clifp
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In the 80s lots of states/cities were trying to jump start their high tech industry by stealing companies and workers from Silicon Valley.
They'd often develop multi page advertising supplement for the newspaper or regional edition of technology magazine.
I got a kick how they various states handled the weather issues (which was pretty much always worse than Northern California). IIRC, the folks in MN highlighted the Average day time temperature which being in the 50s didn't seem so bad.
Thinking back would you really want to hire an engineer who fell for such stupid statistical trick?
They'd often develop multi page advertising supplement for the newspaper or regional edition of technology magazine.
I got a kick how they various states handled the weather issues (which was pretty much always worse than Northern California). IIRC, the folks in MN highlighted the Average day time temperature which being in the 50s didn't seem so bad.
Thinking back would you really want to hire an engineer who fell for such stupid statistical trick?