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Studying Probabilistic record linkage Robin Linacre's write-up. The clearest account of Fellegi-Sunter I have found, and it is free. Apache Ossie The semantic interchange spec, formerly OSI. A common format for what a metric actually means, across tools.
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Entities do not exist in the information system. They exist in the real world. Information systems store references to entities, never the entities themselves. Sep 2026 · Something I keep coming back to. · all marginalia

Data

14 entries

  • Identity Is An Inference Problem 9 December 2025
  • Graph the True Data and Reality 5 June 2025
  • The Psychology of Number 15 April 2025
  • The Trap of Data Driven 15 March 2025
  • AI isn't Magic, its been Around 27 February 2025
  • Are We Ready for AI 1 February 2025
  • Country Level Data Package 18 October 2024
  • There is No Such Thing as "JUST" 10 October 2024
  • Unlocking the True Value of AI 10 October 2024
  • Is Your Data Ready for AI 8 October 2024
  • Collaboration Network - Afrobeat 21 September 2024
  • The Power of Data in Afrobeats 7 September 2024
  • Why Medallion Architecture Works 25 August 2024
  • The End of Siloed Data Portals 4 June 2024
Paradox of the month The ship of Theseus Replace every plank of a ship, one at a time, and you have a ship made of entirely new material. Is it the same ship? Now rebuild the original from … all paradoxes
Question · maths Similarity is not transitive. So how does anything ever get grouped? Sep 2026
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