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Gaming Community / Re: Are videogames still your ...

Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 11:35 PM

soccer coach
scout leader
fitness
gardening
baking

carpentry
dabbler i'd guess

so like,.. i move around a lot on sort of a project basis.  so like with baking my most recent project is i'm trying to perfect doughnut making.  for carpentry i'm in the design phase of making some either built in cabinets or free standing cabinets along with a new fireplace mantel.  although my kitchen table is getting kind of shabby so i'm might build a new table first.  i'm in a pretty general maintenance mode for gardening right now as it is spring and but my blueberries didn't do great and i'm looking into possibly replacing them with cherry trees.  and just as an example of dabbling i've done things like:
- build my own bow and arrow
- took up making chainmail
- built a hovercraft


it's a wonderful age we live in.  the internet can teach you anything and i like to try things out for myself.

Pretty cool. You're living like a youtuber I guess, jumping from random thing to random thing.

What exactly do you mean by making chainmail? Like actually casting molten metal?

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Off-Topic Community / Re: What minor thing grinds yo...

Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 11:33 PM

I'm surprised I haven't complained about this like 15 times.

But a lot of people are convinced that statistics doesn't work. 

"Study polling 1 million shows that most Americans don't like anime"

"That only gives you an answer on those million, you can't extrapolate to all Americans."

Obviously you can't get the exact proportion, but practically the whole point of statistics is to extrapolate. How confident are we able to look at this sample and extrapolate about the larger group?

If you're doing a good job randomly selecting and the sample size is relatively big (and it doesn't even need to be anywhere near as big as people think), you can be very confident about the overall sample.



I'm not sure how to describe it, but I feel like it's one of the most common "smart people" misconceptions that I see.  I'm not sure if my phrasing there makes sense, but I'm struggling to articulate it better. 

Yeah good point about this being a "smart person" misconception.

It is really weird. Cause half the time people disagree with the sampling method, which of course is a legit potential flaw, while the other half it is exactly what you are complaining about.

And I have no idea if the former actually understands sampling methods or if they are just part of the later but learned a different way to complain about surveys.

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Gaming Community / Re: Tomb Raider vs Bayonetta v...

Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 11:28 PM

1. Nier Automata
2. Tomb Raider
3. Bayonetta

I have not played Stellar Blade but I assume I would put it between Tomb Raider and Bayonetta. I didn't really like Bayonetta. She's not that hot and the game was kinda eh.

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Gaming Community / Tomb Raider vs Bayonetta vs Ni...

Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 11:26 PM

Which is your favorite? How would you rank them?





 
 
 

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Gaming Community / Re: Are videogames still your ...

Last post by kitler53 - Yesterday at 08:56 PM

What are your other hobbies?

soccer coach
scout leader
fitness
gardening
baking

carpentry
dabbler i'd guess

so like,.. i move around a lot on sort of a project basis.   so like with baking my most recent project is i'm trying to perfect doughnut making.  for carpentry i'm in the design phase of making some either built in cabinets or free standing cabinets along with a new fireplace mantel.  although my kitchen table is getting kind of shabby so i'm might build a new table first.  i'm in a pretty general maintenance mode for gardening right now as it is spring and but my blueberries didn't do great and i'm looking into possibly replacing them with cherry trees.  and just as an example of dabbling i've done things like:
- build my own bow and arrow
- took up making chainmail
- built a hovercraft


it's a wonderful age we live in.  the internet can teach you anything and i like to try things out for myself.

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Off-Topic Community / Re: What minor thing grinds yo...

Last post by the-pi-guy - Yesterday at 08:39 PM

I'm surprised I haven't complained about this like 15 times.

But a lot of people are convinced that statistics doesn't work.  

"Study polling 1 million shows that most Americans don't like anime"

"That only gives you an answer on those million, you can't extrapolate to all Americans."

Obviously you can't get the exact proportion, but practically the whole point of statistics is to extrapolate. How confident are we able to look at this sample and extrapolate about the larger group? 

If you're doing a good job randomly selecting and the sample size is relatively big (and it doesn't even need to be anywhere near as big as people think), you can be very confident about the overall sample. 



I'm not sure how to describe it, but I feel like it's one of the most common "smart people" misconceptions that I see.  I'm not sure if my phrasing there makes sense, but I'm struggling to articulate it better.  

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Gaming Community / Re: Are videogames still your ...

Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 06:56 PM

i guess it depends on your definition but i don't think i've ever had a "primary hobby".  i like to dabble in all sorts of things instead of dedicating to just 1 or 2 things.  can you call something your "primary hobby" if it only occupies 15% of your free time even it that is the largest percentage?

What are your other hobbies?

#8

Gaming Community / Re: Are videogames still your ...

Last post by BasilZero - Yesterday at 12:38 AM

Yes they are.

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Gaming Community / Re: Are videogames still your ...

Last post by kitler53 - Apr 27, 2026, 04:38 PM

i guess it depends on your definition but i don't think i've ever had a "primary hobby".  i like to dabble in all sorts of things instead of dedicating to just 1 or 2 things.  can you call something your "primary hobby" if it only occupies 15% of your free time even it that is the largest percentage?

#10

Gaming Community / Re: Are videogames still your ...

Last post by nnodley - Apr 27, 2026, 02:57 PM

I think reading is now my primary hobby. On book 11 or 12 of the year so far