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Does anyone know which XKCD comic the top image was? Or was it just created in the style of XKCD?


The latter, I think.

Randall Munroe has called this abomination "an insult to life itself". But that might be quoting him out of context.


Yet they still managed to give them the CD with the diagnosis... Such a strange process


Very likely because radio did their work correctly (with the misfortune of a wrong prelim assessment), but the requesting doc either forgot or chose not to act on the results. Or results were not transmitted correctly, so the requesting doc never was aware... many things can go wrong in collaborative work. Anyways, a communication issue for sure.


This is mentioned in the article, but it's a small piece in a paragraph so understand why it could be missed:

"Somebody thought IV was not easily understandable because it resembled VI..." (in paragraph 2)


As threeseed mentioned, most free apps esp. those without a per-install revenue source (e.g., Wikipedia) will likely not use the new model and stick with the old model which doesn't charge per app install


It's interesting seeing this play out.

I suppose ultimately, the market is fragmenting and Apple is aiming to pull and set levels to encourage as many developers as possible to stick with the current system.

I suppose they're counting on the fact that inertia and laziness will encourage continued loyalty when it comes to non free apps.


Right I agree, the new model does seem quite punitive especially if you don't have an existing business model.

Imagine a new developer publishes a free app without a plan for monetization, and then it goes viral. They would be on the hook for thousands of dollars.

Unless they have a reason to switch most new apps will likely stick to the old model


The Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit, and these are exempt anyway.


As an aside, look how clear and well-written this web page is. I'm always blown away by how well the whole Apple ecosystem (even the the developer documentation) is designed


I always (for the last ~10 years or so at least) found Apple documentation extremely poor overall.


But you could just pay for both ChatGPT and the AI classifier, and keep re-iterating with new prompts until the AI classifier outputs a false negative right?

Edit: Thinking about it, they'd probably have to eventually restrict the AI classifier so that it would only be available in to schools / institutions in this scenario.


Is there a way to check if you've been compromised by these PyPl packages? Does PyPl have a mechanism to let people know that they've downloaded a compromised package?


Malicious packages are yanked as and when they are found or reported by the community.


As in general with associative studies, it is hard to make a distinct conclusion on causation.

Do we know if alcohol decreases gray and white matter volumes? Could the causation run in the reverse direction? Bi-directionally? Or could there be some common cause (e.g., proneness to "risky" behavior) that leads to both?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_cau...


Every study that comes through here somebody invariably trots out the old "correlation does not equal causation" argument. You're not wrong, but you know, sometimes it is causation.

Rather than disregard every study, I just sort of internally give it a 50% weight and move on. Maybe it's bogus, maybe it's not, but surely some of them are correctly identifying causation.

Life is too short to quibble about this crap.


> Every study that comes through here somebody invariably trots out the old "correlation does not equal causation" argument.

Well, it's still true, and still applicable.

> You're not wrong, but you know, sometimes it is causation.

No, I don't know, and neither do you. That's... kind of the problem.


"Life is too short to quibble about this crap. "

Yup, so have a drink when you want, or don't. We will all die eventually.


... Or will we? Anti-aging research is an area.


even with every disease cured and without aging, you still will die by some random event unless you hide away in a bunker - in which case the bunker will eventually collapse and you will still die


>Life is too short to quibble about this crap.

Then why bother doing science at all?

There are ways to determine the correlation vs causation problem, but yes it takes more effort - possibly redesigning studies, follow up studies etc.

But that's just the price of knowledge. And knowledge is worth quibbling over.


Indeed, we'd need an interventional study. Forcing a random study group to drink for decades seems unethical and expensive, but I wish we had the results.


IMHO, I like the original better than the after too.

However, I did think this was a handy feature to point out, just probably not the best example.


(2021)

Veritasium covers the story behind lead in gasoline in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3dnLzthDA, it's a really interesting albeit sad video.

If I recall correctly, he mentions this study in the video.


The same story is covered in an episode of the newer run of Cosmos; S2E7.

I thought the coverage there was better. Brief overview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yV__MkDqqo (it ends up being an ad for the show, but good summary, nevertheless).


And a far more irreverent (NSFW? but very entertaining, and moderately informational) video about the inventor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4og8wG8VQWM&list=PL96C35uN7x...


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