[FRIAM] polling stations

Young people are trying to save the US election amid dire poll worker shortages https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/01/poll-worker-election-help-young-people-try-to-save-us-vote > In Hamilton county, Ohio, young people play a specific role in facilitating > elections where older people m

Re: [FRIAM] Inverted Qualia

Oh, Crap. I have been busy with other things and I missed all of this. I'll bet it was good. Nick Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University thompnicks...@gmail.com https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ -Original Message- From: Friam On B

[FRIAM] The Gambler and the Academic

>From the most recent Reasoner (http://www.thereasoner.org/). I didn't >cutnpaste the code. My edited code is attached. If you run it, you see that >most of them gain back their losses within 100 bets. It would be fun to run >some sweeps looking for edge cases. For non-programmers, the code is

[FRIAM] Detailed NM COVID metrics

Click on the link shown. "New Mexico health officials have a target of performing 5,000 tests per day on a seven-day average as part of its eight-pronged gating criteria for economic re-ope

Re: [FRIAM] Detailed NM COVID metrics

Hi, Tom, Yes. That link is to an interesting page. The state estimated r naught (1.04) is up from 0.70 in the last two weeks, but the new cases (125) and the test positivity rate (2.3) are holding pretty steady. I also recommend looking at the dashboard

Re: [FRIAM] Detailed NM COVID metrics

Nick: I think ZIP code maps, if seen as a one-off, are essentially useless. Here's what I sent to some friends at the New Mexican last week. *"The online edition of the New Mexican has many data graphics that help readers put the virus in context: https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/virus/

Re: [FRIAM] Detailed NM COVID metrics

But here's some good news. NPR reported yesterday that 85% of the U.S. public is now wearing masks. That percentage is also the same in the mountain West which has the biggest spike in mask use of anywhere else in the country. On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 1:30 PM Tom Johnson wrote: > Click on the li

Re: [FRIAM] The Gambler and the Academic

I'm pretty sure what's being talked about is "Gambler's Ruin" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler's_ruin) a paradoxical result where infinite wealth will always win out, even when the odds are stacked against. I see from the Wikipedia article, that this has been known about since Blaise Pascal's

Re: [FRIAM] The Gambler and the Academic

Ha! Sure. But the last comment from the Gambler is the punchline. On 9/1/20 3:25 PM, Russell Standish wrote: > I'm pretty sure what's being talked about is "Gambler's Ruin" > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler's_ruin) a paradoxical result > where infinite wealth will always win out, even when

Re: [FRIAM] The Gambler and the Academic

I'm with you, Russ. Old saw. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, Sep 1, 2020, 4:46 PM uǝlƃ ↙↙↙ wrote: > Ha! Sure. But the last comment from the Gambler is the punchline. > > On 9/1/20 3:25 PM, Russell Standish wrote: > > I'm pretty s