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Re:Fluctuations in silver prices can predict the probability... by umeshunni on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @08:07PM (#21198629)
Reminds me of these charts: https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
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Re:Fluctuations in silver prices can predict the probability... by peignoir on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @10:04PM (#21199298)
Damn you beat me at it :) makes you think about what unsupervised AI training can lead to... imagine not having insurance because you bought some Nutella on amazon during a full moon or any other crazy scenario
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Re:Fluctuations in silver prices can predict the probability... by imtringued on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @05:03AM (#21201379)
https://xkcd.com/1138/
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