Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.

– Polybius

#Quote #QuoteKW #Polybius

Any old ideology can exploit people… the true genius of capitalism lies in getting the exploited to celebrate their own exploitation in hopes that maybe one day they’ll be the ones doing the exploiting.

As it's #followfriday #ff AND #bandcampfriday AND #dyddmiwsigcymru here's a few folks to grab some links and sounds from #Welsh music, arts and entertainment.

▶️ @Acousticroutes radio show bringing you the best Folk, Roots and Acoustic music.

▶️ @pal is the Welsh language home for @pfx

▶️ @ypodcymru is a Welsh podcast service, great library of pods from across #Wales

Share your favourite @Mastodon accounts to follow for new and interesting #music!

#NP #nowplaying

🎧 🎵 #DyddMiwsigCymru hapus pawb!

Today is #Welsh #Music day, here's a few ways to join in:

▶️ https://amam.cymru/ is hosting a Welsh music festival starting at 2pm until 10 tonight

▶️ @ypodcymru has a special podcast for today at https://ypod.cymru/podlediadau/merched-yn-gwneud-miwsig?id=merched-yn-gwneud-miwsig

▶️ BBC Sounds has a 6 part podcast telling the story of Welsh language pop music from the 60's 'til now https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p095xw67

▶️ Spotify has a 2021 playlist for you to discoer new music from #Wales https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0BitKenjtFVXnL5bkZkZzn

#np #nowplaying

Piloting the #Open #Peer #Review Process

Discussion on the openness of the review process continues in #academia. It is unarguably true that there are both advantages as well as challenges in the open review process. Our experiences at HHBIC highlight the positive side.

https://esignals.fi/en/category-en/r-d/piloting-the-open-peer-review-process/

#science #openscience #openaccess #opendata

French ferry firm opens new post-#Brexit routes bypassing #UK
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/europe-news/brittany-ferries-ireland-france-freight-services-brexit-7302228

News in brief: Concern grows over origins of new South African variant cases. https://nation.cymru/news/news-in-brief-concern-grows-over-origins-of-new-south-african-variant-cases/

After many dull days, today was a fine #winter's #day with an almost clear #sky. The #sunset was nice and bright and in stark contrast the types we’ve been having recently.

#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #Dusk #Evening #Afternoon

Machine learning made easy with Python - Solve real-world machine learning problems with Naïve Bayes classifiers

Naïve Bayes is a classification technique that serves as the basis for implementing several classifier modeling algorithms. Naïve Bayes-based classifiers are considered some of the simplest, fastest, and easiest-to-use machine learning techniques, yet are still effective for real-world applications.
Naïve Bayes is based on Bayes' theorem, formulated by 18th-century statistician Thomas Bayes. This theorem assesses the probability that an event will occur based on conditions related to the event. For example, an individual with Parkinson's disease typically has voice variations; hence such symptoms are considered related to the prediction of a Parkinson's diagnosis. The original Bayes' theorem provides a method to determine the probability of a target event, and the Naïve variant extends and simplifies this method. https://squeet.me/objects/962c3e10c2ef0b72b73638e2ecebfd6e1472be79

Today's #Covid19Cymru headlines:
Trends for deaths and cases continue steadily downwards. R is up though, but that is quite possibly due to the effect of last weekend's bad weather working through.

There were 605 new cases reported today. This continues the downward trend. We saw some unexpectedly low figures earlier in the week, and a casual glance at the chart might suggest the fall is stalling.

I think this isn't the case; the belief (not just mine) is that the earlier figures were due
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to adverse weather last weekend, and so people were not able to get to test centres. This is, however, only a guess; we can't be sure yet.
7-day average: 653 - DOWN 27

R (estimate): 0.79 - UP 0.06
This is still slightly lower than where it was a week ago (before the bad weather effect would have come through), so I'm not concerned yet about its apparent rise. It's probably back to about where it should be, following last weekend's snow.

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Positivity is 10.5%; a little up on the last 2 days, but still lower than any other day for a very long time.

There were 34 deaths recorded today. That's 10 down on last Sunday, so the average falls - to its lowest since mid December.
7-day average: 32.0 - DOWN 1.43

#Ceredigion has 4 new cases. That's a shame after a 0 and a 2 the last 2 days. Yesterday's 2 were both in the south; I don't know yet where today's are. Watch https://portalcovidcymru.co.uk/map.html for info.
7-day average: 4.0 - UP 0.29
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