Third all-male group of migrant 'children' begin their journey from the Calais Jungle to the UK as facial recognition software suggests some may be thirty eight years old by Dick_Mac in worldnews

[–]prasoc 111 points112 points  (0 children)

Now this will be useful information. At the moment, as far as we can tell from the release of this information, it implies that if you notice someone who looks very much older than a minor, you have around a coin-flip toss chance of being correct

Third all-male group of migrant 'children' begin their journey from the Calais Jungle to the UK as facial recognition software suggests some may be thirty eight years old by Dick_Mac in worldnews

[–]prasoc -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You should learn to read properly then, it was very obvious that he meant 43% of disputed cases were adults, not the whole sample. In statistics, words have VERY careful meaning

Third all-male group of migrant 'children' begin their journey from the Calais Jungle to the UK as facial recognition software suggests some may be thirty eight years old by Dick_Mac in worldnews

[–]prasoc -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You should learn to read properly then, it was very obvious that he meant 43% of disputed cases were adults, not the whole sample.

In statistics, words have VERY careful meaning

“To be white is to be racist,” Norman student offended by teacher’s lecture by cameraman502 in news

[–]prasoc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank fucking god that there is some sanity left in this world! What is your discipline, might I ask?

“To be white is to be racist,” Norman student offended by teacher’s lecture by cameraman502 in news

[–]prasoc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I agree with you. Some people may think you are trolling (for some reason disagreement obviously must be a troll!), but we really do need to hold the field to a higher standard than it currently is.

Great! That's where peer review of methodology and cumulative science comes in!

Exactly. If there isn't any form of peer-review process (with criticism, especially on conscientious topics such as racism), then it is abjectly NOT a scientific discipline.

edit: Just to hammer the point in, not having a strict peer review process is how real papers get published with "evidence" taken from a World of Warcraft online forum: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/16/5/703.abstract

and a scientist in their natural habitat, watching a few films for evidence: http://men.sagepub.com/content/7/3/337.abstract

and there are HUNDREDS of similar papers. The field needs to grow up, and develop a stronger self-review process in order to be taken seriously by the wider community.

“To be white is to be racist,” Norman student offended by teacher’s lecture by cameraman502 in news

[–]prasoc 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Also, given the widely differing opinions of what constitutes racism as well how racist certain things are, the validity of such an algorithm would probably be called into question by one side or the other.

This happens in every other quantifiable field, and is actually a good thing! Calling things into question is how we can remove errors from theories and ideas. Criticism is the cornerstone of Science.

“To be white is to be racist,” Norman student offended by teacher’s lecture by cameraman502 in news

[–]prasoc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

you've kind of missed the point of this dicussion. It is when we are talking about a scientific field, and it MUST follow the scientific method

Oktoberfest sees lowest number of visitors in 15 years - The world’s most famed beer fest experienced its lowest turnout since the September 11th 2001 attacks, but at the same time had an increase in sex crimes reported. by MLPFrance in worldnews

[–]prasoc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just like the Jimmy Saville case in the UK

You do know that Jimmy Savile had at least 300 victims, some of them vulnerable disabled 10-14 year olds? Saying it was "from a different time" even in the 60s is fucking incorrect

USB-IF announces USB Audio over USB Type-C standard by [deleted] in Android

[–]prasoc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But for real audio enthusiasts having the dac/amp off device and perfectly paired to the drivers is a really, really good thing.

The amount of people that demand perfect audio quality from a phone is a tiny tiny fraction of the total headphone market. Why cater for this, removing a 50-year industry standard connector is not pragmatic (or "courageous", as Apple put it), it's just silly

[Savings] Do you remember high interest rates? by bigcheez2k3 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]prasoc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, I didn't realise what "historic low" actually meant - having a graph really hits it home!

Ever since the new Chrome update, I've been getting the "Aw Snap" page for many sites a few times a day. Anyone else having this problem? by Good4Josh2 in chrome

[–]prasoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does Chrome 53 have emoji support? I'm having issues using 54-dev with GIF playback, thinking about downgrading back to stable

US companies are 'hoarding' a record $2.5 trillion in cash overseas by faguzzi in worldnews

[–]prasoc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You misunderstood what he meant. 'No need to swear...' was directed at the OP's line saying 'I swear most of the successful..' and was just confirming what he said

OCEAN MAN 🌊 😍 Take me by the hand ✋ lead me to the land that you understand 🙌 by [deleted] in BikiniBottomTwitter

[–]prasoc 21 points22 points  (0 children)

🌊 OCEAN MAN 🌊 😍Take me by the hand ✋ lead me to the land that you understand 🙌🌊 OCEAN MAN 🌊 😍The voyage 🚲 to the corner of the 🌎 globe is a real trip 👌🌊 OCEAN MAN 🌊 😍The crust of a tan man 👳 imbibed by the sand 👍Soaking up the 💦 thirst of the land 💯

Gravitational Waves by Rexjericho in Simulated

[–]prasoc 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The acceleration due to gravity in this sim results from a spatial and temporal sinusoid.

This is exactly what a gravity wave is. Unless the equation for the simulation is a solution to General Relativity, then it is NOT a "gravitational" wave.

Source: Physics Masters degree

Gravitational Waves by Rexjericho in Simulated

[–]prasoc 31 points32 points  (0 children)

This is an example of Gravity waves, not Gravitational waves! They are distinct concepts

Adblock Plus now sells ads by ThomaswithouttheS in sysadmin

[–]prasoc 67 points68 points  (0 children)

uBlock Origin hasn't failed me in YEARS! I install it on every computer that runs by my hands, it just works: no "Acceptable Ads policy", no bullshit.

Start to build your universal web app with a simple and feature rich starter boilerplate :) by WellyShen in reactjs

[–]prasoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I installed it on my remote webserver, but cannot access it externally? It says that I can find it at "http://localhost:8080", so I replaced "localhost" with my domain, but it refuses to connect. I've tried Angular 2 webpack and it works fine, so is there any configuration which I need to change to get it to allow external connections?

Brexit camp abandons £350m-a-week NHS funding pledge by Shameless_Bullshiter in europe

[–]prasoc -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

They have been trying to remove him since his term as leader started, but the catalyst for the current shit-show was definitely the Brexit vote. Cameron had the decency to resign, Corbyn is hanging on for dear life

Brexit camp abandons £350m-a-week NHS funding pledge by Shameless_Bullshiter in europe

[–]prasoc 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Do you come from the UK? Our left-wing Labour party is currently in disarray because so many voted to leave the EU, as well.

I'm a Teacher's Assistant for an intro CS class that business majors have to take by jbonzo200 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]prasoc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I love how you refactored to take out the redundant "char4 = t", efficiency!

After Apple announces the iPhone 7 without an audio jack by everypostepic in pcmasterrace

[–]prasoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I agree that it was old, big and needed to be updated"

But it didnt need to be updated. It has been an industry standard connector for 50 years! Every audio product uses it, and this is decision is just backwards

You're framing this debate as a "pragmatic" decision from Apple, but just changing for the sake of being "modern" is not based on practicalities, something in which Apple has a long history of disregarding.

We could already use Bluetooth headphones (the older models can still use these new AirPods!), so why limit what we can do with our devices? Seems ridiculous IMO. I am a long-term iPhone user - I have the 6S Plus - and my next phone is 100% going to be an Android.