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What people are referring to with respect to Google is that if higher-level statistical operations are as easy as an if statement, then this may explain why goo
by sordina 13y ago
What people are referring to with respect to Google is that if higher-level statistical operations are as easy as an if statement, then this may explain why google takes (presumably amorally) such a statistical approach their customers (because it is easy to).
- wfunction 13y agoBut what did any of that have to do with Microsoft, or even Google's practices? The entire article was a tutorial on Bayes's rule, with a completely irrelevant introductory paragraph thrown in at the top. Nothing about Google or Microsoft's practices was actually mentioned anywhere.
- sordina 13y agoYes, the article was about simplifying statistical operations. The comments were inferring that some observed practices may have followed as a consequence. I'd prefer to discus the meat of the article, but it's not unusual to see comments go off on a tangent like this.
- wfunction 13y agoWhat annoys me is when people write irrelevant provocative introductions just to attract attention to their otherwise not so interesting writings.
- dllthomas 13y agoIn this case, it was a quote of a relevant provocative sentence, where the provocation itself was irrelevant. Really, the title was far more intriguing than the quote, but unfortunately the article didn't quite live up to it.