KevinMarks

KevinMarks , 27 days ago to random

“Type 3 Error – from an old blog post about statistics. A “type 1” error is, in the textbooks, a false positive, while a “type 2” is a false negative. But the Type 3 error is, in my experience just as much of a problem – it refers to “a correct number which isn’t the one your boss wanted”.” https://backofmind.substack.com/p/lexicon

KevinMarks , 2 months ago to random

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-millennial-captcha

KevinMarks , 4 months ago to random

We need to end the pretence that burning wood is doing anything useful for the climate emergency. Change the law. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68381160

KevinMarks , 4 months ago to random

In which our heroine, Molly White, @molly0xfff explains in excruciating detail how Chris Dixon has Read, Write, Pwned himself https://www.citationneeded.news/review-read-write-own-by-chris-dixon/

KevinMarks , 5 months ago to random

“If governments are willing to spend billions incentivizing rooftop solar, they can simply spend billions installing rooftop solar – no Slow AI required” — @pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/27/here-comes-the-sun-king/#sign-here