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New comment by hgsgm in "Meduza co-founder's phone infected with Pegasus"

hgsgm — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 19:27:35 +0000

It doesn't matter whether NSO are genius hackers or their freelancers are. They are still outsmarting Apple all day long.

New comment by hgsgm in "Rubber hose animation"

hgsgm — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 12:42:42 +0000

Much better article that actually explains the form

https://blog.displate.com/rubber-hose-animation/

New comment by hgsgm in "How large is that number in the Law of Large Numbers?"

hgsgm — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 01:59:34 +0000

You can't simply ignore the base rate, even if you don't know it.

In a purely random world, 5% of experiments are false positives, at p=0.05. None are true positives.

In a well ordered world with brilliant hypotheses, there are no false positives.

If more than 5% of experiments show positive results at p=0.05, some of them are probably true, so you can try to replicate them with lower p.

p=0.05 is a filter for "worth trying to replicate" (but even that is modulated by cost of replication vs value of result).

The crisis in science is largely that people confuse "publishable" with "probably true". Anything "probably better then random guessing" is publishable to help other researchers, but that doesn't mean it's probably true.

New comment by hgsgm in "How large is that number in the Law of Large Numbers?"

hgsgm — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 01:50:08 +0000

What's a reasonable number of categories? 10?

New comment by hgsgm in "Gmail and Instagram are training AI, and there’s little you can do about it"

hgsgm — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 01:16:59 +0000

On Android, the Learn More links aren't present, so the privacy invasion is not disclosed at all, beyond the deceptive first-page "summary".

New comment by hgsgm in "‘Friends’ and ‘Seinfeld’ knew the cure for loneliness"

hgsgm — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 01:11:10 +0000

Sounds like regular parks in my city.

New comment by hgsgm in "Why not punish families? A challenge for consequentialists"

hgsgm — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 01:00:42 +0000

Hmm? If "we feel a need to do it" makes it morally praiseworthy, then mirder, rape and thievery are morally praiseworthy.

New comment by hgsgm in "Florida’s “Nub City,” Where Residents Cut Off Their Own Appendages for Insurance"

hgsgm — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 02:30:11 +0000

Strange that people are so strongly opposed to accurate facts.

New comment by hgsgm in "Florida’s “Nub City,” Where Residents Cut Off Their Own Appendages for Insurance"

hgsgm — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 01:13:55 +0000

50 of the town's 700 residents.

New comment by hgsgm in "Florida’s “Nub City,” Where Residents Cut Off Their Own Appendages for Insurance"

hgsgm — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 01:11:29 +0000

At least $4M was cancelled (due to false income statement on the application). I suspect more was cancelled.

https://www.nydailynews.com/2012/06/15/judge-cancels-4m-life...

New comment by hgsgm in "The Mind-Bending Math Behind Spot It (2018)"

hgsgm — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 21:34:17 +0000

Parent didn't say "Euclidean"

It's finite.

The same "point at infinity" also exists on circles (like a clock) and spheres (like the Earth) and toruses (like a bagel).

New comment by hgsgm in "The Mind-Bending Math Behind Spot It (2018)"

hgsgm — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 21:30:43 +0000

https://www.google.com/search?q=set+game

New comment by hgsgm in "Leaked Google Pay Data Unfolds an Ugly Truth"

hgsgm — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 16:19:00 +0000

There's no way that's true. It may be "reported" as a typo or troll in the document.

New comment by hgsgm in "Leaked Google Pay Data Unfolds an Ugly Truth"

hgsgm — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 16:18:17 +0000

> The leaked salary data from Google reveals that employees with longer tenure with the company and who held higher-level positions tended to have higher salaries.

And Women and Black people are underrepresented in higher level roles.

Saved you a click on barely English articles.

New comment by hgsgm in "Leaked Google Pay Data Unfolds an Ugly Truth"

hgsgm — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 16:16:04 +0000

No, the article headline and body incorrectly capitalize Pay

New comment by hgsgm in "Every software project is a startup that will probably fail"

hgsgm — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:49:07 +0000

Even a gym subscription is a startup that will probably fail.

Almost everything new is hard.

New comment by hgsgm in "The Decomposition of Rotten Tomatoes"

hgsgm — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:46:49 +0000

The sponsors already paid.

New comment by hgsgm in "The Decomposition of Rotten Tomatoes"

hgsgm — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:46:03 +0000

RT is an industry shill site, fine.

Worse is that Web Search Engines promote it as authoritative gospel.

New comment by hgsgm in "The Decomposition of Rotten Tomatoes"

hgsgm — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:44:58 +0000

FTC.

New comment by hgsgm in "Report says PR firm has been paying Rotten Tomatoes critics for positive reviews"

hgsgm — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:43:46 +0000

What gives you that feeling? Educate us.