[p2p-research] Drone hacking

[Kevin Carson]

On 12/22/09, Andy Robinson <ldxar1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> "If a computer can predict
>  every single decision you make throughout the day with 85% (random
>  number) accuracy, you are not predictable in a deterministic sense --
>  no one ever will be -- but you are predictable for all practical
>  purposes."
>
> So now we're getting somewhere.  You've conceded the core point that people
> aren't really predictable at all, just that certain guesses of how people
> behave based on their past behaviour are right a certain proportion of the
> time - hence reducing unpredictability to a statistical fraction of cases.

I also wonder whether that 15% uncertainty is cumulative when you're
modeling complex interactions between individuals on a large scale.

> So how exactly do you know that these packages buy a 10-30% sales increase,
> or indeed any sales increase at all?  Would you care to tell us where this
> information comes from - which websites are using these packages?  Is any of
> this information in the public domain?

Amazon's book recommendations irritate the shit out of me because
they're so damn clumsy.  Every time I buy a book, I wind up deleting
half the recommendations because they have the same keyword in the
title or are by the same author.

-- 
Kevin Carson
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