Date: 2017-11-04 01:49 pm (UTC)
autopope: Me, myself, and I (Default)
From: [personal profile] autopope
$1000 tea-maker discontinued ...

Meanwhile, here's a GBP 200 tea-maker (USD $250) that runs on just about any loose-leaf tea you want, and does the job really really well (says one very satisfied owner who drinks maybe 2-5 litres of tea per day). No DRM — mind you, no wifi only, but I can brew my tea secure in the knowledge that it's not going to be coopted to mine bitcoins or send spam on my power bill.

Date: 2017-11-04 03:09 pm (UTC)
jack: (Default)
From: [personal profile] jack
They want to sell that as an "airgapped ultra-security unhackable electronic teasmaid" :)

Date: 2017-11-04 03:48 pm (UTC)
calimac: (Default)
From: [personal profile] calimac
I've read an entire book about the Monty Hall Problem. It's worth noting both that 1) Monty never actually acted out this scenario on the show, although the 3 doors with 1 prize were real, and 2) that the unexpected probability answer only works if Monty does this for every contestant. If he's permitted to select (and, of course, he knows what's behind each door), then he can tweak the probability any way he wants.

However, that's not the point of the problem, which is the refusal of many to believe that, even under the specified conditions, the probability is 2/3rds. They will say things like "Monty is starting a new game," but he isn't. What they fail to realize is that the probability of success on switching is dependent on the probability that you picked the right door the first time.

Good comment on the Disney/LA Times fuss. Final line: "What a bunch of infants." And yes, he means Disney.

Date: 2017-11-04 08:44 pm (UTC)
naath: (Default)
From: [personal profile] naath
I am rather sick of hose goats. But if you super don' believe it you can simulate it very easily...

what I want to know is did you get to keep the goat?

Date: 2017-11-04 10:15 pm (UTC)
calimac: (Default)
From: [personal profile] calimac
Yes, one of the alternative possibilities is that the contestant is Porgy, from Porgy and Bess, and would prefer a goat.

Date: 2017-11-04 05:10 pm (UTC)
teaotter: (Default)
From: [personal profile] teaotter
Since you linked to the DNC/Donna Brazile story, could you also link to one of the stories that gives that piece some context? Despite what Brazile says, the funding agreement was standard practice with all candidates, and the DNC had one with the Sanders campaign as well.

Talkingpointsmeme Josh Marshall has an editorial with links and further context.

(sorry, typos!)
Edited Date: 2017-11-04 05:11 pm (UTC)

Date: 2017-11-04 06:10 pm (UTC)
teaotter: (Default)
From: [personal profile] teaotter
Great, thank you!

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