Mastodawn

@epistatacadam @ChrisMayLA6
On the first clause, yes (but it measures what it measures).
On the second, it is a basic principle of #measurement that #accuracy and #precision should each be known and reckoned with, but that large departures from perfection in either or both do not prevent useful measurements being made.

(When the fiction is reduced the instrument needs recalibrating.)

Global News 1d ago

Bra fitting 101: An expert’s guide to finding your perfect fit
A bra expert shares her tips and tricks for finding the perfect fitting bra—from what fit details matter most (spoiler: it's not cup size) to how to measure you size from home.
#TheCurator #fashioncurated
https://globalnews.ca/the-curator/11731901/bra-fitting-guide/

Global News National 1d ago

Wisdom in Space 1d ago

What we end up measuring is not always the most important thing but the easiest to measure.
-- Lisa Ordóñez (Goals Gone Wild (2009))

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #LisaOrdoacutentildeez #Achievement #Goals #Measurement

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Dollhouse #Canyonlands #Utah

N-gated Hacker News 3d ago

🌳 Oh joy, another version of tree height maps! Because what the world really needed was a more precise way to measure the #altitude of trees. 🚁 Let's hope the next version tells us how to ask trees how they're feeling about it all. 🙄
https://ai.meta.com/blog/world-resources-institute-dino-canopy-height-maps-v2/?_fb_noscript=1 #treeheightmaps #measurement #treeemotion #technews #innovation #HackerNews #ngated

Mapping the World's Forests with Greater Precision: Introducing Canopy Height Maps v2

In partnership with the World Resources Institute, today we’re announcing Canopy Height Maps v2 (CHMv2), an open source model, along with world-scale maps generated with the model.

Meta AI

Martin Owens

3d ago

Would you like to test a small measurement tool feature for #inkscape ?

If you've got a second you could download this development build and use the measurement tool to measure your curves, angles and those kinds of things.

https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/7812

And let me know your thoughts on the User Experience, how comfortable it feels, etc inside GitLab if you can, or here if you can't.

#testing #ux #vector #measurement #editor #foss #opensource

Improve new Measure Path features and fix some issues (!7812) · Merge requests · Inkscape / inkscape · GitLab

Features Add a curve detector which creates a measurement of every segment of a path which is...

GitLab

PPC Land 3d ago

A+E Global Media locks in multiyear Nielsen deal - here's what's inside: A+E Global Media and Nielsen sign multiyear measurement deal covering linear and digital brands including A&E, Lifetime, and HISTORY Channel with new data tools. https://ppc.land/a-e-global-media-locks-in-multiyear-nielsen-deal-heres-whats-inside/ #MediaDeal #Nielsen #Measurement #DigitalMedia #ContentStrategy

A+E Global Media locks in multiyear Nielsen deal - here's what's inside

A+E Global Media and Nielsen sign multiyear measurement deal covering linear and digital brands including A&E, Lifetime, and HISTORY Channel with new data tools.

PPC Land

Unattributed 𓂃✍︎5d ago

Testing Fountain Pen Inks

Question: has anyone done extensive testing on any fountain pen inks?

I don’t mean the standard Mountain of Ink style, sample card, writing sample, etc. visual comparisons. (I’d like to call this subjective measurement, but chromatographic measurements aren’t subjective if done in a controlled manner.)

I am thinking more objective testing: viscosity, density, flow rate @ a given line width, etc.

I was thinking about this type of testing tonight, and it seems to me that there are a lot of factors that would need to be controlled: temperature, air pressure / barometric pressure, nib consistency, friction (aka heat), etc. Given what I was thinking this could be an interesting experiment, if someone wanted to undertake controlling all the variables, and implementing the controls necessary for consistent results.

Jan R. Boehnke 6d ago

Just came across this blast from the past (2013):
https://rdcu.be/e7TDY
- daily assessments
- ordinal data multilevel #measurement
- DIF analysis

Couched as a preliminary investigation and pilot study, the analytic approach still sets a bar reached rarely by studies with such data.

#Psychometrics

Psychometric characteristics of daily diaries for the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®): a preliminary investigation

Jennifer Moore 😷6d ago

Excellent thoughtful thread here from @glyph and others, about the nature of LLM coding etc, and how we can evaluate its effects without being misled by subjective impressions:

https://mastodon.social/@glyph/116220240624817252

#LLMs #coding #RiskAssessment #measurement