Significant Digits

[Nomik]

1 in one trillion (the chances of a sixteen word phrase in one speech coincidentally matching a phrase in another speech)

11 members of the California delegation to the Republican National Convention are showing symptoms of the norovirus

+18 points . . .

99% . . .

750 cars . . .

Significant Digits For Wednesday, July 20, 2016 | FiveThirtyEight

 

[swiftdog2.0]

I tell you one and one make three. I'm the cult of personality.

 

[Nomik]

I tell you one and one make three. I'm the cult of personality.

I am coming up with 1 and 3 twice. That's if this is based on base nine plus one and I'm sure it's just me reading this wrong. These guys are hiring for a few positions by the way: a podcast coordinator, some journalists (need to be good with stats and current events), among other positions.

 

[Tery]

I suck at statistics. Much better at snark but that's not FiveThirtyEight's style.

 

[Nomik]

I like your snarky style and I got a D in stats

 

[not_nadine]

I only use one significant digit. (and only if it's really warranted.)

 

[danie]

I only use one significant digit. (and only if it's really warranted.)

Day = Made

 

[HollyGolightly]

I only use one significant digit. (and only if it's really warranted.)

Your "come hither" finger?

Day = Made

Me too doll! It's been an odd day here.

 

[not_nadine]

Your "come hither" finger?

Now you know I was just trying to see if I could do that. I'm glad the blinds are closed.

 

[not_nadine]

sully sully sully

 

[GNTLGNT]

...these are mine....

 

[danie]

sully sully sully

Well someone had to do it.

 

[not_nadine]

 

[HollyGolightly]

Dana Jean Sisterwife - I found your clappers!!!!!

 

[not_nadine]

I so miss Dana Jean's clappers.

They turned up so hilarious at the wrong times.

 

[HollyGolightly]

Inappropriate gestures are my favorite!

 

[HollyGolightly]

1 in one trillion (the chances of a sixteen word phrase in one speech coincidentally matching a phrase in another speech)

11 members of the California delegation to the Republican National Convention are showing symptoms of the norovirus

+18 points . . .

99% . . .

750 cars . . .

Significant Digits For Wednesday, July 20, 2016 | FiveThirtyEight

The number 666 has come up as final numbers for me in my bookkeeping work many times recently. I won't fear the reaper.

Edit: I guess I should say, it's been the final part of the numbers. The last three of much larger digits. Maybe that doesn't count. I like that better.

 

[Grandpa]

212 seems to follow me around. The kids have noticed it too.

I attribute it to coincidence, because if it has any particular meaning, I sure as heck can't figure it out.

Although in base 3, 212 is 21212. It's a palindromic number either way, so that's pretty cool.

 

[Nomik]

212 seems to follow me around. The kids have noticed it too.

I attribute it to coincidence, because if it has any particular meaning, I sure as heck can't figure it out.

Although in base 3, 212 is 21212. It's a palindromic number either way, so that's pretty cool.

Now, when do we apply base 3?

 

[Grandpa]

Now, when do we apply base 3?

When we are a trenary world.

A happy accident, really. That number that follows me around, I noticed was a convenient base 3 number, so I did the conversion, and it was neat.