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2021-09-29 -Great Cultural Revolution

Data Firm Claims Racism Causes 'Tree Inequity' in U.S. Cities

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Posted by Fred 2021-09-29 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 If only there were some way to get more trees... hey, wait! I thought trees were racist because they remind black people of slavery and lynchings.

Some studies even find that more trees are associated with reducing certain types of crime and improving students’ academic performance.

Let me go out on a limb (no pun!) and suggest "most studies" have trouble with the whole correlation vs causation thing. Just because someone did a study and tortured some numbers doesn't mean it is worth a poot.

Posted by SteveS 2021-09-29 00:32|| 2021-09-29 00:32|| Front Page Top

#2 EarthDefine uses an Artificial Intelligence (AI) classification model

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-09-29 00:53|| 2021-09-29 00:53|| Front Page Top

#3 This here video is the only true righteous case of 'tree inequity'.

Posted by Raj 2021-09-29 01:08|| 2021-09-29 01:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Wakandan arborists be Tree mu'fugger-huggers

Posted by Hunters Laptop 2021-09-29 01:44|| 2021-09-29 01:44|| Front Page Top

#5 Artificial Intelligence (AI) classification model

They say artificial intelligence is better than no intelligence at all, but not necessarily by much. I don't doubt you can train a neural net to identify trees in aerial photos, but whether they did a good job of training is another question.

While the letters "AI" may make your grant application sexier, people have been estimating ground cover using traditional image processing techniques on multi-spectral images since God invented satellites.

Posted by SteveS 2021-09-29 02:03|| 2021-09-29 02:03|| Front Page Top

#6 They can have the squirrels that keep planting trees all over my property.

Posted by 3dc 2021-09-29 02:25|| 2021-09-29 02:25|| Front Page Top

#7 maybe minorities hate trees?

Treeists!

Posted by Frank G 2021-09-29 06:26|| 2021-09-29 06:26|| Front Page Top

#8 that grant money isn't going to spend itself!

Posted by Retard Strength 2021-09-29 08:13|| 2021-09-29 08:13|| Front Page Top

#9 But I thought 'Liberals' loved high-density urban human beehives...

Posted by magpie 2021-09-29 10:04|| 2021-09-29 10:04|| Front Page Top

#10 And I thought trees give certain minority types the willies.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-09-29 10:17|| 2021-09-29 10:17|| Front Page Top

#11 How does the Babylon Bee stay in business?

Posted by Tom 2021-09-29 10:19|| 2021-09-29 10:19|| Front Page Top

#12 The Democrats are using this to put $3 BILLION into "tree equity" programs in their 3.5 Trillion boondoggle bill.

Posted by Chealing Chomotle4158 2021-09-29 16:09|| 2021-09-29 16:09|| Front Page Top

#13 Move the African Americans out into the country where they'll be happy.

Posted by ruprecht 2021-09-29 20:46|| 2021-09-29 20:46|| Front Page Top

#14 ^ . . . But no braid shops or Popeye's?

Posted by Bucolic Lives Matter 2021-09-29 21:52|| 2021-09-29 21:52|| Front Page Top

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