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There is a classic statistical test known as the Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) test (Wikipedia). This post is about an off-label use of the KS-test that I don’t think people know about (not even Kolmogorov or Smirnov), …

Visibly moved after a visit to the Galleria Borghese, my friend recounted their first encounter with Bernini’s The Rape of Proserpina, especially the texture and yielding softness of the skin. Years later, after spending an …

A review of A Winter in Zürau and Partita by Gabriel Josipovici Gabriel Josipovici has said that as a critic he is conservative but as a novelist he is radical. The second claim may not …

Now it is 30 years later, and you are still sending me books, just more expensive ones, and we both are in it together bc you put us there. While I am reading your old …

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures' annual fundraising gala, celebrating its acclaimed museum’s third anniversary, also will honor Academy Award-nominated actor Paul Mescal and two-time Academy Award-winning and six-time Academy Award-nominated writer and director Quentin …

Barbara Stanwyck enters the 1930 film "Ladies of Leisure" -- and film history -- in a rowboat. The oars squeak. Her face is marked by mascara-streaked tears and she's clutching a broken dress strap. She's …

If you see the images of this, and you think it is a supped up Bugout, then you get partial credit. Benchmade claims they used the Bugout for inspiration to make the Taggedout, which is …

Ana Veic explores a review on the female migrant experience in accessing mental health support in primary care settings across Europe, which concludes that services must be culturally aware and gender sensitive. The post Navigating …

Forbes recently published the Forbes 400 List for 2024, listing the 400 richest people in the United States. This inspired me to make a histogram to show the distribution of wealth in the United States. …

Germany’s Heckler & Koch finally dropped a commercially available micro compact 9mm pistol this week, debuting the thoroughly tested HK CC9 onto the market. The polymer-framed striker-fired “one and a half stack” 9mm offers flush …

Śrī Uddhava, Śrī Krishna’s most trusted advisor, is described in the Bhāgavatam by Śukadeva Gosvāmī before beginning his narration about how Śrī Uddhava delivered to the gopīs a confidential message from Śrī Krishna: Śukadeva Gosvāmī …

TL/DR — Dale Chu, Derrell Bradford, and I talk ed politics next Tuesday and you can ask questions, too. Join us! As you may have heard, there’s an election coming. It’s a pretty important one, …

International Peening Day on the first weekend in April each year is a great opportunity to get out scythe blades from hibernation and get them cleaned and peened ready for the new season. There are …