EPT[Patch 4.17] Soraka/Viktor General Discussion - Page 31
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onlywonderboy
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Zess
Adun Toridas!9144 Posts
On October 01 2014 03:58 Ketara wrote: Looking at data is never useless. As long as you understand the limitations of the data you have, you can hopefully figure out something from it. Google Flu ends up being a worse predictor of flu outbreaks than any other small data metric ever, I'd say that's pretty useless. http://www.tylervigen.com/view_correlation?id=359 Also useless | ||
TheYango
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There's also the distinction that can be made between "useless" and "a waste of time". | ||
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Ketara
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On October 01 2014 04:11 xes wrote: Google Flu ends up being a worse predictor of flu outbreaks than any other small data metric ever, I'd say that's pretty useless. http://www.tylervigen.com/view_correlation?id=359 Also useless Data =! data analysis =! prediction algorithm. | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On October 01 2014 04:28 Ketara wrote: You guys say things and all I seem to be able to read is "blah blah blah I whine about everything" That's cuz I do whine about everything. It's quite cathartic. You should try it sometime. | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On October 01 2014 04:28 Ketara wrote: You guys say things and all I seem to be able to read is "blah blah blah I whine about everything" Being critical of something is not the same as whining. | ||
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Ketara
United States15065 Posts
On October 01 2014 04:43 wei2coolman wrote: Being critical of something is not the same as whining. Not always, but it can be. And here it almost always is. | ||
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Celial
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Alaric
France45622 Posts
On October 01 2014 04:30 TheYango wrote: That's cuz I do whine about everything. It's quite cathartic. You should try it sometime. And then you come and blame me for doing so? C'mon man, share the wealth. :< | ||
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Celial
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Gahlo
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On October 01 2014 04:15 TheYango wrote: Ketara the problem is that most of the time the data is presented in a way that is either unintentionally or deliberately sensational or misleading (your citing data the way you did is somewhat guilty of this)--which leads to readers misinterpreting data and having unproductive discourse based on that misinterpretation. There's also the distinction that can be made between "useless" and "a waste of time". I'm gonna have to quote Thorin quoting somebody else here. "Stats are like bikinis. What they reveal is enticing but what they conceal is essential." | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
10/10 quality discussion. | ||
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Zess
Adun Toridas!9144 Posts
On October 01 2014 04:28 Ketara wrote: You guys say things and all I seem to be able to read is "blah blah blah I whine about everything" As a mathematician my job is to rain on people's parades. It is less whining than saying "everything you do is less useful than you think it is" (including my stating of the aforementioned statement and the thereafter aknowledgement of it). I can never hope to reach the same body of work as our resident economist or biostatistician however. | ||
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iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
I use statistics much differently, usually more along the lines of meaningful life of mechanical equipment. Much less melancholy imo. | ||
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Zess
Adun Toridas!9144 Posts
On October 01 2014 05:36 iCanada wrote: Man your life must be depressing. That probably means everything you do is less useful than you think it is too. I use statistics much differently, usually more along the lines of meaningful life of mechanical equipment. Much less melancholy imo. I shitpost on TL and get paid buckets of money while doing it so I'm pretty useless but no one has caught on yet shhhhhhh | ||
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Ketara
United States15065 Posts
On October 01 2014 05:49 xes wrote: I shitpost on TL and get paid buckets of money while doing it so I'm pretty useless but no one has caught on yet shhhhhhh I used to have a job like that. It's awesome. | ||
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ketchup
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Gahlo
United States35172 Posts
On October 01 2014 15:09 ketchup wrote: Do people still use Curse Voice even though Riot are kinda unclear on if it is bannable or not? Is it worth using? I have been playing duo queue using TL's teamspeak, and it's been a lot more fun than not having any communication. The games also seem to go much better than my solo queue games just because I have that one person who is communicating information to me. Riot has said they don't want people using it, even without the timers, because it interacts with their interface which goes against their policy. | ||
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