I've thought for the last months (as someone who isn't an epidemiologist, but does include probabilistic processes in their expertise) that overdispersion wasn't being taken properly i… (View Post)

I've long felt that there's a problem with "news", where that's defined to be what "creates a story". It substitutes clickbait for journalism. I wish more were conc… (View Post)

Yes, and the terminology has been terribly confused. "Self-isolating" = mandatory quarantine because you're infectious, cannot leave the house, or is it "self-isolating" = st… (View Post)

It's the not um and ah that causes problems. It's the glitch on the recording that drops out for several seconds (happens annoyingly often, despite updating drivers etc etc), the detuned mo… (View Post)

That's good to know. I'm recording lectures as 20-30 minute episodes rather than the traditional hour. And compositing slides with demonstration material as I go. The bad news is that it�… (View Post)