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- How to test the fairness of ML models? The 80% rule to measure disparate impact https://www.giskard.ai/knowledge/how-to-test-ml-models-5-the-80-rule-to-measure-disparity 2 comments
- FASB Settles on Fair-Value Accounting for Measuring Bitcoin https://stacker.news/items/80926 10 comments bitcoin
- Anti-Cheating measures at Tata Steel and the future of fair play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vsCtJ0daB0 8 comments chess
- U.S. Accounting Rulemakers Agree That Crypto Assets Should be Measured at Fair Value https://tax.thomsonreuters.com/news/u-s-accounting-rulemakers-agree-that-crypto-assets-should-be-measured-at-fair-value/ 5 comments cryptocurrency
- How do you measure fairness without access to demographic data? https://cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e9czBBKDitlglaC 11 comments artificial
- [P] How do you measure fairness without access to demographic data? https://cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e9czBBKDitlglaC 11 comments machinelearning
- Dinamo Zagreb brought a substitution that was suspended yesterday in the Youth CL that they won 2-0, Anderlecht apparently won't take any measures because 'they beat them fair and square'[article in Croatian] http://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/doznajemo-anderlecht-pise-uefai-dinamo-nas-je-posteno-pobijedio-nemojte-ga-izbaciti/877093.aspx 14 comments soccer
- I'm not sure if it's a fair measure, but -- 11 SAT Scores From Famous Athletes (X-Post from r/NBA) http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjkiebus/sat-scores-from-famous-athletes 10 comments sports
- I'm not sure if it's a fair measure, but -- 11 SAT Scores From Famous Athletes http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjkiebus/sat-scores-from-famous-athletes 32 comments nba
- [E] Measuring Artificial Intelligence (AI) Fairness - Disparate Impact Explained https://youtu.be/Gg7ca3knTBw 7 comments statistics
- Estimated Costs of Covid-19 Election Resiliency Measures - Proper planning can ensure that the pandemic does not prevent a free and fair election. To be effective, funding is urgently needed https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/estimated-costs-covid-19-election-resiliency-measures 5 comments politics
- A nucleus is covered with a nearly pure layer of neutrons—the "neutron skin." Now, for the first time, nuclear physicists have measured the thickness of that skin in a fairly direct way. More-precise future measurements could transform the study of all nuclei and even of neutron stars. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/03/physicists-measure-the-skin-of-a.html?rss=1 31 comments science
- The "fairness" straw man. I think the size of a sacrifice is measured not in terms of dollars but in terms of the pain and suffering the loss of those dollars causes. Libertarians see only the absolute dollar value. http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/ivnoj/if_obama_signs_the_gop_debt_ceiling_compromise/c274arb?context=6 15 comments politics
- The human heart shows signs of ageing after just a month in space - Researchers sent engineered heart tissue to the International Space Station and measured how it faired. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03105-x#Echobox=1727168342-1 10 comments futurology
- Campaign reporters have deeply internalized the need to appear fair, to be above mere partisanship, to criticize or praise both sides in equal measure. But real fairness is geared to the facts, not to appearances; today’s right simply lies more, misleads more & denies established facts more. http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/09/03/drug-of-the-nation/ 4 comments politics
- British budget hits workers and poor. "The Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition’s emergency budget will hit the poorest members of society hardest. Chancellor George Osborne wrapped his measures in rhetoric about fairness and burden sharing, but this was a budget for the rich." http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/jun2010/budg-j23.shtml 14 comments politics
- People’s moral foundations can predict their compliance with staying at home, wearing masks, and social distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Caring and fairness are morals that predict compliance with all three public health measures. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s0191886920306541 137 comments science
- People’s moral foundations can predict their compliance with staying at home, wearing masks, and social distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Caring and fairness are morals that predict compliance with all three public health measures. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s0191886920306541 3 comments science
- US says 'no free trade deal with UK unless digital tax scrapped' - The measure, proposed in response to fears tech giants were not paying their fair share of tax, is due to be introduced in 2020. https://news.sky.com/story/us-says-no-free-trade-deal-with-uk-unless-digital-tax-scrapped-report-11776240 22 comments worldnews
- [Commission] The EU will react firmly and immediately against unjustified barriers to free and fair trade, including when tariffs are used to challenge legal and non-discriminatory policies. The EU will always protect European businesses, workers, and consumers from unjustified tariff measures. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_25_515 12 comments europe
- Life just isn't fair sometimes: "The U.S. Justice Department will prosecute possession and distribution of marijuana in California even if voters approve a ballot measure to legalize the drug, Attorney General Eric Holder said." http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a8spt9p0bbvg&pos=9 531 comments politics
- Fading expectations for more US stimulus is an 'issue' for stocks and the key driver of the current market weakness, Fidelity says | Timmer noted that a number of Federal Reserve officials have made it "fairly clear" that the US economy would falter without further fiscal measures. https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stocks-drop-stimulus-expectations-fade-fidelity-2020-9-1029619739 3 comments politics
- 25 NGOs sign an open letter to the Formula One Group calling for concrete measures to safeguard human rights in Bahrain during race events. (FYI - they're not requesting the GP be cancelled, they actually make a fair proposal for mechanisms to be implemented already used by FIFA and the IOC). https://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2019/03/26/bahrain-grand-prix/ 29 comments formula1
- American Conservative: Waiting for Huey "maybe America is waiting for a new and very different Huey P. Long today: someone who can articulate the grievances of the many, and focus their anger on effective political measures to make things more fair, or at least less abusive" http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/wall-street-huey-long/ 8 comments politics