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   Ionica Smeets (ionica@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 22:52:37 JST Ionica Smeets

   'If you’re cooking for 1000 people, you can reduce the ingredients by 10%.' How the central limit theorem can help you in cooking just enough for big groups.

   https://www.networkpages.nl/can-mathematics-help-you-cook-just-enough/

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 22:52:36 JST Rich Felker

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     @ionica Central limit theorem depends on RVs being IID. In the case of cooking for a group, neither the independent part (their levels of hunger are likely correlated, even influenced by each other) nor the "identically distributed" part seem like valid assumptions.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 22:57:04 JST Rich Felker

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     @ionica Oddly, it seems like the conclusion matches empirical results. I just don't think the Central Limit Theorem is the explanation.

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     Ionica Smeets (ionica@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 22:57:06 JST Ionica Smeets

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     • Rich Felker

     @dalias You should send this to the author!