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Sunny Terrapin
Jul 15
independiente is so close in Spanish that I overuse independent in English sometimes
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Tawny Sandpiper
Jul 13
spelled it independant on my CV once. pain
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Crimson Reindeer
Jul 9
Stats students: independent observations and an independent variable are different things. If the same patient is measured 10 times, those rows are probably not independent observations.
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Chipper Horse
Jul 6
indie came from independent, but now it can be more of a genre label than a business fact. indie pop does not mean someone checked the cap table lol
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Violet Fox
Jul 4
independent expenditure in American elections does NOT mean neutral spending. It can be a very obvious attack ad, it just has to be not coordinated with the campaign or party.
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Marble Seal
Jul 1
In US work/tax talk, independent contractor is not just fancy for freelancer. The IRS cares about who controls how the work is done, expenses, tools, benefits, the whole relationship.
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Polar Hawk
Jun 23
UK school vocab is a trap here. An independent school is basically a fee-paying private school, and then public school can also mean private school in Britain, not the US meaning.
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Cloudy Sandpiper
Jun 23
I would write developed independently of Google, not independently from Google. from makes me expect a breakaway story, like a country splitting off or a studio leaving a parent company