MineData.org
Data
mine safety data analysis
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How HN took it
1 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score -0.25.
Execution: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Good to see hackers work on civic data
From 1 comment
1. Let me say that it's great to see more hackers work on issues of civic interest. The data from the government, like most things in life, is messy...but the more eyes we have…
danso on HN
Objections
Map is hard to read and the lives-at-risk score is buried
From 2 comments
1. Let me say that it's great to see more hackers work on issues of civic interest. The data from the government, like most things in life, is messy...but the more eyes we have…
danso on HNI am confused as to what data is being shown on the map. What do the numbers / colours indicate? Is it merely plotting the number/location of mines, or does it show the…
shoo on HN
Broken GitHub link and NaN errors on the calculator form
From 2 comments
The Github link at the bottom of the page 404's for me. https://github.com/tmsgost/Bayes_Imact Seems to just be a misspelled "Impact": https://github.com/tmsgost/Bayes_Impact
msc96 on HNI'm getting NaN on their "Calculate Lives-At-Risk Score" form.
therobot24 on HN
Data is messy and mapping is less useful than predictive models
From 2 comments
This was unfortunately truer than it should have been. I saw two cases where truly predictive models on cleaned data sets were beaten by less informative mappings of uncleaned…
lazzlazzlazz on HN1. Let me say that it's great to see more hackers work on issues of civic interest. The data from the government, like most things in life, is messy...but the more eyes we have…
danso on HN
Requests
Show a ranked table of the most dangerous mines
From 1 comment
1. Let me say that it's great to see more hackers work on issues of civic interest. The data from the government, like most things in life, is messy...but the more eyes we have…
danso on HN
Publish source code and calculation details
From 1 comment
How are you calculating the Lives-At-Risk Score?
ely-s on HN
Questions
How is the Lives-At-Risk score calculated
From 2 comments
How are you calculating the Lives-At-Risk Score?
ely-s on HNThe Lives-At-Risk score aims to estimate the number of lives that would have been lost since the opening of a mine, in the absence of any inspections. We decompose this into 2…
498326 on HN
What data is shown on the map
From 1 comment
I am confused as to what data is being shown on the map. What do the numbers / colours indicate? Is it merely plotting the number/location of mines, or does it show the…
shoo on HN
What alternative methods were tried
From 1 comment
1. Let me say that it's great to see more hackers work on issues of civic interest. The data from the government, like most things in life, is messy...but the more eyes we have…
danso on HN