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Sextus Empiricus
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Engineer specialized in food technology and applied mathematics.

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Is there a 1 in 20 or 1 in 400 chance of guessing the outcome of a d20 roll before it happens?
Nov 4, 2021
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A fair die is rolled 1,000 times. What is the probability of rolling the same number 5 times in a row?
Oct 15, 2020
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Why is the sum of two random variables a convolution?
Mar 6, 2018
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Evidence for man-made global warming hits 'gold standard': how did they do this?
Feb 26, 2019
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Why does the US death rate not "match" life expectancy
Oct 29, 2020
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How exactly is the "effectiveness" in the Moderna and Pfizer vaccine trials estimated?
Nov 17, 2020
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Speed in m/s is normally distributed, but same data expressed as "Time for 10 meters" is not
Jan 22, 2020
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Which statistical model is being used in the Pfizer study design for vaccine efficacy?
Nov 17, 2020
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For convex problems, does gradient in Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) always point at the global extreme value?
Sep 18, 2018
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StackExchange fires a moderator, and now in response hundreds of moderators resign: is the increase in resignations statistically significant?
Oct 25, 2019
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Is it time for an independent Statistics Q&A website? How can we be more independent? #STEXIT #WhoOwnsTheInternet
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Do answers with equations and formulas in them get more votes?
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Brainstorm: Should we collaborate with an alternative Q&A website? (and how?)
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We have a very large & widening gap between questions and answers. How do we fix it?
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FYI: A second apology from SE has been posted
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Why haven't the statements to the Register been retracted?
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Update: an agreement with Monica Cellio
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How do I get my content on Stack Exchange licensed correctly or else removed?
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Why were the Code of Conduct changes received so negatively, and what can / could have been done to change that?
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Is the voting and reputation system sustainable? How can we improve it or maybe it should be replaced?

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