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You can prove it retrospectively but you can't predict it in the moment was what I was trying to say.
by tsunamifury 10y ago
You can prove it retrospectively but you can't predict it in the moment was what I was trying to say.
- sgt101 10y agoAh - fair play. nice.
- falcolas 10y agoGiven enough data, while you can't predict exact actions, you can predict general trends with good accuracy. For example, given your complete post history and metadata about those posts and your views of HN, someone could fairly easily predict what subjects you will upvote, what subjects you'll comment on (and a good idea of the tone of your comment), and so forth. We're creatures of habit, and once you have enough information to identify those habits, you can do a pretty good job at predicting what we will do. Heck, with the little data I have access to, I can be pretty sure which articles I will see comments from big posters like jacquesm and tptacek, and what their comments will contain. I can't predict every story they will comment upon, nor the exact details of the comments, but at a higher level it is definitely predictable.