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288 points sebg | 3 comments | 10 Apr 25 17:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.255s | source
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wpollock ◴[10 Apr 25 18:01 UTC] No.43646498[source]▶
Very nice, but instead of an owl, shouldn't the cover illustration be a pirate?
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madcaptenor ◴[10 Apr 25 19:38 UTC] No.43647343[source]▶
Sadly, the R community has never really embraced the pirate thing.
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esafak ◴[10 Apr 25 20:00 UTC] No.43647526[source]▶
Statisticians don't really embody the pirate spirit, do they :)
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1. bryanrasmussen ◴[10 Apr 25 20:13 UTC] No.43647632[source]▶
The average Statistician doesn't, but the mean ones do.
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2. DadBase ◴[10 Apr 25 20:52 UTC] No.43647924[source]▶
Huh. I always thought the mean ones just ran the review boards. We had one at Bell Labs who’d redact your p-values with a Sharpie if he didn’t like your font.
3. account-5 ◴[11 Apr 25 06:17 UTC] No.43650980[source]▶
What about the median ones... I'll get my coat.