The Pollara poll on the Toronto mayoral election declares that they cannot assign a margin of error to the results, because those results are at least partially from from an online survey. That means that they cannot predict how far off their results might be. Even if such a sample size could have a margin of error, those margins of error are huge! For example, only 197 people sampled in Scarborough, with a huge margin of error of 7%. And taking into consideration the fact that a margin of error cannot be assigned in such a way to an online poll, it's reasonable to assume that the real error could be even larger than that. So, even without the suspected oversampling of downtown, there's reason to believe that this poll could be very much off.

Quite the plot twist leading up to the Toronto season finale.

A museum rushes mummies out of public display, right before Halloween. Horror authors of X, do your thing. What happens next?

This meme is incorrect. π o'clock isn't 3:14:16 am, which means 3 hours, 14 minutes, 16 seconds, and comes from: π = 3.1416 π o'clock is 3.1416 hours! 3.1416 hours = 3 + 0.1416 hours 0.1416 hours = 0.1416×60 minutes = 8.496 minutes = 8 + 0.496 minutes 0.496 minutes = 0.496×60 seconds = 29.76 seconds ≈ 30 seconds π o'clock is 3:08:30 3:08 am plus 30 seconds.

Statistics professor here. This is not a fun note to see on polling data. "Here's some results, but we can't really say how wrong they might be." Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Back in the 90s, installing a computer game might have been more of a challenge than the actual game. It was not unusual for kids (yes, actual kids) to learn how to build a computer, research and buy the separate parts for it, and build it, just to play games. And there was no AI, and barely any internet, to help them.

One weekend left to go until the Toronto mayoral election, and the final debate between Brad Bradford and Olivia Chow is done. Various polls show Bradford gaining more and more support. See my full analysis quoted below:

A good scientific approach is to be skeptical, but have an open mind. Whether we're dealing with UFO or UAP sightings, or anything else. There are some wild natural atmospheric phenomena that can look like intelligent beings from another world, like ball lightning or fata morgana. The relatively new human ability to fly and have cameras everywhere, has allowed us to see the atmosphere in ways previously impossible, and it would be no surprise if that led to us seeing previously unknown natural phenomena that can be mistaken for intelligence. At the same time, maybe it also allowed us to see evidence of another intelligence more easily.

Imagine how much more difficult it would be to drive a car, if you didn't have the location of the pedals, gear shift, and turn signal switches memorized, and you had to look for them every time. That's how much more difficult math is without memorization.

BioWare made Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, but not Icewind Dale or Baldur's Gate 3. They made Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, but not KOTOR 2. Games are made by people, not companies. Companies are just one of the tools that people use. The talented people are still around, working on other projects, and the classic games that made BioWare famous are still around as well. The people are more important than the IP. Just look Diablo 1 and 2 vs the later sequels. Same company, same IP, but it's clear that Diablo 3 and 4 are just a different type of game than the first two. They were made by a different group of people.

Statistics professor here, with my Toronto Mayoral Election polling analysis. Who is more likely to support Bradford: Men Middle aged and older Etobicoke and North York Home owners Those with children under 18 Who is more likely to support Chow: Young adults Downtown core and nearby areas Renters and those not paying for their place of residence Those without children Who's vote is too close to call: Women Scarborough Full analysis here: