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Researchers will sometimes qualify a growth figure by pointing out that it is “from a low base,” meaning that any increase is going to look large by comparison.

Naked Statistics

Charles Wheelan

To keep platforms happy, they must engage in time-consuming tests and ongoing discussions of platform mechanisms, learning to parse black-boxed systems and respond to incremental tweaks. They must also develop a cross-platform brand, creating content specifically attuned to the different platforms’ tones, genres, and vernacular without compromising their own consistency.

Influencer Creep — Real Life

reallifemag.com

For small-scale atmospheric phenomena, the effects of perturbations double in size every couple of hours. In terms of prediction, that means that an error one meter wide in your initial measurements of the atmosphere will lead to an error a kilometer wide in your prediction of the weather on the following day.

Exhalation

Ted Chiang

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