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sports1 year ago•3 min saved

Controversy and Criticism Surround Latest College Football Playoff Rankings

The College Football Playoff rankings reveal is filled with vague terminology and subjective analysis, often leaving fans and media seeking clarity. Terms like 'game control' and 'eye test' are used to justify team rankings, though their definitions and applications are often unclear. The selection committee's process involves subjective judgments, balancing metrics like strength of schedule and ranked wins, while trying to avoid conflicts of interest. This article provides a humorous translation guide to understanding the committee's language and decision-making process.

via The Athletic|

#college-football-playoff #espn #metrics

sports1 year ago•2 min saved

"College Basketball Controversy: Teams Reject NIT Invites and Slam NCAA Tournament Snubs"

St. John's Red Storm coach Rick Pitino criticized the NCAA Tournament seeding metrics, particularly the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET), after his team was left out of the field of 68. Pitino called the metrics "fraudulent" and expressed frustration with the selection process, stating that the team will not compete in the NIT and will focus on recruiting instead. The team's exclusion was also influenced by N.C. State's surprise ACC Championship win, which took away an at-large selection opportunity from other hopeful teams like Providence and Seton Hall.

via Fox News|

#basketball #metrics #ncaa-tournament

technology2 years ago•2 min saved

Twitch's 2023 Recap: Gamification, Side-Scrollers, and Streamer Competition

Twitch Recaps for 2023 are now available, offering users a breakdown of their activity on the platform. Viewers can see who they watched the most, their chat activity, and favorite emotes, while streamers can track their growth metrics such as hours watched and new followers. There are three types of recaps available: Viewer, Creator, and Community. Users can access their recaps through the Twitch website by signing into their account.

via Dexerto|

#content-creators #metrics #streaming

business2 years ago•2 min saved

Air Products Q4 Earnings: Surpassing Estimates, but Shares Plunge

Air Products and Chemicals (APD) reported a decline in revenue of 10.6% for Q4, with EPS of $3.15 compared to $2.89 a year ago. The reported revenue was lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate, while the EPS exceeded expectations. Key metrics for the company's industrial gases divisions in different regions also showed mixed results compared to analyst estimates. Despite the performance, APD's stock has returned +2.5% over the past month.

via Yahoo Finance|

#air-products-and-chemicals #business #metrics

finance2 years ago•2 min saved

Palantir's Q3 Earnings Surge Propels Stock Price Forecast

Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) reported Q3 revenue of $558.16 million, up 16.8% YoY, with EPS of $0.07. The reported revenue exceeded expectations, while the EPS surpassed estimates by 16.67%. Key metrics for the quarter include government revenue of $307.60 million (+12.3% YoY) and commercial revenue of $250.56 million (+22.8% YoY). Palantir's stock has returned +13.7% over the past month, outperforming the broader market.

via Yahoo Finance|

#finance #metrics #palantir-technologies-inc

safety2 years ago•0 min saved

St. Louis: America's Least Safe City, According to WalletHub

St. Louis has been named the least safe city in America by WalletHub, based on a study comparing 182 cities across dimensions such as home & community safety, natural-disaster risk, and financial safety. St. Louis ranked 182nd with a score of 44.88, performing poorly in home & community safety and financial safety. However, the city had the most law enforcement employees per capita and ranked third fewest in hate crimes per capita. Despite this ranking, St. Louis has seen a decrease in homicides compared to the previous year.

via KMOV4|

#least-safe-city #metrics #rankings

artificial-intelligence2 years ago•3 min saved

Scientists Debunk Glimmers of AGI as Illusionary.

Scientists from Stanford University argue that the glimmers of artificial general intelligence (AGI) we're seeing are all just an illusion. They claim that any seemingly emergent abilities of large language models (LLMs) may just be "mirages" borne out of inherently flawed metrics. The researchers argue that "existing claims of emergent abilities are creations of the researcher's analyses, not fundamental changes in model behavior on specific tasks with scale." They used a baseball analogy to illustrate how questionable some of the metrics that have been used to declare the emergence of AGI are.

via Futurism|

#agi #artificial-intelligence #emergent-behavior

social-media2 years ago•3 min saved

"Elon Musk's tweets under Twitter's algorithmic scrutiny"

Twitter has released the source code for its recommendation algorithm, which shows that it specifically tracks how Elon Musk's tweets are performing. The code includes metrics for users broken up into four different groups: "power_user," "republican," "democrat," and "elon." Musk claims he did not know about the metric tracking portion of the algorithm, but has previously admitted that Twitter was reviewing his account's analytics. Twitter explained that the metric tracking code was first developed into the algorithm years ago under the old Twitter regime, but Musk said Twitter would remove it.

via Mashable|

#algorithm #elon-musk #metrics