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The Amazon Whisperer (2013)

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Re: The Amazon Whisperer (2013)

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Post by nickpsecurity »

rycfan wrote: post #70
nickpsecurity wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The references here seem to disagree: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jewish_Race Particularly, this statement: "Genetic studies on Jews show that most Jews worldwide bear a common genetic heritage which originates in the Middle East, and that they bear their strongest resemblance to the peoples of the Fertile Crescent.[58][59][60] The genetic composition of different Jewish groups shows that Jews share a common ge…

> What do you have to support it? Is Christian a race? Also, this (PDF warning): https://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/sf181.pdf .

We're talking about a people that share a common origin, physical traits, and genetic patterns. Not a religious doctrine.

The other commenter thinks that race doesn't exist. Most stuff I've read implied it did. Nobody doubts the existence of Christian religion.

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Post by muddi900 »

tomsaffell wrote: post #13
wf wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

au contraire: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TQ5TDLC

Does it bother anyone else that the three customer reviews on the product page all give five stars, and all three reviewers received the product for free in exchange for an 'unbiased' review? (And that fact is only visible if you click each 'see more' link at the end of the truncated review). I just have a hard time believing this practice doesn't create bias, even if unintentional. I'm finding I have to work harder…

But tech blogs get review items all the time. Youtube game reviewers too. Most published film critiques are due to free critics screenings.

Re: The Amazon Whisperer (2013)

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Post by post_break »

ecommerceguy wrote: post #44

"Private Label" manufacture of goods is a fairly large cottage industry. Unfortunately many of the mostly fly by night home based Alibaba arbitrage schemes fail pretty hard. I've certainly purchased these off amazon ebay etc and have found they rarely stand up to the hype. For instance, I recently purchased a WooPower dual 2.4 amp charger off Amazon. Total POS doesnt come anywhere near 2.4 amps per output. I have a s…

It seems like Anker and Aukey are the only two companies I trust these days with accessories.

Re: The Amazon Whisperer (2013)

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Post by rycfan »

nickpsecurity wrote: post #71
rycfan wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> What do you have to support it? Is Christian a race? Also, this (PDF warning): https://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/sf181.pdf .

We're talking about a people that share a common origin, physical traits, and genetic patterns. Not a religious doctrine. The other commenter thinks that race doesn't exist. Most stuff I've read implied it did. Nobody doubts the existence of Christian religion.

If it was a race as we contemplate race in its current definition, it would be on the government form I posted.

It isn't. It's not a race like that (nor, really, in any other way).

Yes, some Jews have a common genetic pattern.

Many don't.

Either you're talking about the religion, which is clearly not a race (as you said). Or you're talking about a group that generally shares the same religion, that descended from a few groups that lived co-located thousands of years ago. Of course, many are descended from those groups. What makes that a race?

And I didn't mention Christianity to ask if anyone doubted it existed. I mentioned Christianity to show how silly it is to consider Jews a race. If Christianity isn't a race (even though many Christians descend from a common ancestor), then Jews aren't a race.

- Technically, if you are a Christian, you probably believe you descended from Adam & Eve, sort of the ultimate common ancestor.

Re: The Amazon Whisperer (2013)

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Post by getrektm8 »

ecommerceguy wrote: post #44

"Private Label" manufacture of goods is a fairly large cottage industry. Unfortunately many of the mostly fly by night home based Alibaba arbitrage schemes fail pretty hard. I've certainly purchased these off amazon ebay etc and have found they rarely stand up to the hype. For instance, I recently purchased a WooPower dual 2.4 amp charger off Amazon. Total POS doesnt come anywhere near 2.4 amps per output. I have a s…

What evidence do you have that "most" fail "hard"?

Re: The Amazon Whisperer (2013)

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Post by nickpsecurity »

rycfan wrote: post #75
nickpsecurity wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We're talking about a people that share a common origin, physical traits, and genetic patterns. Not a religious doctrine. The other commenter thinks that race doesn't exist. Most stuff I've read implied it did. Nobody doubts the existence of Christian religion.

If it was a race as we contemplate race in its current definition, it would be on the government form I posted. It isn't. It's not a race like that (nor, really, in any other way). Yes, some Jews have a common genetic pattern. Many don't. Either you're talking about the religion, which is clearly not a race (as you said). Or you're talking about a group that generally shares the same religion, that descended from a f…

Finally, a comment with some specific counterpoints. I appreciate it. So, you're saying that many works just wrongly conflate concepts of a group and race to the point that there's a misconception about the existence of a Jewish race? Also, given the form, that there are only 5 races in existence?

Re: The Amazon Whisperer (2013)

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Post by jessaustin »

gohrt wrote: post #65
anindyabd wrote: post #56

Anker ( http://www.anker.com/ ) does something very similar to this company -- except, I think, it has a smaller selection of products. Judging from reviews on Amazon, Anker is also doing very well for itself.

Anker instantly offers free replacements to anyone who posts a bad review.

It seems that policy could backfire? Eventually, they're basically subsidizing the production of bad reviews.

Re: The Amazon Whisperer (2013)

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Post by kiliancgn »

tomsaffell wrote: post #13
wf wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

au contraire: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TQ5TDLC

Does it bother anyone else that the three customer reviews on the product page all give five stars, and all three reviewers received the product for free in exchange for an 'unbiased' review? (And that fact is only visible if you click each 'see more' link at the end of the truncated review). I just have a hard time believing this practice doesn't create bias, even if unintentional. I'm finding I have to work harder…

It is typical in the "Private Label Business" to generate the first reviews using this technique. And Amazon only allows this in their TOS if the product was provided for free.

I would be interested to build a tool which tries to analyze the reviews e.g. using Natural Language Processing (NLP) or Machine Learning techniques to get the "real" picture for a given product. NLP could help to identify the most criticized aspects for a given product so a potential buyer does not have to go through any single review.

I am not an expert in NLP/ML though. Any ideas how this could be done?

Re: The Amazon Whisperer (2013)

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Post by lmm »

adventured wrote: post #47
nickpsecurity wrote: post #34

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It's actually both. Religious nepotism often requires discrimination based on religion.

Jewish isn't a race. It isn't necessarily racial discrimination to just hire Jewish people (a Jewish person can be white, black, whatever). Is it discrimination based on religion? Obviously.

If Jewish people are disproportionately some races rather than others (and they are), wouldn't that also qualify as racial discrimination under the "disparate impact" reasoning?
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