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- Against predictive optimization https://predictive-optimization.cs.princeton.edu/ 78 comments
- Optimizing Content Quality Control at Netflix with Predictive Modeling http://techblog.netflix.com/2015/12/optimizing-content-quality-control-at-netflix-predictive-modeling.html 15 comments
- Predictive Optimizing Code Loading https://github.com/avodonosov/pocl#readme 6 comments
- The Speed Prior: A New Simplicity Measure Yielding Near-Optimal Computable Predictions http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/speedprior/sld001.htm 3 comments compsci
- Low cognition predicts unrealistic optimism. High cognition predicts realism and pessimism https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01461672231209400 385 comments science
- No Recession? Economists Are Now Predicting Brighter Days Ahead. The optimism stems from three key dynamics: falling inflation, the halt in interest rate hikes by the Fed, and a resilient labor market paired with better-than-expected economic growth. Economists expect continued growth in 2024/2025. https://www.benzinga.com/content/35257910 4 comments economy
- Building, optimizing and testing a Price Prediction trading algorithm for Bitcoin https://github.com/CyberPunkMetalHead/cryptocurrency-machine-learning-prediction-algo-trading/blob/main/PricePrediction.training.cs 11 comments cryptocurrency
- Optimal linear estimation models predict that ancestral human species may have hiked into northern Europe a few hundred thousand years earlier than anthropologists had thought https://www.pnas.org/post/journal-club/humans-could-have-arrived-northern-europe-earlier-than-fossils-and-stone-tools-suggest 2 comments science
- We need optimism – but Disneyfied climate predictions are just dangerous | George Monbiot https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/13/optimism-climate-predictions-techno-polluters 8 comments climate
- We need optimism – but Disneyfied climate predictions are just dangerous ~ George Monbiot https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/13/optimism-climate-predictions-techno-polluters 8 comments environment
- ‘Smart’ greenhouses could slash electricity costs: Predictive lighting control system would optimize lighting for plants https://news.uga.edu/smart-greenhouses-could-slash-electricity-costs/?utm_medium=social&utm_content=text_link&utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=news_release 7 comments futurology
- [R] Knowledge is reward: Learning optimal exploration by predictive reward cashing https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.08518 4 comments machinelearning
- It was predicted in March 2020 that in response to COVID-19 a broad lockdown, as opposed to shielding the most vulnerable in society, would reduce immediate demand for ICU beds at the cost of more deaths long term. The optimal strategy for saving lives in COVID-19 is different from influenza. https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3588 10 comments science
- Nomura predicts poor 2019 iPhone sales, warns over 2020 5G optimism https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/08/29/nomura-predicts-poor-2019-iphone-sales-warns-over-2020-5g-optimism 76 comments apple
- Due to optimism bias, we are likely to adopt false beliefs and rely on unfounded predictions. However, such failings are instrumental to our living a good life | Lisa Bortolotti https://iainews.iai.tv/articles/optimism-and-the-good-life-auid-1135?access=all?utmsource=reddit 277 comments philosophy
- All estimates are still lies - When we make predictions about the time required to complete a future task, we display an optimism bias. This bias is known as the planning fallacy https://www.happybearsoftware.com/all-estimates-are-still-lies 4 comments programming
- A coral scientist has warned that early official optimism that the Great Barrier Reef will be spared the worst of a predicted worldwide coral bleaching event is misplaced. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/28/optimism-over-great-barrier-reef-coral-bleaching-too-early-says-academic 3 comments worldnews
- Researchers have created a tool that can be used for accurately predicting lifespan as well as assessing the current health state, and discovered the regulatory mechanism that extends "healthspan", the time in which an organism is at its optimal health http://phys.org/news/2015-11-fast-healthy-youll.html 4 comments science
- Optimism is all around. Espn journalist predict each teams record and comes to a total of 290 wins but only 222 loses http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/124472/nfl-nation-how-will-your-team-finish 79 comments nfl
- Google's Prediction API could optimize your car's fuel efficiency, make it smarter http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/05/google-prediction-api-optimize-fuel-efficiency-ford.php 3 comments technology
- A neat study looking at how optimism is related to hope. The researchers used a year's worth of predictions of NFL games by fans. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ulterior-motives/201102/optimism-persists-in-the-face-experience 4 comments cogsci
- Research found it is now possible to "talk" to any sleeper, whatever stage of sleep they are in. By refining the brain markers that predict the moments of connection with the outside world, it should be possible to further optimize communication protocols in the future. https://theconversation.com/the-study-of-dreams-scientists-uncover-new-communication-channels-with-dreamers-220492 11 comments science
- Pessimism is unfairly maligned and misunderstood. It’s not about wallowing in gloomy predictions, it’s about understanding pain and suffering as intrinsic parts of existence, not accidents. Ultimately it can be more motivating than optimism https://iai.tv/articles/in-defence-of-pessimism-auid-1996&utm_source=reddit&_auid=2020 50 comments philosophy
- Pessimism is unfairly maligned and misunderstood. It’s not about wallowing in gloomy predictions, it’s about understanding pain and suffering as intrinsic parts of existence, not accidents. Ultimately it can be more motivating than optimism. https://iai.tv/articles/in-defence-of-pessimism-auid-1996&utm_source=reddit&_auid=2020 380 comments philosophy