u/thegrandhedgehog

Plenty intense moments in this manga but the Aizawa moment just kills me

Halfway through the omnibus and loving it! Josh Reynolds was never on my radar before, but he gives this super sombre, heavy-lies-the-crown vibe to big Fab and captures the depth and dignity of the traitor legions and the Long War. I don't hear much about the trilogy though so I wondered if this was a hot take and if my vibe was shared or not by the community.

They never want to chill or reflect and have no conception of a life beyond immediate warfare, no thoughts of family, self interest, personal goals. They crave action and violence constantly, and their self concept crumbles if they're blocked from proving their valour and strength regularly. That simplicity, sense of prowess and constant achievement must feel pretty good, right, even though objectively it is an impoverished and meagre sort of life? Or is it driven by fragility and lack, like they can never do enough, never be enough? Just wondering how it feels.

Looking to learn more about sampling distributions, preferably at a medium-technical level (i.e. not pages of equations but also not completely math-free). Some history around their discovery/development would be interesting. Any recommendations?

As a football (soccer, to my American cousins)and snooker fan, I know data is playing a bigger and bigger role in football (recruitment, form, tactics). But snooker is a nearly static system by comparison. In principle, good data could almost guarantee a win, by which I mean, if a capable AI robot was properly trained on extensive enough data it could potentially win the world championship over and over, regardless of the competition. So my question is, to what extent do data analytics feature in the modern game of snooker?