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Re:Chief scientist of major corporation can’t handle critici... by edgyquant on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @11:20AM (#33721123)
Birth month is not an indicator it is a correlation at best.
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Re:Chief scientist of major corporation can’t handle critici... by twobitshifter on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @03:32PM (#33724158)
This place was using any and all data that improved the fit. What browser you used, typing speeds, and birth month all improved fit in training and worked in the test set and got thrown in. That was the only hurdle, they didn’t care as to why, they just added the data.
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