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 Discussion on answer by David Hammen:…

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Jasper
Jul 6, 2022 13:45
On a good day (when the process is perfectly centered within its tolerances), a six-sigma process would have a (two-tailed) 4 parts-per-billion defect rate. Six sigma assumes that the process can drift one-and-a-half standard deviations from perfectly centered before the problem is caught and fixed. So on a bad day (uncentered by 1½ σ) that same process will have a (one-tailed) 3.4 parts-per-million defect rate. Most of the defects will be on the bad days, so the bad days drive the overall defect rate.
 

 Discussion on question by hanugm: Do …

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Jasper
Aug 31, 2019 07:15
@AJMansfield -- Your comment would make a good answer.
 

 Discussion on answer by Sandra: What …

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Jasper
Aug 29, 2019 08:20
Regarding the paragraph about the continuing poor worker morale of East Germans and Russians: Could this be the result of selection bias? In other words, have most of today's hard-working Eastern Europeans moved to Western Europe and America? I live in the United States. I have worked with and/or employed many people from the former Soviet Union. They were all hard workers. They also spoke English surprisingly well, which indicates that they had put a lot of effort into learning English.
Jasper
Aug 29, 2019 08:20
During the Cold War, this theory was a major theme of conservative and libertarian arguments in favor of capitalism.
 

 Discussion on question by Halfthawed:…

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Jasper
Aug 28, 2019 17:27
If your sophonts have both five fingers per hand and the concept of "zero" when they develop words for counting, base (5+1) is more natural than base (5+5). Base (5+1) has lots of advantages over bases (1+1), (5-1), (5+3), (5+5), (5+5+2), and (5+5+5+1).
 

 Discussion on answer by Erwan: How wo…

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Jasper
Aug 22, 2019 08:30
"Why would a colonial power give up ownership without any compensation?" -- One answer is to avoid (eventually) having to give colonial subjects the right to vote in the homeland's elections.
 

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Jasper
May 31, 2019 06:11
@RosieF -- That is exactly why I put "decimal" in scare-quotes. Whether the Base (3+3) user calls them heximal places, or the Base (5 + 5) user calls them decimal places, or the Base (5 + 5 + 5 + 1) user calls them hexadecimal places, they are the values that are multiplied by a negative power of the Base. I would write "digits" after the "decimal point", but that phrasing has the same Base (5+5)-centricness.
Jasper
May 31, 2019 06:11
@Nosajimiki -- European societies' use of Base 10 (as opposed to Base 6) has nothing to do with writing. Proto-Indo-European used Base 10 long before any of the Indo-European tribes were part of civilizations that had writing.
Jasper
May 31, 2019 06:11
@Nosajimiki -- Base 6 is superior to Base 10. It has the same number of prime factors, an easier-to-memorize multiplication table, and its division yields non-repeating "decimals" for a higher fraction of modest denominators.
 

 Discussion on question by Sentinel: H…

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Jasper
Feb 4, 2019 06:28
A mathematical proof of Special Relativity does not have to be very long. Explaining its importance, key assumptions, symbols, and effects might take more thought. Explaining the effects of common mistakes can be useful.
 

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Jasper
Jan 31, 2019 01:21
Have you read The Jungle Books by Kipling? In particular, "Letting in the Jungle"‌​?
 

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Jasper
Oct 8, 2018 13:52
Is the evidence strong enough to convince the Vatican's scientists? For example, the Vatican Observatory employs an American clergyman / physicist as a full-time astronomer. Among other things, he studies extra-terrestrial objects found on (or brought to) Earth.
 

 Discussion on answer by David Richerb…

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Jasper
Sep 13, 2018 03:00
A scrapyard sells things that people paid to get rid of.
 

 Discussion on answer by Tetsujin: Wha…

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Jasper
Aug 4, 2018 18:01
@dan -- "Whatever you have to hand" means "Whatever is conveniently available." (Literally, "whatever is close enough that you can easily grab it in your hand.")
 

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Jasper
May 10, 2018 17:35
Larry Niven's Ringworld series has a twist on this premise.
 

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Jasper
Apr 9, 2018 14:14
Are you her mother, or her father? How many sets * reps/set does she do at 145 pounds?
 

 Discussion on answer by jdunlop: How …

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Jasper
Apr 8, 2018 20:36
If I were a lunar colonist, I would want to have multiple satellites with in either solar or earth orbit, capable of seeing launches from the far side of the earth. A lunar colony could afford the launch cost. Depending on the colony's manufacturing base, the satellites might be small and/or primitive.
 

 Discussion on answer by Sparksbet: Fr…

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Jasper
Apr 3, 2018 16:42
@leftaroundabout -- Your comments would make a good answer.
 

 Discussion on question by tbodt: Rein…

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Jasper
Jun 30, 2017 06:02
Is it OK to write an analogous pretty printer for/in a language that uses different tokens?
 

 talk.tryitonline.net

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Jasper
Jun 28, 2017 22:43
@Phoenix Does Dennis' Fedora 25 have WINE installed, and callable from the command line?
Jasper
Jun 28, 2017 22:18
Is there a page somewhere that describes what is required in order to add a new language to Try It Online?
 

 Discussion on answer by BrianHall: Wh…

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Jasper
May 3, 2017 13:41
The first third of my answer to "Oversimplify it for me: the correct order of investing" is about getting out of the traps that cause/continue homelessness.
 

 Ellbot's Shack

The place where we build our Ellbot
Jasper
Apr 21, 2017 00:03
!!california rolls
Jasper
Apr 21, 2017 00:02
!!flip/origami
Jasper
Apr 21, 2017 00:01
!!translate/origami
Jasper
Apr 21, 2017 00:01
!!origami
Jasper
Feb 26, 2017 05:00
!!bang
 

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Jasper
Mar 21, 2017 17:26
Do the wizards have friends and/or family who can be taken hostage (or subjected to other reprisals)?
 

 Discussion on question by Jasper: How…

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Jasper
Jan 19, 2017 02:34
@wizzwizz4 -- I suggest a simpler seasoning UI in the comments on my answer below.
Jasper
Jan 19, 2017 02:34
@user6760 -- The point of the "self-cleaning kitchen" is that it cleans itself.
Jasper
Jan 19, 2017 02:34
@Jasen -- Your comment seems like the start of a good answer. Would the washed items wind up in different racks after every meal? (Meaning that the iKitchen might know where everything is, but the humans would not?) Or would lots of stuff get re-washed unnecessarily because something in their rack was needed for a meal?
 

 Language Overflow

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Jasper
Nov 20, 2016 18:35
(Or at least, potential time ranges in which I could participate.)
Jasper
Nov 20, 2016 18:34
On most other days, 1600ish - 2359 UTC and 0001 - 0530ish UTC are potential time ranges for a retagging event.
Jasper
Nov 20, 2016 18:31
@M.A.R. American Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 24, 2016. Thus, Wednesday November 23 through Sunday November 27 will not work for many people.
 

 Discussion on question by niue: Under…

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Jasper
Oct 4, 2016 15:27
@Colin Fine -- Your comment would make a good answer.
 

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Jasper
Apr 6, 2016 03:02
There are many drawbacks to buying a condo. Will you be able to buy a condo that is big enough for the family you hope to have in 5 - 10 years? Will the walls, floors, and ceilings have enough sound-proofing that a crying baby will not wake up your neighbors? Will you have use of a safe outdoor area large enough for kids to run around? Will your kids have the chance to play in the dirt? It seems to me that buying a condo has all of the disadvantages of renting a condo, plus locks you into a situation that might not be right for you.
Jasper
Apr 6, 2016 03:02
If you are looking to "get into the market" to hedge against future price increases, then buying a suburban (or rural) house that could meet your needs 5 - 10 years from now is less risky than buying a condo. Try to buy a home that has room to grow, in a community that you feel comfortable in. You say that you will need to add a car either way. If you choose a condo that you suddenly need to sell in three years (instead of a house you can expand), you might be forced to either sell at a loss, or become an "involuntary landlord". You can rent out a house -- but maybe not a condo.
 

 My love-hate relationship with grammar

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Jasper
Feb 7, 2016 18:27
I am retagging grammar grammaticality-in-context questions that were last active between September 1, 2014 and April 30, 2015.
Jasper
Feb 7, 2016 17:43
I am retagging grammar meaning usage questions that were last active between March 1, 2015 and June 30, 2015.
Jasper
Feb 6, 2016 19:41
@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. -- We are now under 2,000 grammar questions, which is less than half the 4,430 grammar questions there were when you started the project back in October.
Jasper
Feb 4, 2016 17:13
I created the anthropomorphism tag. It is for a kind of figurative speech.
Jasper
Feb 4, 2016 17:09
I am retagging grammar meaning usage questions that were last active between November 1, 2014 and February 28, 2015.
Jasper
Feb 1, 2016 03:18
I created the oxymoron tag. I have seen several questions about phrases that the original poster (or answerer(s)) thought were contradictions in terms.
Jasper
Jan 29, 2016 17:28
I am retagging grammar meaning usage questions that were last active before October 31, 2014.
Jasper
Jan 29, 2016 17:16
I am retagging grammar possessive questions that were last active before September 30, 2015.
Jasper
Jan 29, 2016 17:06
I am retagging grammar reported-speech questions that were last active before September 30, 2015.
Jasper
Jan 29, 2016 16:53
I am retagging grammar phrasal-verbs questions that were last active before May 31, 2015.
Jasper
Jan 26, 2016 18:45
I am retagging grammar sentence-construction questions that were last active before September 30, 2015.
Jasper
Jan 26, 2016 18:33
I am retagging grammar sentence-usage questions that were last active before July 31, 2015.
Jasper
Jan 26, 2016 18:19
I am retagging grammar sentences questions that were last active before March 31, 2015.