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Proposing Annoyance Mining

Proposing Annoyance Mining

FromData Skeptic


Proposing Annoyance Mining

FromData Skeptic

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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Jun 9, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

A recent episode of the Skeptics Guide to the Universe included a slight rant by Dr. Novella and the rouges about a shortcoming in operating systems.  This episode explores why such a (seemingly obvious) flaw might make sense from an engineering perspective, and how data science might be the solution.
In this solo episode, Kyle proposes the concept of "annoyance mining" - the idea that with proper logging and enough feedback, data scientists could be provided the right dataset from which they can detect flaws and annoyances in software and other systems and automatically detect potential bugs, flaws, and improvements which could make those systems better.
As system complexity grows, it seems that an abstraction like this might be required in order to keep maintaining an effective development cycle.  This episode is a bit of a soap box for Kyle as he explores why and how we might track an appropriate amount of data to be able to make better software and systems more suited for the users.
Released:
Jun 9, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

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