Sentences with phrase «generally little point»

It is possible to recast an OLS - regression, normal - error - distribution based study in Bayesian terms, but there is generally little point in doing so since the regression model and error distributions uniquely define the form of the prior distribution appropriate for a Bayesian interpretation.

Muscle growth stimulation also operates on this principle: When you have reached the limit whereby the muscle fails and is no longer able to operate effectively by completing a FULL perfect style rep, there is generally little point in continuing that set apart from one or two forced reps, whatever the point reached.

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As Posen pointed out during a speech in Aberdeen, Scotland, there is generally «little or no credit growth, little wage growth beyond productivity, little evidence of rising inflation expectations» in Western economies.

The point, rather, is how Facebook handles painful controversies like these: generally, with as little public discussion as possible.

So, generally, the biggest deltas are, one, a little bit weaker on the handset side; two, a little more conservative modeling of what happens later in the year than what we had, which frankly is not, again, just to drive that point home, nobody knows how many people are going to buy a new handset when it's launched on the market — not us, not our customers, not analysts, or you name it.

The GDP and retail sales data, pointing to more cautious expenditure by US households, contrasted with readings for consumer confidence, which generally showed little sign of dipping from the elevated levels seen since the US election.

It must be said that it is a book whose rhetoric is flawed, and one finds it more than a little strange that the beautiful precision and economy that generally mark his prose in his work for The New Yorker and in his major books at so many points in his latest work give way to a profusion of jargon and a bloatedness of syntax that disfigure the whole.

Typically, however, those kinds of stories work best when they're short, and as the series has progressed, the games have become increasingly focused on these little vignettes to the point that they're generally more interesting than the main plot.

In recent years I have noticed that the trend is away from easy access to such high quality content (paywalls, closures, metered reading, paid apps etc) it doesn't seem to have made a huge impact because rivals keep popping up in the free space (many for every one site that goes behind a wall of some kind) but the average quality seems just a little lower (in some specific cases much lower) I do wonder if there won't at some point be a better market for paid non-fiction ebooks (or paid non-fiction content generally) as more of the best stuff resides behind walls of some kind.

The true practical effect of the Pease rule is to increase the rate of tax you pay on income above the threshold, generally by a little over 1 percentage point.

Besides, are various retirement programs that give charge points of interest to both managers and employees.401 (k) plans have turned into a generally acknowledged retirement investment funds vehicle for little organizations.

Generally the interest rate or discount points may be a little higher for a convertible loan.

Certainly not his little helpers at TLI... Charles Tracy & Ian Reynolds, both on the board since day one, deserve their fair share of the blame for a litany of mishaps & generally nasty surprises over the years... leverage, currency hedging, tax liabilities, credit exposure, life expectancies, policy expiries, premium increases & whatever other risks / issues I may have forgotten at this point.

Song choices were generally on point, although I would have liked a little more 90s cheese.

A few quirky sub-sections aside, for the most part gameplay involves moving from one targeted location to the next, beating up or gunning down any enemies you come across between points A and B. There's very little strategy involved, and the AI is generally lacking in «I».

The game generally points you in the right direction, and Kersti can always be asked to give you a little hint.

One of the Crossfade II's biggest selling points is the robust headband, which can be twisted, wrenched, and generally abused with little to no ill effect.

Video capture is generally good, but the focus tents to pulse as it seeks the focal point - which can be a little irritating.