Berto Jongman: Insights into Facebook Content Moderation – #GoogleGestapo Failing with Extreme Content

Commerce, Corruption, Ineptitude, IO Impotency
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Three months in hell

by Burcu Gültekin Punsmann   

What I learned from three months of Content Moderation for Facebook in Berlin

At the end of the ramp-up process, a moderator should handle approximately 1300 reports every day which let him/her in average only a few seconds to reach a decision for each report. The intellectually challenging task tends to become an automated action almost a reaction.

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Stephen E. Arnold: Averaging Data is Stupid

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Averaging Information Is Not Cutting It Anymore

“Rescuing Collective Wisdom When The Average Group Opinion Is Wrong” is an article that pokes fun at the fanaticism running rampant in the news.  Beyond the fanaticism in the news, there is a real concern with averaging when it comes to data science and other fields that heavily rely on data.

The article breaks down the different ways averaging is used and the different theorems that are developed from it.  The introduction is a bit wordy but it sets the tone:

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Penguin: Open Source Organs

Innovation, Manufacturing
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Artificial organs developed by biohackers will soon deliver insulin to diabetics

In 2018, several hybrid closed-loop systems will begin to appear on the market. These will measure a user's blood-sugar levels every five minutes or so and supply insulin subcutaneously as appropriate. A large part of the R&D behind them was done in the open-source community. One such group, the Open Artificial Pancreas System project (OpenAPS), has for the past three years been encouraging diabetic biohackers to explore and improve their existing monitoring and insulin-delivery systems.

Mongoose: Deep State Attack #4 on President Donald Trump — The Russians Funded Trump Post 9/11 — Used Real Estate to Launder Money

Corruption, Media
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This is the fourth of the Deep State attacks on our legitimately-elected President Donald Trump. The first three, all failures, were the attempt to flip the Electoral College (treason); the manufacture of lies about Russians hacking the election (treason); and the most recent attempt to have the President perceived as mentally unstable (treason).

Mark Sumner, “Donald Trump was bailed out of bankruptcy by Russia crime bosses,” The Daily Kos, 9 January 2017.

Mark Sumner, “Trump's wealth comes from money laundering, and it's gotten worse since he entered the White House,” The Daily Kos, 12 January 2017.

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Berto Jongman: Costs of War — Domestic Jobs Alternatives…

01 Poverty, 02 Infectious Disease, 03 Environmental Degradation, 04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 06 Genocide, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Proliferation, 09 Terrorism, 10 Transnational Crime
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Summary

  • Over 370,000 people have died due to direct war violence, and at least 800,000 more indirectly
  • 200,000 civilians have been killed as a result of the fighting at the hands of all parties to the conflict
  • 10.1 million — the number of war refugees and displaced persons
  • The US federal price tag for the post-9/11 wars is about $5.6 trillion dollars
  • The US military is conducting counterterror activities in 76 countries
  • The wars have been accompanied by violations of human rights and civil liberties, in the US and abroad

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