A friend and I saw one when we were kids. I only came to find out what it was many years later. From the distance it looked no different than an airplane light until it got really close, around 30ft from us. It looked like a ball of white light, a bit larger than a basketball. There was no clear contour, like when you look at a very bright lamp. It made no noise whatsoever. We lost it from sight for a moment and it was gone.
I'm not totally sure but I think the sky was clear that night.
No better time for countries that antagonize China to go on the offensive given all the anti-Chinese sentiment due to Coronavirus, Uyghur internment allegations and US sanctions.
I don't think "black-box" algorithms are the problem per se. In this case the system was doomed from the get-go by using biased and flawed input attributes.
What I find very problematic in the use of automated systems for fraud detection is taking the system decision as final and not offering an easy and clear way of appealing decisions.
Why can't those people with dark traits be open and honest in a setting where they are anonymous? Unless you are arguing they are so good at covering their tracks that they end up convincing themselves their moral compass is right.
Not an expert but I don't think this is a great paper for a few reasons:
- there's quite a lot of variation in carbohydrate intake in LCD and fat intake in LFD group (even though there are statistically significant differences between the groups).
- they did not control for protein.
- they could have made things a lot simpler by stating macros for each diet in grams instead of in terms of ancient Chinese measurement units. Simply replacing almonds for part of the "staple food" (admittedly high carb) was also strange, although understandable to improve compliance.
- we know simply losing weight improves metabolic markers. People in the LCD lost weight. It is hard not to ascribe the improvements to that. That could say something about the potential of LCD for weight loss given the difference in calories between groups wasn't statistically significant.
Yeah they are both rooted in the music brought by the African diaspora. You will find this all throughout Central and Latin America, although with some variations in rhythms and instruments used.
