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What's the base rate for this type of detection? Another commenter mentioned this is how Chernobyl was first reported, but I can't find anything on how often su
by albntomat0 6y ago
What's the base rate for this type of detection? Another commenter mentioned this is how Chernobyl was first reported, but I can't find anything on how often such things happen randomly without a catastrophic root cause.
- lifeisstillgood 6y agoI am quite disturbed to find that this is not a zero level base rate. I remember the "CIA Whole Earth" from Snow Crash. I always thought that Google Earth would be something like that - some cross between a weather station and wikipedia.
- re 6y ago> the "CIA Whole Earth" from Snow Crash I was curious about this so here's some of the references I found (in the novel, it's "a piece of CIC software called, simply, Earth"). http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=843 http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=843 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash#Influence_on_the_World_Wide_Web_and_computing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash#Influence_on_the_Wo...
- m4rtink 6y agoIIRC this was an (acknowledged!) inspiration for Google Earth.
- serf 6y ago> I am quite disturbed to find that this is not a zero level base rate. speaking of disturbing factoids about radiation.. This is one of those nerdy cocktail topics I spout out about when i'm bored at a bar.[0] [0]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel
- booleandilemma 6y agoRelevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/2321/ https://xkcd.com/2321/