Comments on: Sunnyvale Meetup Saturday http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/bay-area-meetup-saturday.html Overcoming Bias is economist Robin Hanson’s blog, on honesty, signaling, disagreement, forecasting, and the far future. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:09:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: nazgulnarsil http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/bay-area-meetup-saturday.html#comment-388454 nazgulnarsil Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:17:48 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/01/sunnyvale-meetup-saturday.html#comment-388454 a problem with that is that the algorithm would place a high value on putting the focal point in a location where people would not want to attend anymore since this would subtract quite a bit of total travel time. So the algorithm would probably choose a location that the OB writers won't attend since when they don't attend hardly anyone else wants to. a problem with that is that the algorithm would place a high value on putting the focal point in a location where people would not want to attend anymore since this would subtract quite a bit of total travel time. So the algorithm would probably choose a location that the OB writers won’t attend since when they don’t attend hardly anyone else wants to.

]]> By: Peter de Blanc http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/bay-area-meetup-saturday.html#comment-388453 Peter de Blanc Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:45:12 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/01/sunnyvale-meetup-saturday.html#comment-388453 Nazgulnarzil, whether or not someone wants to attend may depend on the location, so it would have to be an iterative algorithm. Nazgulnarzil, whether or not someone wants to attend may depend on the location, so it would have to be an iterative algorithm.

]]> By: nazgulnarsil http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/bay-area-meetup-saturday.html#comment-388452 nazgulnarsil Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:28:14 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/01/sunnyvale-meetup-saturday.html#comment-388452 since the earth is a curved surface we should meet underground somewhere. since the earth is a curved surface we should meet underground somewhere.

]]> By: Daniel Franke http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/bay-area-meetup-saturday.html#comment-388451 Daniel Franke Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:47:44 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/01/sunnyvale-meetup-saturday.html#comment-388451 > shouldn't everyone who wants to definitely attend be charted on a map and then a focal point that minimizes the sum travel time of all participants found? :p That sounds like a premise for a National Lampoon spoof. A bunch of rationalists need to decide where to get together, and end up meeting in the middle of a garbage dump after applying that algorithm. :-) > shouldn’t everyone who wants to definitely attend be charted on a map and then a focal point that minimizes the sum travel time of all participants found? :p

That sounds like a premise for a National Lampoon spoof. A bunch of rationalists need to decide where to get together, and end up meeting in the middle of a garbage dump after applying that algorithm. :-)

]]> By: nazgulnarsil http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/bay-area-meetup-saturday.html#comment-388450 nazgulnarsil Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:23:37 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/01/sunnyvale-meetup-saturday.html#comment-388450 shouldn't everyone who wants to definitely attend be charted on a map and then a focal point that minimizes the sum travel time of all participants found? :p I'd be happy to host but my apt only holds maybe 10 people comfortably. shouldn’t everyone who wants to definitely attend be charted on a map and then a focal point that minimizes the sum travel time of all participants found? :p

I’d be happy to host but my apt only holds maybe 10 people comfortably.

]]> By: Daniel Franke http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/bay-area-meetup-saturday.html#comment-388449 Daniel Franke Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:59:42 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/01/sunnyvale-meetup-saturday.html#comment-388449 Well, I just looked up the transit schedule and this would be over a two-hour commute each way. Sorry, not worth it, unless I can join Matt in finding a ride from SF. Any chance we could hold the next one of these a little further north? Well, I just looked up the transit schedule and this would be over a two-hour commute each way. Sorry, not worth it, unless I can join Matt in finding a ride from SF. Any chance we could hold the next one of these a little further north?

]]> By: mdallen http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/bay-area-meetup-saturday.html#comment-388448 mdallen Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:16:44 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/01/sunnyvale-meetup-saturday.html#comment-388448 Count me in. I recently moved to the Bay Area from Minnesota. Who still needs a ride from the Caltrain Station? Count me in. I recently moved to the Bay Area from Minnesota.

Who still needs a ride from the Caltrain Station?

]]> By: Doug S. http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/bay-area-meetup-saturday.html#comment-388447 Doug S. Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:10:09 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/01/sunnyvale-meetup-saturday.html#comment-388447 I live near the other coast, so I won't be going. Have fun, everyone, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnydale" rel="nofollow">watch out for vampires!</a> I live near the other coast, so I won’t be going. Have fun, everyone, and watch out for vampires!

]]> By: Matt http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/bay-area-meetup-saturday.html#comment-388446 Matt Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:40:42 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/01/sunnyvale-meetup-saturday.html#comment-388446 Anyone driving from SF who wouldn't mind a passenger? Anyone driving from SF who wouldn’t mind a passenger?

]]> By: Cihan http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/bay-area-meetup-saturday.html#comment-388445 Cihan Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:46:18 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/01/sunnyvale-meetup-saturday.html#comment-388445 Oh wait, sorry it's much later in the day... Nevermind... Oh wait, sorry it’s much later in the day…

Nevermind…

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