Installing VIM in R on Mint 17
For data imputation, for simplicity I like to use single imputation instead of multiple imputation. This can easily be done with the VIM package using the irmi command. So, I…
RCurl in R on Mint 17
So I was installing something (forgot what), and had problems with RCurl: * installing *source* package ‘RCurl’ ... ** package ‘RCurl’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked checking for curl-config...…
Java, even worse than PHP!
I'm taking a course in object orientated programming (OOP) at university. I always hated OOP, it seemed like an overly difficult way to doing the stuff I wanted. Now, the…
PHP sucks
Today I had to work with PHP. I'm making a website to gather survey data because Google Forms cannot do what I need to do, e.g. give the user instant…
Simpler way to correct for restriction of range?
Restriction of range is when the variance in some variable is reduced compared to the true population variance. This lowers the correlation between this variable and other variables. It is…
THC and driving: Causal modeling and statistical controls
I am a major proponent of drug legalization, and have also been following the research on drugs' influence on driving skills. In media discourse, it is taken for granted that…
Review: The Second Machine Age (Brynjolfsson & McAfee)
Goodreads. Libgen. This book is background material for CGPGrey's great short film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU So, if you saw that and are more curious, perhaps this book is for you. If the…
Review: Superintelligence (Nick Bostrom)
Goodreads. Ebook. To those who don't know Bostrom, he's a prof of filosofy at Oxford. His book concerns superintelligence which is defined "any intellect that greatly exceeds the cognitive performance…
Review: What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought (Stanovich, 2009)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6251150-what-intelligence-tests-miss MOBI on libgen I've seen this book cited quite a few times and when looking for what to read next, it seemed like on okay choice. The book is…