#NOTES

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

When we say that "an algorithm is biased" we usually mean, "biased people made an algorithm." This explains why so much machine learning prediction turns into phrenology.1/ Researchers with phrenological

tedfrank 😷

tedfrank

So that DOJ scheme was BANANAS, but I don’t understand why people think it made a difference relative to the other impeachable nonsense Trump pulled.Plan: 1. Trump replaces Rosen with

Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony

lackingceremony

Fellow white people from Protestant-informed backgrounds! I want to share a protest thought.WASP culture disciplines and regulates itself through respectability and propriety. When police interact with us, they often try

Pulp Librarian

PulpLibrarian

Today in pulp l ask the question: should we fear The Singularity - a super-powered artificial intelligence that will evolve to rule over us forever more?I'm going to say no

Eric Geller

ericgeller

Breaking: US unseals charges against 3 North Korean hackers for their role in WannaCry ransomware, Sony hack, bank heists, and other cyberattacks.Prosecutors also charged a Canadian who helped them launder

It takes two to contango

2Contango

THREAD $STNG Scorpio Tankers looks to turn around year-long shares slide.Scorpio Tankers president Robert Bugbee promises an active week of investor updates as the long Labor Day weekend ends in

Anna Gifty is on IG and says #SACE2021

itsafronomics

Good morning to everyone but University of Texas Computer Science department @UTCompSci, which has been using a biased machine learning system, flagged by their diversity office, to evaluate...*checks notes*.. PhD

Allison Luedtke

LuedtkeAllison

Did you miss the @AEACSWEP panel yesterday? Don’t worry, it was recorded. But here is a thread with my key takeaways: “Disparate Impacts” indeed. Document it! Now is the

Scott Tilley

coastal8049

Here's a plot of an estimated ground track for the #Change5 re-entry.This THREAD will discuss:- Evidence supporting this ground track,- Alternatives that have been excluded,- 'Skip' re-entry profile visibility characteristics,-

Steven Dennis

StevenTDennis

The federal debt has jumped *$6.6 trillion* since Trump took office 3 1/2 years ago.And the GOP's fiscal hawks are suddenly back worried about the debt.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-29/gop-fiscal-hawks-rediscover-their

TechFreedom

TechFreedom

All 4 big tech CEOs are testifying about #antitrust todayYou’ll hear Rs complain about bias and Ds complain about social justice etc. But vague notions of “fairness” aren’t what competition

Billy Mernit

mernitman

1/ Yesterday I finished the 1st draft of a novel that was begun 18 months ago - while holding down a full-time job. Since the writers on my Twitter feed

˗ˏˋTiaᴮᴱ∞⁷ˎˊ˗ is 🐋 of ▶️ #GrammyNominatedBTS 💜

MrsTOH2O

When I first saw "Doctor" Jin in "Dope", I thought why doesn't MY doctor looks like this! He just looked straight out of Fairy Tales, and every parents' ideal "son-in-law"!

(((EugeneFreedman)))

EugeneFreedman

This article is a series of management falsehoods, presenting itself as a path forward. It's scary how a reporter would have missed everything that has gone on over the past

Quinn Ryder

QRyder008

[LONG Theory Thread] Zero: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. PROVERB, a woman who has been rejected by a man, can be ferociously angry and vindictive. (+) #Yashahime

Jacob

jam_vt

The 1: 13/13Great first song to the album and goodbye to past loves Cardigan: 11/13Wonderful storytelling and step away from traditional lead single vibes. More about her writing. Great illusions

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