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> thus digital contact tracing apps bad because of that one Michigan app that's actively stupid and a few other failed attempts? Well, what successful attempts
by SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
> thus digital contact tracing apps bad because of that one Michigan app that's actively stupid and a few other failed attempts?
Well, what successful attempts should we balance these "few" data points against?
What app can compensate for the difference between
a) I have been a few feet from this person for hours because they slept in the same bed as me and
b) I have been a few feet from this person for hours because they live next door, behind a brick wall.
- blisterpeanuts 6y agoA campus map including blueprints solves "b". It's pretty easy to tell whether two Bluetooth broadcasters are in the same room or have a wall between them. Beacon-based asset tracking systems do this all the time.
- SideburnsOfDoom 6y agoCampus? I live in a city not a campus.
- usrusr 6y agoIt's not an issue at all. Including the brick false positive (or drywall) you still get a much better test allocation than blindly guessing. Same for distancing allocation: occasional false positive seclusion would have much better cost/benefit than prolonged blanket closure. You don't need to be able to perfectly predict the roulette wheel, you'll already find yourself in an interesting conversation with security if you consistently beat the odds between black and red.