Talk:605: Extrapolating - Revision history

172.71.178.56 at 07:05, 15 May 2025

2025-05-15T07:05:05Z

162.158.91.129: Negative number of husbands before yesterday

2025-05-15T05:35:47Z

Negative number of husbands before yesterday

Nutster: What would happen if you added extra valid data points.

2021-03-07T22:53:42Z

What would happen if you added extra valid data points.

Cosumel: Added obligatory joke.

2020-03-07T06:21:21Z

Added obligatory joke.

108.162.216.166 at 19:25, 27 July 2017

2017-07-27T19:25:44Z

Davidy22 at 20:28, 4 July 2016

2016-07-04T20:28:57Z

108.162.222.75 at 06:43, 4 July 2016

2016-07-04T06:43:03Z

Flewk at 09:59, 8 January 2016

2016-01-08T09:59:19Z

108.162.216.158: Created page with "If I post a comment on this page, this page will someday consume all the bandwidth of the world. Eh, what the heck.~~~~"

2015-09-01T02:45:45Z

Created page with "If I post a comment on this page, this page will someday consume all the bandwidth of the world. Eh, what the heck.~~~~"

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If I post a comment on this page, this page will someday consume all the bandwidth of the world. Eh, what the heck.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.158|108.162.216.158]] 02:45, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

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	This comic also demonstrates the problem with not using enough data points. If all the days of her life were to be plotted on the x-axis, then adding a value 1 on her wedding night could look like an outlier and would be ignored. Even if the one different data point was included, the line of best fit for extrapolation would still be very close to 0. [[User:Nutster\|Nutster]] ([[User talk:Nutster\|talk]]) 22:53, 7 March 2021 (UTC)		This comic also demonstrates the problem with not using enough data points. If all the days of her life were to be plotted on the x-axis, then adding a value 1 on her wedding night could look like an outlier and would be ignored. Even if the one different data point was included, the line of best fit for extrapolation would still be very close to 0. [[User:Nutster\|Nutster]] ([[User talk:Nutster\|talk]]) 22:53, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

−	Did anyone notice that the graph is negative before yesterday? What does a negative number of husbands even mean?	+	Did anyone notice that the graph is negative before yesterday? What does a negative number of husbands even mean? {{unsigned ip\|162.158.91.129\|05:35, 15 May 2025}}
		+	:Depends upon the scale. Could be a positive number of wives/boyfriends/friends-with-benefits/toy-boys/sugar-daddies/room-mates/personal-clones/roombas/dragons... [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.56\|172.71.178.56]] 07:05, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

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	This comic also demonstrates the problem with not using enough data points. If all the days of her life were to be plotted on the x-axis, then adding a value 1 on her wedding night could look like an outlier and would be ignored. Even if the one different data point was included, the line of best fit for extrapolation would still be very close to 0. [[User:Nutster\|Nutster]] ([[User talk:Nutster\|talk]]) 22:53, 7 March 2021 (UTC)		This comic also demonstrates the problem with not using enough data points. If all the days of her life were to be plotted on the x-axis, then adding a value 1 on her wedding night could look like an outlier and would be ignored. Even if the one different data point was included, the line of best fit for extrapolation would still be very close to 0. [[User:Nutster\|Nutster]] ([[User talk:Nutster\|talk]]) 22:53, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
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		+	Did anyone notice that the graph is negative before yesterday? What does a negative number of husbands even mean?

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	This reminds me of the Steven Wright joke: "When I turned two I was really anxious, because I'd doubled my age in a year. I thought, if this keeps up, by the time I'm six I'll be ninety."		This reminds me of the Steven Wright joke: "When I turned two I was really anxious, because I'd doubled my age in a year. I thought, if this keeps up, by the time I'm six I'll be ninety."
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		+	This comic also demonstrates the problem with not using enough data points. If all the days of her life were to be plotted on the x-axis, then adding a value 1 on her wedding night could look like an outlier and would be ignored. Even if the one different data point was included, the line of best fit for extrapolation would still be very close to 0. [[User:Nutster\|Nutster]] ([[User talk:Nutster\|talk]]) 22:53, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

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	Why does doing this with my paycheck / payday never work? Though it seems this is the logic bills follow. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.166\|108.162.216.166]] 19:25, 27 July 2017 (UTC)		Why does doing this with my paycheck / payday never work? Though it seems this is the logic bills follow. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.166\|108.162.216.166]] 19:25, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
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		+	This reminds me of the Steven Wright joke: "When I turned two I was really anxious, because I'd doubled my age in a year. I thought, if this keeps up, by the time I'm six I'll be ninety."

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	What is we extrapolate at the time point just before she has one husband? {{unsigned ip\|108.162.222.75}}		What is we extrapolate at the time point just before she has one husband? {{unsigned ip\|108.162.222.75}}
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		+	Why does doing this with my paycheck / payday never work? Though it seems this is the logic bills follow. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.166\|108.162.216.166]] 19:25, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

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	: Don't worry. That's not how bandwidth works. And even it was, its growth can also be extrapolated. [[User:Flewk\|flewk]] ([[User talk:Flewk\|talk]]) 09:59, 8 January 2016 (UTC)		: Don't worry. That's not how bandwidth works. And even it was, its growth can also be extrapolated. [[User:Flewk\|flewk]] ([[User talk:Flewk\|talk]]) 09:59, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

−	What is we extrapolate at the time point just before she has one husband?	+	What is we extrapolate at the time point just before she has one husband? {{unsigned ip\|108.162.222.75}}

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	: Don't worry. That's not how bandwidth works. And even it was, its growth can also be extrapolated. [[User:Flewk\|flewk]] ([[User talk:Flewk\|talk]]) 09:59, 8 January 2016 (UTC)		: Don't worry. That's not how bandwidth works. And even it was, its growth can also be extrapolated. [[User:Flewk\|flewk]] ([[User talk:Flewk\|talk]]) 09:59, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
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	If I post a comment on this page, this page will someday consume all the bandwidth of the world. Eh, what the heck.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.158\|108.162.216.158]] 02:45, 1 September 2015 (UTC)		If I post a comment on this page, this page will someday consume all the bandwidth of the world. Eh, what the heck.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.158\|108.162.216.158]] 02:45, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
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		+	: Don't worry. That's not how bandwidth works. And even it was, its growth can also be extrapolated. [[User:Flewk\|flewk]] ([[User talk:Flewk\|talk]]) 09:59, 8 January 2016 (UTC)