qa_user: User interactions on Q&A websites (2016)
Networks of interactions among users from four online Q&A sites: Stack Overflow, Math Overflow, Super User, and Ask Ubuntu. A directed edge (i,j) indicates a user i responded to user j's post. Edges are timestamped. For each Q&A site, four differently defined networks are provided, based on the definition of an edge: (i) a user answered a question, (ii) a user commented on a question, (iii) a user commented on an answer…
I like @…’s analysis here in many respects, both its broad conclusion (when the hype dies down, the useful parts remain and we take them for granted as normal tools), and this gem here:
Machine learning is well-suited for ❝any problem where we don’t actually know the rules and where the cost of a wrong answer is significantly lower than the benefit of a right answer.❞
1/2 https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/112716199046923540
Former ABC News correspondent and anchor Terry Moran launches a Substack channel following his ouster from the news network (Glenn Garner/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/06/terry-moran-launches-substack-abc-news-dismissal-1236431503/…
Ukraine meldet Angriff auf Fabrik für Waffenelektronik bei Moskau
Das ukrainische Militär hat nach eigenen Angaben in der Nacht eine Fabrik in der Region Moskau angegriffen, die Elektronik für High-Tech-Waffen und Militärausrüstung herstellt. Es habe in der Produktionsanlage Explosionen gegeben, erklärte das Militär auf dem Kurznachrichtendienst Telegram. Eine Stellungnahme Russlands lag zunächst nicht vor.
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"My mother didn't particularly like the look of me and my dad didn't like the sound of me": Pete Townshend and the lifelong search for answers
https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/pete-townshend-interview-2025
NYT: They asked an A.I. chatbot questions. The answers sent them spiraling. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-chatbots-conspiracies.html (archived at