This refers to random variables that have fat-tailed distributions-- random variables that occasionally give you really big outcomes.

这就表示,服从长尾分布的随机变量,这些数据出现极端值的概率比较大

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So, a 32 bit of float gives you a bunch of precision.

2比特的浮点型数据精度更大。

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If you look at Milwaukee, the employment figures don't look that much different than Los Angeles.

如果你看下密尔沃基就业数据看起来,与洛杉矶没有太大差别

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We'll see the statistics are really just fascinating about how big these armies become.

我们来看些统计数据,这些军队大得惊人

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They live much longer lives and they live to die of something else and the leading causes of death currently haven't changed very much since 1997 when this data was published: they die of heart disease and cancer primarily.

人们活的更久了,不过会死于另一些疾病,如今导致死亡的主要原因,并没有太大的变化,自一九九七年有相关数据公开开始,其显示人们主要死于心脏病和癌症

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