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Re: ELO Everything

#51
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What’s the practical application of this? It makes sense in chess where you have two players using the same rules, so a comparison makes sense. But is Postgres a better database than Redis? Is The Godfather a better film than Lord of the Rings? These questions make no sense. Political candidates can’t get an increased value simply for being less popular. So is the idea that you use this in a very technical space for,…

I think it is supposed to be fun

Re: ELO Everything

#53

Ruiners of all good things incoming... It's cool, but dealing with bad-faith participants is what is really difficult about these types of exercises. It works great until the hurt people find it, and then the hurt people hurt people -- perpetuating their sadness unto others by upvoting the bad things.

Naah, it's simple things like these that are fun. Choosing Rice instead of Einstein was the highlight of my day.

Re: ELO Everything

#54

Ruiners of all good things incoming... It's cool, but dealing with bad-faith participants is what is really difficult about these types of exercises. It works great until the hurt people find it, and then the hurt people hurt people -- perpetuating their sadness unto others by upvoting the bad things.

within 15min of you posting this, hitler has become the #1 ranked thing on the leaderboard

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Re: ELO Everything

#56
post #53

Ruiners of all good things incoming... It's cool, but dealing with bad-faith participants is what is really difficult about these types of exercises. It works great until the hurt people find it, and then the hurt people hurt people -- perpetuating their sadness unto others by upvoting the bad things.

Naah, it's simple things like these that are fun. Choosing Rice instead of Einstein was the highlight of my day.

Golden State Warriors or Covid-19? Easy choice.

Re: ELO Everything

#57
post #24

What’s the practical application of this? It makes sense in chess where you have two players using the same rules, so a comparison makes sense. But is Postgres a better database than Redis? Is The Godfather a better film than Lord of the Rings? These questions make no sense. Political candidates can’t get an increased value simply for being less popular. So is the idea that you use this in a very technical space for,…

I think it is supposed to be fun

Oh so I'm just overthinking it? Sorry. I thought ELO was some trendy new algorithm being used somewhere, and this was a jokey application of it.

Re: ELO Everything

#59
post #56
post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Naah, it's simple things like these that are fun. Choosing Rice instead of Einstein was the highlight of my day.

Golden State Warriors or Covid-19? Easy choice.

I am glad that Hitler isn't #1 on this list anymore. Because Hitler, despite his best efforts, could only be a distant 2nd when pitted again the true #1 best human being : Rupert Murdoch.

Re: ELO Everything

#60
post #56
post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Naah, it's simple things like these that are fun. Choosing Rice instead of Einstein was the highlight of my day.

Golden State Warriors or Covid-19? Easy choice.

I got The Bosnian Genocide and the Dallas Cowboys and that one was a tough call…
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