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		djaouen 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why does a least squares fit appear to have a bias... Squares are preferred because that is the same as minimizing Euclidean Distance, which is defined as sqrt((x2-x1)^2).

lucketone 3 days ago [–]

sqrt((x2-x1)^2) == x2-x1

I think you meant sqrt(x^2+y^2)

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