We really should talk more about why Nate Silver is not particularly liked by a lot of people who actually work with data.
"I would bet 60-40, 70-30 on lab leak probably"
This is just throwing random numbers on his hunches. He does this _all of the time_ and doesn't generally disclose (or even necessarily know to disclose) which pieces are his "hunches."
He mixes things that he puts into a model and fails to mention any validation beyond topline as well
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"Data journalism" equals traditional punditry except you put arbitrary numbers on everything.Hachyderm.io
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Árvores estão sendo cortadas ou podadas para garantir maior visibilidade a painéis publicitários, denunciam moradores
Prefeitura diz que já abriu registros de ocorrências sobre o caso e que vai averiguar novas denúnciasPriscilla Litwak (O Globo)
Amos Miller of Glidance released a new amazing video showing the capability of Glide, the mobility tool that he has created. If you have not seen this new video, and by the way it is described, then I highly encourage you to check it out... youtube.com/watch?v=Xq8ofapGxX…
#Blind #Mobility #AmosMiller #Glidance #Glide #Accessible
Glide Demonstration Video #2: Stairs, Roads without Sidewalks, Paths, Overhead Obstacles & More.
In our second scenario video, we demonstrate Glide, the world's first intelligent guide for the blind and low vision community, in a variety of new situation...YouTube
It’s time for these leaders to actually lead, clearing a path that leads beyond X and towards social media environments like Bluesky and Mastodon — platforms that at least gesture in the direction of user safety and protection of the vulnerable.
Hell. YES.
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It’s time to say goodbye to Elon Musk’s X. Changes to blocking online harassment will endanger users.
As announced to users Wednesday, X is planning to deprive its users of another vital tool for combating ever-escalating online stalking and harassment on the platform, writes Gwen Snyder.Gwen Snyder (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Exclusive: Trump ground game in key states flagged as potentially fake — Guardian US
Data suggests canvassers linked to Elon Musk’s America Pac falsely claimed to have visited homes of potential votersapple.news
Never thought about it this way, but recently I found myself doing and curating the bookmarks like couple of decades back. Honestly I thought I'm just getting old, the middle age crisis or something, but now I realised I maybe just intuitively started to fix some search engine issues...
Cool. That was the case for me too, and I suspect many in my diocese, until a couple of days ago and it really feels like a breach of trust.
Thanks!
New weekend challenge moto:
#SystemCrafters (@daviwil) rule 42: "To maximize your learning opportunities, do stupid things [in your computer] that force you to dig yourself out of a hole". 🤓
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Making the Most of Terminal Emacs - System Crafters Live!
In this stream, we'll discuss some thoughts I've had after using Emacs in the terminal for various tasks recently and then spend some time working on a strea...YouTube
#flibusta #stiver
Создатель онлайн-библиотеки Flibusta Stiver: серверы оплачены, сайт поддерживается и работает в стабильном режиме
19 октября 2024 года создатель онлайн-библиотеки Flibusta Stiver сообщил, что серверы проекта оплачены, сайт поддерживается и работает в стабильном режиме.23 сен...Денис (Habr)
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Já tam mám zítra tak na 30 minut nějaký update informací na webu České školy a pustím na dálku nějaký extra backup databází na můj soukromý NAS. Jinak mám v plánu jen knížku, kafe a gauč/postel
Medieval Dynasty, mě opravdu hodně chytlo a nemohu se od toho odtrhnout 
Lovit, těžit, stavět vesnici. Je to vcelku náročné a všechno chce dost času, ale to budování je uspokojující 
#MedievalDynasty
Introduction To ELF In Linux: A Simple Guide To Executable Files
In this blog post, we will discuss what ELF is, how it works, and why it's so important for Linux users and developers.sk (OSTechNix)
hullcaster - terminal-based podcast manager - LinuxLinks
hullcaster is a terminal-based podcast manager built in Rust. This is free and open source software published under the GPL.Luke Baker (LinuxLinks)
Comparison of Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro and Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 - Accessible Android
I’ve had the opportunity to use both of the latest earbud offerings from Google and Samsung: the Pixel Buds Pro 2 and the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro. I've used each ofJohn Dyer (Accessible Android)
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This morning we went to see an exhibition by the wonderful Margot from watercolorpatterns (watercolourpatterns.com/), and it's just insane the precision, dedication and just sheer amount of care and detail she puts into every single one of her watercolors.
And it's all just this wonderfully enthusiastic lady doing everything herself!
Give her a hand if you have the chance, she's wonderful
Je tu taký starší pán a ide na bicykli z Hamburgu... teraz je tu a ide do Istanbulu a potom do Indie. Kamoš @xChaos ? Veľmi mu chutí a vraj je spokojný tak u nás bude denne pokiaľ tu bude. 
edit: dal som mu šišku. 😁
odišiel a dal som si práska a celkom ma hitlo... potom sa vrátil že "I'm messed up from that..." 
edit: kúpil si some sort of HHC na Obchodnej, tak som mu ponúkol no
VOTE EARLY THIS WEEKEND
Good morning. If you live in a state where you can vote early or vote by mail, why not vote this weekend?
Check your state: cbsnews.com/news/map-early-vot…
Voting early is the best thing you can do to help Harris. It establishes a winning narrative which undermines polling manipulation by biased GOP pollsters. It also motivates our team and demoralizes them. Right now, with more than 10 million votes already banked, Dems are up by >1.5 million votes.
VOTE!
Map shows which states offer early voting and mail-in ballots for the 2024 election
Weeks before the 2024 election, early voting by mail or in person will be available in most states — here's a map with more information about early voting options.CBS News
Tim Walz is not "redefining masculinity." Tim Walz is redefining *white masculinity*.
Trump does not have a big lead with men voters. Trump has an *absolutely massive lead* with *white men voters*.
70% of the NFL is Black. 90% of those Black men vote Dem. More Black men than white women think the environment is important. Black men support masking to prevent the spread of Covid. Black men are more likely to support women's reproductive rights. Etc, etc.
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Football coach and cheerleader: How Tim Walz is defining masculinity in 2024
With gender central to the campaign, Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz is taking a different approach to masculinity compared to bro-ness and aggression., USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
The reason this view is so discordant is that so many people's view of Black men is based on gangsta rap - base, aggressive, violent.
Which is funny since, as I learned from a post of yours from many months ago, gangsta rap is more popular among white people than it is among Black people.
@davidnjoku it took me a while but entirely I finally clued into how media portrays black men. Once you start seeing it, it's perversive.
How they show a mug shot if one is available by default. White guy criminals get yearbook photos. words like thug get used a lot. White guys get discussions of their lost future, black guys get only discussions of the crime.
Someone benefits if we're all afraid of black men. It's bullshit. And a lot so called liberals buy into it too.
Are you still using social media platforms? What's your reason?
For Google and Facebook users here's how you can better protect yourself!
Step 1: Stop Facebook collecting SO much data 👉 tuta.com/blog/what-does-facebo…
Step 2: Reduce how much Google knows about you 👉 tuta.com/blog/what-does-google…
All The Data Facebook Collects - And How To Stop This | Tuta
Want to know what data Facebook collects about you? In this guide we outline what data Facebook collects about its users and how they use it.Tuta
Mamutovo
Vítejte na mastodonní instanci Mamutovo! Instance Mamutovo byla vytvořena pro běžné uživatele, kteří touží po klidném prostředí, ve kterém mohou svobodně sdílet své myšlenky.Mastodon hosted on mamutovo.cz
always amused when someone in Ontario talks about "driving across the province in 8 hours"
buddy, Ottawa to Kenora was 21 hours of straight driving last I checked
most people have no idea how damn big this place is unless they've done the trip themselves
@hub and I wouldn't believe how bad most people are at navigation if I hadn't seen it for myself. it was wild how many folks on my recruit course had never touched a map & compass before, and how many still had no idea how to use them afterwards
it's just not a skill that we teach, or that most people learn
Yesterday I finally solved the third hardest discrete bug I’ve worked on in my career. Took about 3.5 weeks of work. At the end, I spent 10 consecutive days doing nothing but investigating this bug, all day, every day. I then took a day off to pick up my folks in Pennsylvania because they wrecked their car (everyone is fine, just car damage). Came back, and yesterday I finally found it.
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Pixelfed CZ
Pixelfed.cz je platforma pro sdílení obrázků, etická alternativa k centralizovaným platformám.Pixelfed CZ
The fact that space indents won out over tabs actually makes me a little sad.
I just don't see why pressing a key four times is better.
i just press tab and the editor inserts 4 spaces. 🤷
(Now that I'm writing this, it sounds kind of ridiculous. But also I didn't really think about this for the last x years at all, so I guess that's a success?)
Findings are encouraging so far. The only significant issue is that, if I'm running a Wayland session, I encounter the keyboard handling problem that currently affects the use of Orca with all GTK4 applications. However, at least for reading ActivityPub threads, Tuba is very screen reader-accessible.
#Tuba #ActivityPub #gnome #accessibility
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in reply to Matt Campbell • • •I suppose the whole process, and my own mind, is still contaminated because I initially used an LLM. I can think of the following things that remain from my usage of Claude:
- The use of FFV1 as a lossless video codec. Presumably I would have found that in the FFmpeg documentation if I had really looked.
- The pixel format conversion to yuv420p to fix compatibility problems. Claude gave me that one for the MP4 version, and then I also applied it to WebM.
- The use of 256 Kbps for AAC.
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