tomatolung

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Transparent famine models I: Counting calories (theoryandaction.substack.com)
 

...some predictions estimate that there may be hundreds of thousands or even millions of deaths from famine in Sudan in the coming year or two.

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In my research so far into models predicting famine numbers, however, I have been surprised at the extent to which the models are not transparent. That is, when two models disagree, with one claiming very high death estimates and others predicting more limited famine (there is clearly a famine already underway in some parts of Sudan), it’s unclear what drives these differences. If the data and code were publicly available, we could compare the models, see where they differ, and then identify which of these differences are in turn responsible for the different predictions they make. So that’s what I’ve set out to do, with hopes that I will find some fellow travellers along the way.

[Community Challenge 49] Fabulous Fiends Fashion Show in c/imageai@sh.itjust.works
[–] tomatolung@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

4 fingers?

tui-battleship, the classic naval battle game (Bash). in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] tomatolung@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Interesting! Any list of good TUI games on Linux?

Proton Mail Finally Releases Desktop Apps With a Linux Beta Version in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] tomatolung@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Not going away from Proton myself, but yes this is damned infuriating. Although I'd deal with a reliable Android app. The Beta Android looks good, but why Proton has struggled so much with Android is beyond my current digging.

Elon Musk Bought Twitter to Settle His Jet-Tracking Beef, New Book Claims in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] tomatolung@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Mind you that's mostly non-liquid accounting of his stock and assets. Not that he'll have to worry about what he spends, but it's not cash in the bank billions.

Why Everyone Should Still Use an RSS Reader in 2024 in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] tomatolung@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

What feeds do you watch? Anything stand out? Thanks for the tip on the app!

Why Everyone Should Still Use an RSS Reader in 2024 in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] tomatolung@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Anyone else use NewsBlur Apps or WebApp. They have a free and paid, which works well enough to aggregate the sites I need to get a diverse news collection in an RSS like format.

I still miss google reader and past times, but gotta adapt.

Exploring Reddit’s third-party app environment 7 months after the APIcalypse in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] tomatolung@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Has someone written this up as a how to? Same as you want to abandon, but still a few niches.