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A random string and a sonnet can carry the same information? Then what is Shannon measuring?
I drive a city bus in Ankara and listen to lectures between stops. Yesterday's was about information, and the lecturer said something that has been bothering me through two full shifts: in Claude Shannon's theory, a random string of letters and a…
Started by Serkan Aydoğdu4 replies166 views -
Data is not knowledge: what Dretske’s account says about my credit-scoring models
I build credit-scoring models for a mobile-money company. We decide who gets a small loan from patterns in phone use: how regularly someone tops up airtime, how many contacts they call, how their balance moves through the month. Our marketing calls this…
Started by Wanjiru Kamau5 replies229 views -
Contextual integrity explains why my aunt’s clinic group chat felt wrong
My aunt is a nurse at a small clinic outside Kuala Lumpur. Last month she showed me the staff group chat, where a colleague had posted a photo of a patient's rash to ask the doctor whether it looked like shingles. No…
Started by Nur Aisyah Rahman5 replies236 views