being driven on non-paved surfaces. Even "all terrain" vehicles do damage. As much damage as building a road? I'm not sure how wind turbines are used in solar arrays. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Such a strategy will have to wait until someone invents a vehicle capable of being driven on non-paved surfaces. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

You can't have it both ways. If your god knows what the future holds for people, then those people's futures are set in stone, and they have no free will. If they have free will, then their futures cannot be known, not even by your god. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

A fraudulent perpetual motion machine? Great idea! What a promising concept! Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

To paraphrase Derek Bok, if you think investing in education is expensive, consider the cost of ignorance. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Two mathematicians are in a bar. The first one says to the second that the average person knows very little about basic mathematics. The second one disagrees, and claims that most people can cope with a reasonable amount of math. The first mathematician goes off to the washroom, and in his absence the second calls over the waitress. He tells her that in a few minutes, after his friend has returned, he will call her over and ask her a question. All she has to do is answer "one third x cubed." She repeats, "wunther decks cue"? He repeats "one third x cubed". Her: "wunther decks cubed?" "Yes, that's right," he says. So she agrees and goes off mumbling to herself, "wunther decks cubed, wunther decks cubed, …" The first mathematician returns and the second proposes a bet to prove his assertion that most people do know something about basic math. He says he will ask the blonde waitress an integral, and the first laughingly agrees. The second man calls over the waitress and asks "what is the integral of x squared?" The waitress says, "wunther decks cubed," and while walking away, turns back and says over her shoulder, "plus a constant!" Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

It's getting harder and harder to take surveys from The Onion seriously. They keep asking questions of he same small sample of people. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Providing for the general welfare of the United States is an enumerated power of Congress. The Courts haven't ignored Article 1, Section 8. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Yet its use is still heavily subsidized. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Don't women's restrooms generally follow a "one customer per stall" design paradigm? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Thank you for the detailed explanation. I'm used to working with data that are already in digital form. I forget that for some research, the raw data aren't digital. I've never had to develop a workflow for non-digital data. Clearly it would be more difficult than what I'm used to. My tool of choice for data analysis is R, so reproducibility is very easy, assuming I have digital raw data. Since I strive to write neat, well commented code, it's usually just a matter of setting seeds (for random processes), saving the code (and data), perhaps integrating it into a Markdown document as appropriate. A GUI-driven analysis tool that records steps sounds very useful. What is quite nightmarish is when someone cleans their data in Excel (or any other typical spreadsheet app) and takes no steps to document the process! Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Is the research not done with reproducibility in mind from the very beginning? I don't know how common it is, but I make an effort to provide sufficiently detailed documentation such that any analysis I perform can be exactly reproduced, given the raw data (which I also make available as appropriate) and similar hardware & software. (I avoid using GUI tools wherever possible, since programming and scripting languages allow easier documentation. It's a PITA to document scrolls and mouse clicks.) I'm not criticizing or implying anything; I'm genuinely curious. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

States do not have a right to "govern their folks as they see fit" when their method of governing conflicts with federal law. See the supremacy clause. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Isn't there a rule about criticizing someone else's spelling or grammar? No. I think he's referring to Muphry's Law. But I also thought most of the misspellings in the criticisms were intentional. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I just finished a two week tryout of a Surface Pro. As a longtime Apple user, my expectations were not very high. However, it was far and away the best tablet experience I've had. Having access to a desktop operating system was better than having to use any mobile OS. Some observations: The Surface Pro feels heavy (and well constructed) for a tablet. The battery life was very good. The display was excellent. Hardware capabilities were very good, given the size. Mine had dual core i5 with 4 GiB RAM and 128GB (GiB?) SSD. The single USB port was a limitation. The non-Bluetooth wireless keyboard I used required the port for a tiny dongle, so other devices I was working with couldn't connect via USB without a hub. As much as the Surface Pro is a hybrid between a tablet and a laptop, when I was using it a computer, not just a tablet, with a separate keyboard it felt much more like a tiny desktop than a laptop. (Keep in mind that I use the integrated keyboard and trackpad on my laptop virtually exclusively.) Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

For a short flight when she was not presenting symptoms? No. Without symptoms, she's not contagious. In the unlikely event she begins presenting mid-flight, ebola isn't that easily transmitted. Again, not for a short flight if she was not presenting symptoms. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Experience tells me that is far from true. Except in cities with very high population density, most Americans assume that every adult wants and needs a car, and have trouble understanding how anyone could possibly get by without one. What if it rains/snows? How do you buy groceries? What if you need to get out at night? What if you have a flat tire? Then there's the "It's not possible to get by without a car in [name of city]" folks. (It is, inevitably, not only possible, it's not even difficult.) To a great deal of Americans, bicycle, at least absent a Lycra costume, implies poor, not preferred option. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Car-free is meant to imply that I have no car by choice, not because I'm too poor or because I've lost my license. I just prefer getting around by bike or foot, even in the inclement weather. It's a common term to refer to people like myself. Sorry you feel it's "douchey." I'm way too old to be a hipster, though. Plus, I don't have a beard, have no star tattoos, refuse to drink PBR, don't ride a fixed gear bike, and, most importantly, don't wear my sister's jeans! Fastest speed of 50.75 mph? Wow. That's hauling ass, especially considering your average descent is only 20 ft! Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

No. I'm saying that if I were the one from the CDC making the call, I would not have forbidden her from flying with no evidence of infection. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

That's funny. I thought logic and reason were supposed to be a gift for man from god. So you're suggesting he gave us logic, but wanted us to never, ever, use it? Bullshit. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!