The Conversation

Probability underlies much of the modern world – an engineering professor explains how it actually works

Zachary del Rosario has received funding from the National Science Foundation and Toyota Research Institute. Probability underpins AI, cryptography and statistics. However, as the philosopher Bertrand ...
CNBC

Many retirees soon must take year-end required withdrawals — and mistakes can be costly

Starting at age 73, most retirees must start required minimum distributions, or RMDs, from pretax accounts. Your first RMD is due by April 1 of the year after turning 73, and Dec. 31 is the deadline ...
San Francisco Fed

Interest Rate Probability Distributions

Interest Rate Probability Distributions Implied by Derivatives Prices is a daily measure of the distribution of future short-term interest rates, calculated from prices of fixed-income derivatives ...
Self

5 Reasons You Get Random Bruises—and When to See a Doctor

Ramming a shin into a coffee table. Bumping a knee into that rod under your desk. Taking a tumble off a bike. These things tend to hurt like [redacted], so you probably won’t be surprised when you ...
Scientific American

Probability Probably Doesn’t Exist

Life is uncertain. None of us know what is going to happen. We know little of what has happened in the past or is happening now outside our immediate experience. Uncertainty has been called the ...
InfoWorld

Better than reflection: Using method handles and variable handles in Java

Reflection was essential to the advanced Java toolkit for years. Now it's being superseded by newer, safer options. Here's how to use MethodHandle and VarHandle to gain programmatic access to methods ...
SlashGear

Why Spotify's Shuffle Feature Isn't Truly Random (And How To Fix It)

It's a problem many Spotify users know all too well: no matter how many times a large playlist gets shuffled, it always seems to pick out the same handful of songs to play first. While some listeners ...
Government Executive

TSP and Required Minimum Distributions

Required Minimum Distributions are mandatory annual withdrawals from certain retirement accounts, enforced by the federal government once you reach a specific age. These withdrawals apply to ...
The Earth Institute Columbia University

probability distributions for epidemiologists

dxxx(x,) returns the density or the value on the y-axis of a probability distribution for a discrete value of x pxxx(q,) returns the cumulative density function (CDF) or the area under the curve to ...