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The Weissman score is less than worthless, it "isn't even wrong". This comes up in most HN discussions about compression algorithms and I'm waiting for it to g
by dietrichepp 11y ago
The Weissman score is less than worthless, it "isn't even wrong". This comes up in most HN discussions about compression algorithms and I'm waiting for it to go away.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_even_wrong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_even_wrong
- DiThi 11y agoI think the smiley at the end indicates that it is a joke. After all it was created as a fictional plot device for a comedy.
- flurp 11y ago^ Yes. Clearly people can't take jokes here, already downvoted. Edit: Even the above got downvoted and I get reminded again that HN is full of stuck up, overly sensitive and unhumorous engineers. With the exception of this being a great place to find interesting things to read the community aspect is uninviting and unforgiving.
- slavik81 11y agoThe same joke is posted on literally every submission about compression. It adds nothing to the discussion, so it gets downvoted. Comments about being downvoted are also almost always downvoted. The comment guidelines actually warn you that it's a bad idea. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- pavement 11y agoBut trivia is still worthy of knowing about, however tired and overdone, or dated and played-out. Just like, if it were XKCD yesterday, it was The Far Side twenty years ago.