#Utility

Ranked ballots usually refers to ordinal preference (1st, 2nd, etc) rather than cardinal values (say, /10). Arrow's Theorem (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/arrows-theorem/) only applies to ordinal rankings, because of the problems w
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Thread Esercito Italiano, planning dei programmi delle future piattaforme, delle quali diverse già in via di sviluppo.(per un arco temporale presumibile) 2021 ≥2035/40. *Di seguito, ho creato e postato una
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As someone less sceptical about the utility of populism as a concept, but who shares Art's misgivings about the empirical and normative consequences of its misuse, my take-home was "We
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Deeply honoured that @UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres has appointed me as his first Envoy on Technology (@UNTechEnvoy). I look forward to consulting closely with all Member States and other partners in
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OK, I'm super late for this thread, but I promised — here are a few selected talks from this year's @PET_Symposium that I particularly liked Disclaimer: I only watched a
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We're nearly at the 2 year anniversary of the unprecedented ban in short selling Wirecard that was ordered by the German securities regulator. (1/12) Just over one year after that
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zhongli honestly deserves a buff. its not about “boohoo you guys cant take gacha butthurt” stfu gamer boy and put down the monster this is about the ethics of gambling
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I have had a lot of thoughts that I have shared offline about CH, but today was proof positive about just how dangerous the space is. And y’all haven’t even
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I'm glad Twitter bought Revue because I own $TWTR and I think it’s a good long-term investment. This acquisition is shrewd, timed perfectly, and they’ve needed long-form content for a
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Lots of thinkpieces about Section 230 these days. More discussion of 230 is excellent, but many of the pieces contain misstatements about 230 and the First Amendment. Those takes are
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The real blackpill for american rightists is that there are absolutely no elites who aren’t embarrassed by the “folk culture” of america— & this is due to evangelical protestantism (which
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My colleagues in El Paso are seeing unbridled #COVID19 transmission -- here in Austin our #'s continue to climb. @GovAbbott, Texans deserve a #COVID19 plan. Start here: bring testing to
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DC denizens! I went for training this morning to be a ballot clerk. (If you've never been a poll worker, I highly recommend it!)In the process, I got a lot
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A few thoughts on the recent @bharatvaarta podcast that we recorded on #GoogleForIndia, #Jio, and the surge of interest in digital India with @RMantri and @anandlunia. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuyUlIBEqaE&feature=youtu.be] 1/n J
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Election tips from your friendly reporter who has been eyebrows deep since March.1. If you didn't vote in the primaries, be prepared: COVID has changed what voting looks like a
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I'm going to be thinking about this paper for a good long while... how to make a transformer #AI that has good #privacy properties.Naively, I think it's de facto impossible
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