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Re:Swift Numerics by igouy on Friday November 08, 2019 @06:56PM (#21488288)
> both systems in comparison are in violation

Invalid + Invalild != Valid

> they do have utility as a coarse indicator

Which, once again, must imply that you have confidence in that evidence.

Re:Swift Numerics by Cybiote on Saturday November 09, 2019 @04:12AM (#21490485)
Your arithmetic is not relevant to my point because as I said, when normalized to the same domain, it is valid.

> Which, once again, must imply that you have confidence in that evidence.

Nope, think of it as a bayesian update which induces a non-zero but low relative entropy, with respect to the new posterior distribution.

Re:Swift Numerics by igouy on Saturday November 09, 2019 @11:40AM (#21492498)
> normalized to just this setting > normalized to the same domain

What do you mean by "normalized" ? What "setting" ? What "domain" ?

> Nope, think of it as …

Think of it as being honest or not being honest.