Tom Radcliffe
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In response to Helen De Cruz.
This does not answer my objection above (I'm having trouble /w spoutible so my replies are scattered here, sorry!) It is impossible to free yourself from your passions if you cannot choose how to act, which is free will. If we can't choose, we can't chooses to be either Elon or someone good/happy.
06:42 PM - May 15, 2023
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Tom Radcliffe
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In response to Helen De Cruz.
Ergo we can't choose what we believe, and can't choose how we behave. He then goes on to argue for what we should choose to believe and how we should choose to behave. He can't end with "living this way is hard" if it is *impossible to choose*, b/c it's only in the choice that the difficulty arises.
06:38 PM - May 15, 2023
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Tom Radcliffe
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In response to Christopher Bouzy.
Will those 200 spouts fit int0 640k? I hear that's enough for everybody. :-D
01:01 PM - May 04, 2023
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Tom Radcliffe
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In response to Tom Radcliffe.
And besides, mine when down from 11% to 7% and I am STOKED! 🤪
06:49 PM - Mar 20, 2023
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Tom Radcliffe
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In response to Christopher Bouzy.
I'd love it if you kept it: the weekly fluctuations are a great example of noise, and the world would be better if people appreciated noise more, and that it's literally meaningless. Exposing them to it routinely this way could be educational (I live in hope).
06:47 PM - Mar 20, 2023
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Tom Radcliffe
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In response to Klobby L.
Turns out you can go to the botsentinel site and on the sidebar there is an "accounts" drop-down that lets you select for the four classifications. Gotta say after looking at the "problematic" ones I feel like I should wash my brain out with soap. So the algorithm's not doing a terrible job.
02:49 PM - Mar 13, 2023
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Tom Radcliffe
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In response to Tom Radcliffe.
And after a deeper look that preliminary 1:5 ratio is not representative. Do I delete this spout? Nope. Why would I? I'm a Bayesian. Why would I hide my updating process?
02:47 PM - Mar 13, 2023
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Tom Radcliffe
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In response to Tom Radcliffe.
I will note that two of the "disruptive" accounts I saw on twitter stood out wrt even-handedness: one was defending Joe Rogan, another was dissing Jordan Peterson (now we'll see if my rating goes up for mentioning either of them! :-D )
02:25 PM - Mar 13, 2023
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Tom Radcliffe
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In response to RA.
If the algorithm does what it says on the label then it can't be gamed. If it can be gamed, then it's only marginally more difficult to learn how to game it via systematic testing than code inspection (maybe easier). So I'm in favour of transparency. "Security through obscurity" is not good security
01:57 PM - Mar 13, 2023
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Tom Radcliffe
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In response to Klobby L.
That's great, and I've got it set, but I'd like to see with my own eyes what "disruptive" and "problematic" accounts look like. I'm a data guy, and doing a spot-check on any algorithm is a habit. Being able to select *for* disruptive/problematic would allow that without having to go search for them.
10:26 PM - Mar 12, 2023
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Tom Radcliffe
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In response to Max Prophet.
No worries! I totally get your reading of it! Context, communication, confusion :-D And I write about covid too, so it's even more understandable.
01:22 PM - Mar 10, 2023
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Tom Radcliffe
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In response to Tom Radcliffe.
These are generally people who falsely believe they are some kind of progressive or leftist, whereas from where I stand based on their *actions*, which is all that matters, they are far-right "individual responsibility" psychopaths with no conscience.
07:46 PM - Mar 07, 2023
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Tom Radcliffe
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In response to Tom Radcliffe.
As Marcuse said: "Not every problem you have with your girlfriend is due to the capitalist mode of production." Likewise, covid denialism, let 'er rip, no masks, no engineering mitigations, urgency of normal... none of this has to do with capitalism. Capitalism *needs* mitigations to save it.
03:06 PM - Mar 06, 2023
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Tom Radcliffe
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In response to Christopher Bouzy.
So... don't understand your system, eh? :-D It always really bothers me when that happens. Getting to the cause(s) of it is almost always a worthwhile effort.
01:02 AM - Mar 03, 2023
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Tom Radcliffe
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In response to Tom Radcliffe.
In physics 1st year students validate conservation of momentum for themselves. In epidemiology & infectious diseases students should have labs in aerosol production ("Breathe into this bag... now talk.. now sing...") & dispersion. This is *basic stuff* the whole field missed. Not last century. Today
09:19 PM - Feb 25, 2023
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