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random thoughts from a member of the yuppie technocrati
Thursday, April 29, 2004
becoming accustomed to the corporate machine
damn - coachella! and exam ack! yay set times and lineup
also - i hate it when the parameterization choices make things so much more confusing then they have to be.
just pick a damn standard set of parameter identifiers and what they stand for it sucks a lot when "standard parameterizations" of a distribution include identifiers that are the same but represent the reciprocal - or the nth root or whatever. and in my opinion everyone should use ln for the natural log because it's 1. shorter, 2. unambiguous, 3. saying it is also shorter and unambiguous. so there!
i remember when i first learned algebra i didn't like it that the cartesian coordinates and variables were always x and y. how i long for those simpler days. i have a deep appreciation now for consistency and clarity in naming choice.
not to mention the ridiculous notation required for Exam 3 - i hope to god i pass Exam 4 on the first try because i have a feeling Exam 3 is going to be a bitch.
wah - i don't want to move. i do but i don't want to go through the effort.
listening to: dios, rilo kiley - the execution of all things
also - i hate it when the parameterization choices make things so much more confusing then they have to be.
just pick a damn standard set of parameter identifiers and what they stand for it sucks a lot when "standard parameterizations" of a distribution include identifiers that are the same but represent the reciprocal - or the nth root or whatever. and in my opinion everyone should use ln for the natural log because it's 1. shorter, 2. unambiguous, 3. saying it is also shorter and unambiguous. so there!
i remember when i first learned algebra i didn't like it that the cartesian coordinates and variables were always x and y. how i long for those simpler days. i have a deep appreciation now for consistency and clarity in naming choice.
not to mention the ridiculous notation required for Exam 3 - i hope to god i pass Exam 4 on the first try because i have a feeling Exam 3 is going to be a bitch.
wah - i don't want to move. i do but i don't want to go through the effort.
listening to: dios, rilo kiley - the execution of all things
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