Jason CreaseWhy does Outlook Calendar think we all live in a tiny town in Slovakia?Something caught my eye this morning when looking at my Office 365 calendar. I live in Cambridge, UK. Why would I care about the weather…2 min read·Jan 11, 2021----
Jason CreaseRejection-sampling the Zipf DistributionIn my last post, I discussed the Zipf Distribution, its pmf, cmf and inverse-cmf, and approximations of these for use in software —…4 min read·Jul 8, 2017--1--1
Jason CreaseGenerating Zipfian random-variables[Also see my article Rejection Sampling the Zipf Distribution for a different method]6 min read·Feb 19, 2017--3--3
Jason CreaseWas 2016 especially dangerous for celebrities? An empirical analysis.It’s become cliché that unusually many prominent people died in 2016. Is this true? To answer this we need to know:6 min read·Jan 2, 2017--42--42