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You're still making a couple gut decisions when you use data: - This data was collected in a representative way. - The problem we are addressing is the same a
by afarrell 10y ago
You're still making a couple gut decisions when you use data:
- This data was collected in a representative way.
- The problem we are addressing is the same as the one this data investigates.
The first one assessment is a pretty big one, given the possibility of survivorship bias and the silence of users who are only mildly satisfied/annoyed.
- mamcx 10y agoIs like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_koan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_koan So Sussman began working on a program. Not long after, this odd-looking bald guy came over. Sussman figured the guy was going to boot him out, but instead the man sat down, asking, "Hey, what are you doing?" Sussman talked over his program with the man, Marvin Minsky. At one point in the discussion, Sussman told Minsky that he was using a certain randomizing technique in his program because he didn't want the machine to have any preconceived notions. Minsky said, "Well, it has them, it's just that you don't know what they are."