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10 か月前議論

This is exactly what has happened with the same junk science tech that “Shotspotter” uses. There are recorded incidents of police leaning on support staff to alter the location of a potential detection. And their junk science software is closed source. So when they are involved in a case, the defense has subpoena their source code and voila! Shotspotter is dropped from the prosecution’s exhibit list. You see Shotspotter can’t afford to have their code scrutinized. Have you figured out why? (Junk science)

10 か月前議論

Because “political work” is an oxymoron

10 か月前議論

I got tired of hearing the same spiel about how dangerous motorcycles are, so I used a stencil to airbrush “organ donor” on the side of my helmet along with my blood type.

10 か月前議論

Thanks. That indeed was one of the questions I had in my mind--"what changes once a diagnosis or label has been affixed?"

10 か月前議論

thanks so much for sharing this.

10 か月前議論

I’d like to piggyback on your comment to get your (and broader audiences) opinion on a situation I’m facing:

I’ve recently learned my 5 year old is exhibiting behavior problems in kindergarten. His teacher has put the notion in his mother’s head that he may have autism and has provided his mother a fast track referral to have him tested/diagnosed. I feel strongly that he does not have autism; aside from being disruptive in class he doesn’t have any other characteristics—-he is very verbal, social, doesn’t avoid eye contact or physical contact. I’ve spoken to his Sunday school teachers, daycare workers, etc and they were incredulous that he potentially has autism.

‘Well if he doesn’t have it what’s the harm in having him tested at a facility that specializes in pediatric autism? If you’re right they’ll easily determine he’s not autistic, right?’ Is the question I can imagine being asked at my reluctance to consent to the testing and diagnostics. Frankly, I’m suspicious of the (potential) conflict of incentives that a clinic specializing in pediatric autism may have; I positive diagnosis is only good for business in the way that a men’s clinic is incentivized to find every patient that walks through their door has low testosterone. Especially considering the subjectivity and ‘spectrum’ that falls under the blanket term ‘autism’.

On a scale from likely to incredibly unlikely, how rooted in reality would you characterize my concerns? Also what harm, if any would come from a false positive diagnosis? Would it outweigh the harm of a person being an undiagnosed, high functioning person with autism?

11 か月前議論

The weakest link of the proposed technology like this is guaranteed fallibility of the folks using it, ie the judicial system and the asymmetric power dynamic against those it supposedly serves.

This is a very common scenario: a sheriffs deputy holds a biased belief against an individual. Said deputy selects and overfits data from systems like this to obtain a warrant against said individual. Individual is arrested and enters the meat grinder that is the justice system where hundreds of experienced indifferent agents and millions of dollars are put to work to support that deputies biased accusation. That original bad actor can now disengage and go about their life. Meanwhile, our Individual must spend a fortune on legal defense to prove their innocence. Individual loses time, money, peace, and reputation pursuing the best case realistic scenario—having charges dismissed (though indefinitely tainting their record). The more realistic scenario is individual is unjustly punished to some degree through plea agreements or trial (if they can afford it) which could easily ruin the rest of their life.

I’m not on the ACAB extreme, I just personally know many law enforcement officers and work in the industry adjacent to the justice system.

昨年議論

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昨年議論

Access logs are meaningless when police are only accountable to themselves and unions shield them from any disciple of their wrongdoings

昨年議論

I was an infoseek.com man myself, but we probably still could have been friends.

2 年前議論

Melodramatic much?

2 年前議論

Or if the build quality of their vehicles was not up to par with US regulation or the quality standards the US market is accustomed to..which seems very possible given the connotations generally shared domestically around the phrase “made in china”

2 年前議論

I would assume so since much of the code seems to have been stolen in the first place

2 年前議論

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2 年前議論

If she was falsifying data, I must assume it was to support a biased hypothesis she held however the article doesn’t elaborate on what conclusion her fraudulent data supported beyond this being a “behavioral science” study.

Can anyone fill in the gaps to those conspicuously missing details?

2 年前議論

>The Florida Cabinet on June 12 approved *swapping* this 324-acre parcel of Withlacoochee State Forest for 861 acres of timberland in Levy County, according to state documents.

Poor journalists. It must be hard trying to manufacture outrage when they’re obligated to provide the truth somewhere in the article

2 年前議論

You are interpreting “fundamental” as ‘highest priority’, which is not the only, (or most commonly expressed) definition of the word.

Fundamental is also defined as “so basic as to be hard to alter, resolve, or overcome.”

I would argue that ‘saving lives’ is not a ‘basic’ process; it is complex. However, informing someone’s next-of-kin of their passing, is a basic (ie fundamental) role of a healthcare facility.

2 年前議論

I was reading something recently about pleading the fifth, (like if someone at the hospital was called to testify), I read that in criminal cases, pleading the fifth could not be used against the defendant. However in civil cases, jurors are instructed to assume their refusal to testify would implicate their guilt. I didn’t verify what I read, so take it with a grain of salt.

2 年前議論

“Reasonable” is subjective to the wearer

2 年前議論

Oh look, only took 7 comments to find someone that is making the assertion that bad UX is a partisan issue.