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Eddy Vluggen wrote:
machines programmed to find a pattern within the noise of the market will always do so... even when there is no actual pattern at all.
. . . and amongst us meat-bags, we have conspiracy theories and those that embrace them.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: . . . and amongst us meat-bags, we have conspiracy theories and those that embrace them.
I do not see the link with conspiracies?
Thing is; while AI's may be used to make weather-predictions more accurate, they lack this thing called common sense. It has no way of verifying its conclusions, and stands and falls with correct assumptions on the data.
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"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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If you look for a pattern you'll find one (I thought that association would be clearer as you did post that concept in a large font).
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In that case, it would translate more to "bias" than "conspiracies".
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"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Let me illustrate:
The anti-vaccination movement. As is usual for such things, they cannot differentiate between the "The Three C's": Coincidence, Correlation, and Cause and Effect.
So a claim is made that vaccinations cause autism (E Pluribus Unum)
An increase in autism is cited.
The children (most likely) had been vaccinated.
Correlation!
The fact that (1) Autism is now the autism spectrum and they encompass not only true victims of the malady but anyone who'll pay a shrink to diagnose their code with some version (and thus get gov't aid). So, broadening the diagnosis realm caused an "increase".
The fact that study after study finds their beliefs wrong . . . and they will just blame it on a conspiracy between the "Big Pharma" and government. And go on finding evidence to prove it. And ignoring anything that disproves it.
In polite terms, it's termed as "cherry picking data". There are always those who want to believe.
Basically, a method to blame someone else for your woes.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: The fact that study after study finds their beliefs wrong . . . and they will just blame it on a conspiracy between the "Big Pharma" and government. And go on finding evidence to prove it. And ignoring anything that disproves it.
There will always be people who prefer to (religiously) "believe" something, over verifying.
Some people here don't get their flu-shot because "you can still get the flu". While technically true, it is a very unhelpfull argument.
It also may not help that the Netherlands ordered 5 million flu-vaccines for an avian flu pandemic that never happened. Both government and big pharma are doing their utter best to keep their image up.
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"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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A deviation in the subject - the Flu Vaccine.
A difference between it and those I intended to address: the Flu vaccine is a transient hit-or-miss effort. Anywhere from 15% effective (last year) to 80%. Actually, they target, implicitly, 50%; it's a moving target and the vaccine needs to be prepared in advance, so it's guesswork to some extent - hopefully educated guesses.
Those I mean to address are such as tetanus, polio, smallpox, diphtheria &etc., which provide very long term and even lifetime immunity, and do so with very predictable extremely high reliability. Those rejecting these are relying on herd-immunity, which will eventually fail if they become successful in their boycott vaccination campaigns. They just don't realize how bad things were before vaccinations. Darwin Awards, anyone?
For a flu shot - you're taking your chances - but will (almost) certainly recover.
And, indeed, there are "conspiracies" with some vaccines - there was an attempt to force the very costly HPV vaccine on the public (in US) - which fortunately didn't succeed. There is certainly a driving force for lobbying politicians to get your latest development into the (very) profitable category.
If Ebola broke out in US, I'd be in the front of the line for immunization.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: Those I mean to address are such as tetanus, polio, smallpox, diphtheria &etc., which provide very long term and even lifetime immunity, and do so with very predictable extremely high reliability. Those rejecting these are relying on herd-immunity, which will eventually fail if they become successful in their boycott vaccination campaigns. They just don't realize how bad things were before vaccinations. Darwin Awards, anyone?
The health of the group should be of more concern than the individual freedom to choose.
W∴ Balboos wrote: And, indeed, there are "conspiracies" with some vaccines
Yes, but one rotten apple doesn't mean the entire industry is like that.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Yes, but one rotten apple doesn't mean the entire industry is like that.
Well, we're sort of in agreement on this. I don't give the industry a break - but the vaccine concept, yes. The expression is often "Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater.".
Eddy Vluggen wrote: The health of the group should be of more concern than the individual freedom to choose.
Logically, I agree. The problem, as always, is implementation. Near-first-person anecdote:
Mrs. Wife teaches. One of the districts mandates flu shot or where face mask. This was true for several years. They did supply the flu shot, at least. This year, she told me she got her flu shot - and also the mandatory requirement is gone. Public schools in the USA, depending upon your state, require any number of the basic immunization (the serious diseases, mentioned early, and usually measles, chickenpox (rubella), and some others). This has proven an incredible health benefit. The herd has few carriers. The flu, because of the forced "crowds" of a school, makes sense . . . except it was only the teachers!
So - the health of the group concept is good for the serious killing/crippling pathogens. For the lesser evils, such as the flu, it should be a matter of choice. The only others at risk, after all, are others without the vaccination. An argument can be made for "so what's the difference", and I will preemptively answer it's a personnel gut feeling about risk/reward
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W∴ Balboos wrote: the health of the group concept is good for the serious killing/crippling pathogens. For the lesser evils, such as the flu, it should be a matter of choice.
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"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Many, many years ago, when I was doing my first internship in a big company, we got a new manager who in the first meeting told us that "in the next couple of years CASE (Computer-aided software engineering) tools will make software developers redundant and that we should focus in other aspect of IT if we wanted to stay in the field. users will be able to model their requirements and the tools will write the software for then.". Even though I was 20, I was smart enough to understand how stupid this guy was, that CASE tools were a fad and started searching for a new job that same day. Within 2 months I was out of there. 24 years later, me and several millions around the world still have a decent paying job developing software.
Thinking that, in the near future, AI "something" will be able to replace humans in such a complex stuff as developing software fall withing the same realm of stupidity IMHO.
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Right, so AI will replace software engineers and developers!?!?
And exactly who is going to tell this brilliant AI what to develop? Brilliant technical management who can't even figure out how do to a time estimate properly?
Oh I forgot... The AI will have results immediately so no need to tell it anything...
Steve Naidamast
Sr. Software Engineer
Black Falcon Software, Inc.
blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com
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"Development"?
Collecting "user requirements"? ("Uh ... let me see ... yeah ... this is what I want ...").
Translating said user requirements into a system that doesn't kill?
"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then".
― Blaise Pascal
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I've never considered tests in TDD to be my boss, but let me try discussing a raise with my tests!
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Minute of silence for all the funny cat videos. 
In order to understand stack overflow, you must first understand stack overflow.
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503's galore! The app is (marginally) available.
/ravi
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It's times like these I wonder how much money was lost even with such a short downtime considering the size and nature of the business.
Site is mostly back up for me. Sidebar still not loading properly though.
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And for my Forgotten Weapons dose...
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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So It's not only John & I. Gotta love that beard!
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Hi guys, thanks for tuning in to another video on Forgotten Weapons... 
I love his channel, I like his style and I also like InRangeTV a lot - enough to become patron of both on Patreon.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I'm more of how & why it works type, more than a gun nut, so I never really got into InRangeTV. I was under the impression I was the only viewer...
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I usually skip the 2gun matches on InRange, mostly I watch their tests (wandering zero, barrel heating, mud tests) and their discussions.
I'm a gun nut but I prefer actually shooting rather than watching someone else do it unless it is an historical piece or I'm trying to figure out something about some gun I wish to buy (i.e if Hickok45 has difficulties controlling a particular weapon then it's probably better for me to avoid it).
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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den2k88 wrote: Hickok45
I am always astounded at not only his control, but speed as well.
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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And he's not the best shooter out there! Karl of InRange is a war machine, especially with rifles.
He's still miles ahead of what I can hope to become
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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It would be nice if youtube could show a message "we are down" instead of an error message. I thought it was a problem with my device or internet connection and tried to trouble shoot on all my devices before finding it out from internet.
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