📏 LA PARADOJA DE LA MEDIDA PRECISA 📏

🪵 Encima de una mesa tenemos dos palos de diferente longitud. Los vamos a medir con un instrumento que cada vez que lo usamos comete un error de medida aleatorio, de una cierta magnitud que llamaremos Sigma. El instrumento se equivocará más o se equivocará menos aleatoriamente cada vez que lo usemos (con un error diferente en cada caso), pero el error en la medición siempre será en torno a Sigma unidades. Eso sí, el instrumento está INSESGADO, es decir, el error es aleatorio pero centrado en el valor real; no tiene una desviación sistemática que ocurra siempre.

❗ Podría parecer que la mejor estrategia es medir cada palo individualmente… pero no. Gracias a una investigación desarrollada por Harold Hotelling en 1944 sabemos que hay una manera más eficiente de medir los dos palos sin tener que darle más vueltas de la cuenta y consiguiendo mayor nivel de precisión.

💡 El error de medida aparece en muchos instrumentos de todo tipo que utilizamos en nuestro día a día.

🧑‍💻 Código de la simulación: github.com/picanum/misc/tree/m…

#estadistica #divulgacion #matematicas

If you got to pick a computer model and OS for middle school students what would you pick?

I understand some of the reasons SO many schools choose chromebooks. Low cost, durability..

Drop a macbook it might break. The chromebook works just as well before and after being dropped. Which is to say they work like they have been dropped right out of the box.

Touch pads are unresponsive, touch screen is annoying. I kind of loathe them.

But, designing computers for children isn't glamourous.

This is Nathan. Nathan is trying to make money by offering overpriced domain names which are otherwise free for registration.

Don't be like Nathan. Get a real job.

🚩Red flags in supply chain security

- "There is a significant amount of unaccounted for mass”
- Hezbollah noticed the battery was draining faster than
expected
- Salesperson who conveyed the offer made a very inexpensive proposition for the pagers, and kept bringing the price down until he was pulled in

reuters.com/graphics/ISRAEL-PA…

Long time no post! Been building a graphical #WASM interpreter!

Very useful when your program is doing funky stuff and you don’t know why… Here’s a sneak peek 👀

The #38C3 presale is starting soon.

If you have worked 15 hours or more as an angel on #37C3 and checked the "Please send me emails" checkbox in your user settings in the angel system, you should receive a voucher on Tuesday next week (October 22nd).

There will also be community vouchers again and the open presale starts on November 12th.

All further details can be found on the event blog: events.ccc.de/2024/10/17/38c3-…

38C3 Presale: Modus Operandi

Wir freuen uns, euch den Vorverkauf für den diesjährigen Chaos Communication Congress anzukündigen. Der Vorverkauf wird dieses Jahr etwas anders ablaufen als letztes Jahr: Wie schon seit vielen Jahren muss unser Vorverkauf sicherstellen, dass der Con…

^{CCC Event Blog}

You put both hands in,
Both hands out,
In, out, in, out,
Shake them all about.

Instructions for a hand dryer.

Found this in a discussion about Strava but applicable to all tech companies

#AI

Some people took the challenge of colonizing Mars very seriously.

But they are very keen and too focused on optimizing travel time.

Hence instead of going to Mars, they are turning Earth into Mars.

NEW

How the Chagos sovereignty deal shows the UK’s legal and diplomatic weaknesses.

The agreement suits the United States and Mauritius, but does little for the displaced Chagos islanders.

By me, at Prospect

prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/l…

The Chagos sovereignty deal shows the UK’s legal and diplomatic weakness

The agreement suits the United States and Mauritius, but does nothing for the displaced Chagos islanders

^{www.prospectmagazine.co.uk}

Whether you need to save, find, or access your sensitive data across your devices, 1Password makes it seamless, simple, and secure.

We’ve heard your feedback and we’re excited to share new and updated 1Password features that you’ve been requesting! 🎁

Each of these enhancements helps streamline the many ways you use 1Password, making it easier than ever to manage your digital life. blog.1password.com/product-upd…

1Password product enhancements [Fall edition]: Autosave, sharing, getting started, and more | 1Password

The latest 1Password update improves password manager security and features with simplified authentication, enhanced browser experience, easy autofill and more.

^{Agile Bits, Inc.}

If you use the StationPlaylist tools, you will definitely want to make sure your support subscription for them is up-to-date.
There is a lot to like in this upcoming version.
We've been running the new version for about three weeks, all day every day.

Last year, the big feature was the modified version of the Insert Tracks dialog resulting in faster retrieval of items.
This year, there are many new improvements. I've been very proactive this year in ensuring that the developers have included functionality which is directly exposed to JAWS I can latch onto.

I'm glad to see there is a new feature I requested to support an American FM station I've been doing work for.
For users of voice-tracking, there is a huge, huge feature. I think it's huge anyway, but then, I am very particular about the way my VT's sound.
But there's a tonne of stuff in there. They will probably release in November based upon past form.

one of my real pain points with the iPhone is composing emails using the built-in mail app with #voiceover. It’s got slightly better with iOS 18, but the Misspelt Words option in the rotor still does not work. This might not be an issue for some, but for me I cannot send emails on the phone with confidence that it is written accurately and looks professional. I know there's the option of writing it in the Notes app, reviewing it and then pasting it into Mail, but come on! That's such a clunky workaround.

Is Mail any better on the iPad at all? I would quite like something that is an in between device to a laptop and a phone that I could use to quickly write emails, make additions to documents, write quick notes etc, and in that sense the iPad could be a nice fit, but if iPadOS has the same issues as the iOS versions then meh, it might not add much for me. Any thoughts?

#Blind #BlindMastodon #accessibility #a11y #Apple #iPad #iPhone #Productivity

Van egy 600 URL-ből álló listám (blog postok). Ezen URL-ek tartalmát le kellene mentenem kereshető formában. Hajlok a PDF felé, mert ha később kell a tartalom, elegánsabb abban az oldal designjával kiküldeni.

Van erre valakinek egy jó megoldása, vagy jobban össze kell barátkoznom a Puppeteerrel?

One more arrived.

In my folder with "funny" emails, I now count at least *19* emails that have been sent to me regarding Cisco Anyconnect VPN related problems.

Nineteen. Because they use #curl and the license is in there somewhere with my email address.

By all means, keep them coming. I'll keep counting!