Ah, it's all about how you normalize your data.

Yes, children are more likely to be abused by teachers ... but there are a lot more teachers in the world. A pastor is still more likely to be a molester than a teacher.

There's also questions about how much more likely other children (or their parents) are willing to come forward when the molestation has happened to a teacher vs a pastor/clergy. (my grandfather was abused by a Catholic priest, and his mom treated him as a liar and refused to believe a priest could ever do something like that)

I recommend that everyone read Huff's "How to Lie with Statistics"

No. Perjury is legally defined as lying under oath or on a legal document that you signed. Other lying, even if it is criminally illegal, is not perjury.

Because they got it when it was pretty much the best alternative, and wasn't much more expensive. Then Broadcom bought it, leaving them staring at a massive migration project to get out.

Complete with his Dreamworks face.

I'll pick number 3 for the win.

Of course conspiracies happen. Conspiracies happen all the time. Conspiracies don't happen without creating any hard evidence about their existence. Conspiracies of any size don't happen without somebody involved willing to tell the world about it ("Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.").

Stay alert. Trust no one. Keep your laser handy.

The question you need to be asking is not "Are nonsmokers a greater proportion of lung cancer cases?" but "Are nonsmokers suffering lung cancer at higher rates?" A question that goes completely unanswered by the summary. It would be interesting if it goes unanswered in the article, which is, unfortunately, paywalled (and even that's not the original article, just a New York Times article about the article in Nature.)

Now *there's* somebody I trust to rebuild the Open Source Software ecosystem!

That's why they had to get AI to achieve this level of stupid.

"If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry."

"Stupid Man Plays with AI Vibe Coding and loses Data. No one cares."

Well, Picard probably does.

?? digital price tags?

Aldi uses those, but how would you make sure the person next to you didn't see the same price, and then you got that price when checking out?

You're probably thinking about the reports that they were pricing some items online higher depending on where you lived and your OS: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/look...

That's okay... Delta tried fucking me because of housecats.

I was transporting my mom's cats from Germany, and was told that each leg of the flight, I would get stickers to prove that the cats were on the flight. So when they came around to check on us, I asked for the tickets, and never got an answer.

So they came back again, telling people to buckle their seat belts and make sure their seats are fully up, and I asked again. And I was blown off (said I didn't really need them), and so I took off my seat belt. I didn't get up, I just took it off so anyone else who came by would have to talk to me.

I was told that counted as threatening the stewardess, and that I could be ejected from the flight. WTF?

I don't think I've flown Delta since.

(I've also been boycotting United, and I remember there was once an emergency flight that I had to take, and I used one of them... we took off, then went back t the airport because of some plane issue... then sat around for 3+ hours while they kept saying that we'd be leaving soon, then finally started boarding at a time that meant that I was going to miss the funeral. If they had at least been honest about the delays (like claiming that the plane they were bringing around had already gone through pre-flight checks), I might have had an opportunity to take another flight that would get me there on time.... so I *might* have flown Delta since then... but they didn't get my to my destination)

... but only if they made sure that they were charging the rude passengers an extra penalty, helping to subsidize everyone who can actually behave themselves when flying. ... but we know they won't do this. They'll probably charge you more because you brought your own snacks instead of paying $10 for a sad, partially frozen sandwich, and you know how to live out of a suitcase so didn't have $50 in checked bag fees.