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Ah yes, regression (lemmy.world)
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[-] frezik@midwest.social 102 points 10 hours ago
[-] Corr@lemm.ee 28 points 9 hours ago

That was a joy. Thank you for sharing

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 20 points 8 hours ago

Check this shit out (fig 1).

Lmao there's so much gold. I got frustrated for him while reading it.

[-] Benjaben@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

That line, and then just by instinct going to Fig 1, and seeing its caption...incredible lol

[-] credo@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

I had a hard time reading. Could not stop laughing enough to get past the fourth paragraph. Sides hurt, would not recommend.

[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 14 points 8 hours ago

Germanium My Ass

[-] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago

Going into physics was the biggest mistake of my life. I should've declared CS. I still wouldn't have any women, but at least I'd be rolling in cash.

Honestly, there wasn't all that much cash to roll in and there's less all the time now. Plus, if you think busted equipment is bad, wait until I tell you about inheriting legacy code.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 8 points 7 hours ago

From what I heard, the guy actually did change to a CS major shortly after writing this.

[-] merari42@lemmy.world 17 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Machine Learning enthusiasts: Why settle for linear regression when you can deploy a Gradient-Boosted Random Deep Neural Net Surface Vector Cluster that consumes the entire power of Iceland to trace a perfect ∞-dimensional hypersphere around those blue points? Overparameterization is the future!

[-] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 146 points 13 hours ago

It's the line of best fit, not the line of good fit

[-] merari42@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

Best Linear Unbiased Estimator

[-] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 30 points 11 hours ago

Line of “least bad” fit

[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 48 points 13 hours ago

One Line to rule them all
One Line to find them
One Line to bring them all
and in the data bind them

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Looks like a successfully trained learning model, to me. (Sarcasm)

[-] Engywuck@lemm.ee 11 points 10 hours ago

Well, some students of mines actually put some figure like that in al lab report...

[-] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago

You asked for a line, they gave you a line, what more can be asked for?

We used to intentionally add wrong data to our datasets so we could circle it afterwards, declare it "outlying data" and gain the extra points for spotting and documenting it.

I'm not bitter about my formal education, honest...

[-] Engywuck@lemm.ee 1 points 30 minutes ago

We used to intentionally add wrong data to our datasets so we could circle it afterwards, declare it "outlying data" and gain the extra points for spotting and documenting it.

Nice trick!

[-] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

If you're having proportion of explained variance problems I feel bad for you son,
I got ninety nine problems but a fit ain't one.

(⌐■_■)

[-] reinei@lemmy.world 16 points 12 hours ago

Fine! I'll use a second order polynomial to fit this instead. But that's the last order I'm willing to go to!

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 28 points 14 hours ago

One line best-fits all

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 hours ago

They'll also try to linear fit even the most obvious exponential curve.

[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 12 points 12 hours ago
[-] badbytes@lemmy.world 15 points 13 hours ago

Oh, it's trending up. That's progress!

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 hours ago

Gaussian: "Squint."

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 8 points 13 hours ago

Dat spread tho

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 6 points 13 hours ago

I don't know why you get credit at all; I do all the work. - Excel

[-] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 10 hours ago

Probably minimal surface ellipse.

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

And if that doesn't work, there's always factor analysis.

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 4 points 13 hours ago

How can you argue with a word like "best' anyway ;)

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