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• PPOct 28, 2021, 5:30 PM

  2 points

  in reply to: Said Achmiz’s comment on: They don’t make ’em like they used to

  That remind me of what we had in our house. It wasn’t used much for cooking, stews maybe that’s all I recall.

• PPMay 30, 2020, 4:59 PM

  1 point

  in reply to: Purplehermann’s comment on: Sus­pi­ciously bal­anced evidence

  I see that gjm has replied with beautifully typeset text.

• PPMay 19, 2020, 7:52 PM

  1 point

  in reply to: gjm’s comment on: Open & Wel­come Thread—May 2020

  What is a reference image?

• PPMay 19, 2020, 4:46 PM

  6 points

  on: Sus­pi­ciously bal­anced evidence

  I have a confession to make, I can make no sense of probability as degree of belief. The measure-theoretic definition (due to Kolmogoroff?) suits me and I have never progressed beyond it. I can do naught but beg your forgiveness.

• PPJan 28, 2020, 9:23 PM

  −8 points

  −2

  on: The Best Text­books on Every Subject

  Since different people have different tastes and different needs, I doubt that there is a best textbook on any subject. As for ‘every subject’, what can that possibly means?

• PPJan 26, 2020, 11:49 PM

  1 point

  in reply to: gjm’s comment on: “Fu­ture of Go” sum­mit with AlphaGo

  Do you play go?