alphamonster
Re:Show HN: Tech Companies That Won't Delete Your Information
on Saturday March 24, 2018 @10:59AM (#16666899)
It would help to explain your scores a bit (is +10 worse than -10?)
Re:Say goodbye to the information age: it’s all about reputation now
on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @02:16PM (#16586991)
I generally agree, but I think the article goes a bit far:
> Such questions will help us to get a better grip on reality than trying to check directly the reliability of the information at issue. In a hyper-specialised system of the production of knowledge, it makes no sense to try to investigate on our own, for example, the possible correlation between vaccines and autism
There is middle ground between trusting a source because of its `reputation' and conducting trials yourself. Relying too much on reputation is also known as the "appeal to authority" fallacy.
Re:California to allow testing of self-driving cars without a driver p...
on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @12:16PM (#16475524)
Not if the route is well designed. One of my colleagues at Stanford developed an algorithm which can `rebalance' without increasing congestion: https://asl.stanford.edu/wp-content/papercite-data/pdf/Rossi...
Re:You Can't Have Denmark Without Danes
on Saturday February 24, 2018 @10:57AM (#16453771)
Canada is much less (racially) diverse than the U.S.: 89% white and the largest minority group as asian with 6.7% versus the U.S. 66% white and 14.7% hispanic as the largest minority group. source: data compiled from census reports https://politicalcalculations.blogspot.mx/2011/03/us-vs-cana...