4.19.2025
I like that the statistics Stack Exchange forum has a unique name (Cross Validated), but I also always think that it should be called Stats Exchange.
4.4.2025
I've found a useful way to think about probability: if an event has an 85% chance of happening, that means out of 100 random possible futures, there are 85 where it happens and 15 where it doesn't. I don't know whether that actually makes my predictions more accurate or if it just makes me feel like I better understand probability, making me feel more confident. I wonder how I could test that.
4.3.2025
I was wondering which punctuation characters were most common in the programming languages I use, so I could decide how to focus my efforts on learning to type them without looking at the keyboard. Someone made some very nice frequency charts that are basically exactly what I was looking for. The specific order of most frequent characters doesn't matter much, and I could have guessed which ones are generally most common, but I like statistics. Plus it's reassuring that this person says the extent to which different projects in the same language favor different characters is insignificant.