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> are just introducing greater inaccuracy What makes you say that? This is exactly the sort of scenario where punting interpretation off to a simple algorithm
by mjg59 6y ago
> are just introducing greater inaccuracy
What makes you say that? This is exactly the sort of scenario where punting interpretation off to a simple algorithm is probably more accurate than leaving it up to untrained humans.
- slightwinder 6y agoIt might prevent false positive, but it can lead to false negative. See for example https://www.reddit.com/r/TFABLinePorn/comments/4pxghm/conflicting_pregnancy_test_one_positive_faint/ https://www.reddit.com/r/TFABLinePorn/comments/4pxghm/confli...
- bena 6y agoThat could happen with any two tests. That second test is really faint. At first I thought "Ok, so they're both negative, so what?" Not to mention, false negatives are far more common than false positives. If you have a false positive, then there's typically some odd health concern with the person.
- runamok 6y agoI read a comment in a reddit thread and they said the "pro-tip" was to take a picture of the pregnancy test and up the contrast to be able to better interpret results. So a less wasteful idea would be a companion app to help with that process vs. more electronics in a landfill. (Although obvious privacy implications exist).