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  1. 9 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

    You'd have to know what the exponential value is to be precise.   Than you can take the root ( determine )... like, maybe if it's the exponential increase goes by the square, than you take the square root of 8. 

    something like day 2.8 or so.  that point in time should stop the momentum.   seems intuitive.  heh, at least you're not giving the interviewer dead air, gaped mouth and vacant stair for an answer

    Easier than you think, if it doubles everyday you’d have to cut it by the end of day 7. Up until that point it looks like a manageable problem- until all of a sudden it’s not. Same thing with cc…again just imho and don’t want to derail things.

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  2. 29 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

      The future can not be extrapolated using a linear inference ...unless we're fucking morons.

     

    IMHO this is the key, the human brain hasn’t evolved to properly understand the risks of exponential relationships. Our brains just don’t compute it, at a population level. It’s how you get the Covid fiasco, people blowing their funds up on the yen carry etc etc…

    there’s an interview question about a pond with invasive vines that choke out all life. The pond is basically clear now but the vines double everyday and will choke the pond in 8 days if they’re not cleared. On what day must the pond be cleared to avoid catastrophe?

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  3. 16 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

    22 years. Wonder what it looks like if you have a better sample size. No doubt it's warmer, but even our temperatures are measured in 30yr bins.

    To your point, usually when you see 'odd' data selections there's a reason.  I bet if you went to 30- you would include some of the mid 1990's winters and the deviation would look a whole lot less impressive. Let's see when we get to 2030- could be even worse who knows?

  4. My timeline is blowing up w/ mets saying the latest forecast for El Nino, is that it has peaked or is peaking, and will subside as move through the rest of winter.  What are the practical implications- climatologically speaking?

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