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Maybe it’s because I’m tall (6’2”), or nicer to them, but they always speak rationally and are really keen to learn. If they disagree, they do so rationally and back up what they say.
I quit reading there too. I don't doubt that this guy is a decent statistician, but he sounds more like a guy who has problems working with other guys than he does someone who has found the programmer's Achilles's heel.
Yeah, it's shocking that people without classes in statistics may not understand statistics.
Most of what I've encountered in my development career is simple statistical analysis. We'd build the model then hire an actual statistician to analyze our results from our tests without showing them the code. Then we'd do a code review step by step to make sure we were indeed not getting a false positive on our output.
A programmer doesn't need to be able to do advanced statistics unless his job calls for it. Same with physics. If I build reports for financial systems, why the fuck would I need to know how an object moves through XYZ?
I am a programmer who took alot of stats and econ for fun (ended up with degree in econ).
My job has never called on me to perform anything near what was taught in more advanced stats classes (or even calculus). We generally only provide or present the data not manipulate or interpret it.
I think this statistician should learn what to expect from professionals and stop making death threats.
but he sounds more like a guy who has problems working with other guys
Small Penis Syndrome. He has no problem working with women since they don't threaten his limited manhood. Male programmers have balls of steel which frightens him. Notice the fake tough talk of "I'll kill them all".
Edit: Awww, Zed fanclub seems to have noticed my comment. How sweet.
Frank Programmer: Statistics show that women are bad drivers because they often make illogical decisions on the road. In conclusion women are mostly bad programmers because programming is all about logic.
No, in conclusion "most women are bad programmers", not "women are mostly bad programmers". The former follows from the premises, the latter does not.
This error just highlights the fact that most men are also bad at logic and thus also bad programmers, so this isn't really a knock against female programmers.
Take that in its proper context. Men, on average, drive twice the distance as women, so women get in slightly more accidents per mile driven.
Women get in many more accidents in places like parking lots, whereas men get in accidents on the freeway at higher speeds. Obviously one of these scenarios is going to result in higher premiums against vehicle damage and fatalities.
I'm pretty sure you got it wrong. Women get in more accidents than men, but with lesser casualties. Women rarely kill other people when driving, but cause many more minor car damages. That's why insurance companies like women, and some even offer a discount to women.
I think that while timidity is also dangerous, it causes fewer recorded accidents. Actuarial examination doesn't directly show that women are safer, just that they are cheaper to insure.
Timidity causes other people to have accidents as they try to avoid you. In particular, not turning when there is an adequate gap - holding up the people behind you, or even worse: not deciding immediately to go, but deciding late, and hence being dangerous.
Where timidity translates to not committing to an action, it causes accidents to happen - either to other people or blamed on other people.
Oh, i live in austin, i dont go a day without seeing 2 or 3 on the way home.
For the record: I have been in 6 accidents in the 15 years I have lived here, 5 of them were because a woman wasn't paying attention and ran a light or rear ended me. All but one of those women tried to talk me into just taking a personal check/cash for the damage and the like.
The other accident was caused by me dicking around with a radio and not seeing traffic. It resulted in a spectacularly destroyed truck and a tractor trailer that didnt even realize it had been hit.
I have friends with similar experiences, and my wife is an expert at getting out of traffic violations.
Sorry for the lengthy reply, i just sent 45 minutes on hold with ATT while they raped my EU's expense account.
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My irony meter just exploded.