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Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Tom Scola - Aug 23, 2014 6:30:17 am PDT #4701 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

–0.04 is less than –0.002.

–0.002 falls within the range of –0.04..0.03.

Thinking in terms of “bigger” and “smaller” doesn’t make a whole lot of sense when you have negative numbers.


Steph L. - Aug 23, 2014 6:34:28 am PDT #4702 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Okay -- like I said, I can't get my brain around it. If it really does fall within the range, then I'm good. Thanks!


lisah - Aug 23, 2014 6:40:21 am PDT #4703 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

Okay, now will someone explain hierarchical linear modeling to me?? That's the thing I have to understand for my job this week. Right now I'm at the "okay they've got these bits of data, they do magic magic magic annnnnnd PROFIT!" stage.


-t - Aug 23, 2014 6:45:09 am PDT #4704 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Beyond my off the cuff scope, lisah, but it sounds interesting.


sarameg - Aug 23, 2014 7:16:44 am PDT #4705 of 30000

Target. Move-in week for nearby colleges. Don't.


tommyrot - Aug 23, 2014 7:39:54 am PDT #4706 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

It's hot and ungodly humid here--bad time for a power outage. More than 2,500 homes are affected in my area.

Good thing I decided not to do laundry but go to a friend's house instead.

Eta: And the power's back. Given the extent of the outage I feared it'd be out for a long time.


Jesse - Aug 23, 2014 9:00:43 am PDT #4707 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Okay, now will someone explain hierarchical linear modeling to me??

Yeah, I've got nothing.

At 6 last night, I was going to ask someone if they could teach me about pivot tables, but then I decided to leave work instead and deal with it another time. I'm a little afraid that time should actually be now, but bleh.


SuziQ - Aug 23, 2014 9:06:04 am PDT #4708 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

If/when you need help with pivot tables, hit me up, Jesse. I use them all over the place on a regular basis.


Jesse - Aug 23, 2014 9:27:43 am PDT #4709 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Thank you! I have 300 expenditure lines I need to summarize, but I think my fundamental problem is, I don't necessarily know how to put the lines into the right categories because I don't know what they are. Oy.


lisah - Aug 23, 2014 9:28:26 am PDT #4710 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

PIVOT, PIVOT, PIVOT!