#bandits — Public Fediverse posts

Anatomy of Kidnapping: The Law and Enforcement by Lawson Akhigbe

https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/12/anatomy-of-kidnapping-the-law-and-enforcement-by-lawson-akhigbe/

The Anatomy of Nigeria’s Kidnapping Industry by Lawson Akhigbe

https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/12/the-anatomy-of-nigerias-kidnapping-industry-by-lawson-akhigbe/

R.I.P. Bonnie Tyler

I always have to think on the excellent movie #bandits though, starring #cateblanchett "playing" her most famous songs:

https://youtu.be/cloXkFZoAcc

#bonnietyler

https://www.wacoca.com/games/1369011/ 「獣道 The Beast vs The Bull」は10‐6でMenaRD選手が勝利。ウメハラ選手を下す ##GAMING #Bandits #evo #Game #GameNews #games #GamingNews #menard #Reject #うめはら #ゲーミング #ゲーム #ゲーム攻略 #ゲーム最新情報 #ニュース #ばくらば #獣道 #獣道TheBeastVsTheBull

#rooftop concerts >> https://mprove.de/chrono3d?ll=54.12354,-0.25436&q=56.48407,-0.4661&z=4.76&s=1&i=1/rooftop&c=,j

#glasperlenspiel #chronomedia #beatles #meute #bandits

#rooftop concerts >> https://mprove.de/chrono3d?ll=54.12354,-0.25436&q=56.48407,-0.4661&z=4.76&s=1&i=1/rooftop&c=,j

#glasperlenspiel #chronomedia #beatles #meute #bandits

#Ukraine #weapon #patriots #bandits #police
А ми раніше ховали зброю в їхньому статуті їхньої комуністичної партії. А ще, мали в кишені заяву, яку переписували кожного ранку, з новою датою, про візит до совецької мусарні (точно такої, як і зараз) для того, щоби здати цю, знайдену зброю, яку тільки що знайшли в кущах

Decision-Making Algorithms with Python: Thompson Sampling

How to choose the best action when outcomes are uncertain, feedback is noisy, and you must keep learning.

This post explains Thompson Sampling for exploration vs. exploitation, shows the Beta-Bernoulli intuition, and includes a Python simulation to compare it with simple baselines.

:medium: https://hasanaligultekin.medium.com/decision-making-algorithms-with-python-thompson-sampling-00885d3c4933

#Python #MachineLearning #Bandits #DataScience #Experimentation

@programming @ai @pythonclcoding @towardsdatascience

Decision-Making Algorithms with Python: Thompson Sampling

How to choose the best action when outcomes are uncertain, feedback is noisy, and you must keep learning.

This post explains Thompson Sampling for exploration vs. exploitation, shows the Beta-Bernoulli intuition, and includes a Python simulation to compare it with simple baselines.

:medium: https://hasanaligultekin.medium.com/decision-making-algorithms-with-python-thompson-sampling-00885d3c4933

#Python #MachineLearning #Bandits #DataScience #Experimentation

@programming @ai @pythonclcoding @towardsdatascience

So, they wasted millions of dollars, exacted revenge on business and political foes, destroyed institutions, raised unemployment, gutted livelihoods, drove a recovering economy into the ground and then quietly disbanded it? These criminals ought to be in prison.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/exclusive-doge-doesnt-exist-eight-120606242.html

#impeach #felon #POTUS #TraitorMAGA #TraitorGOP #economy #DOGE #vile #bandits #robbers #USPolitics #government

Armed bandits abducted 25 girls from a secondary school in Kebbi, Nigeria, in an early-morning attack. One staff member died https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/nigeria-kebbi-secondary-school-girls-abducted-t7hfptpx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Nigeria #Bandits #Girls #Abducted #LatestNews

🎲 TextBandit: Evaluating Probabilistic Reasoning in LLMs Through Language-Only Decision Tasks

https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.13878

#llm #ai #probability #bandits #reasoning #deeplearning #languagemodel #cs #computerscience

🎲 TextBandit: Evaluating Probabilistic Reasoning in LLMs Through Language-Only Decision Tasks

https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.13878

#llm #ai #probability #bandits #reasoning #deeplearning #languagemodel #cs #computerscience

"In Anglo-Saxon England, the bounty for killing an outlaw was the same as for killing a wolf. By the late Middle Ages, this had evolved into the legal principle of wolfesheed: the outlaw was a wolf, able to be hunted and killed exactly like a wolf, legally and by any means."

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6o066q/in_fantasy_books_bandits_seem_to_be_a_very_common/

Found via https://initiativeone.blogspot.com/2017/07/paying-for-safe-passage-or-banditry-and.html which has more good RPG thoughts about bandits.

#history #outlaws #anglosaxon #ttrpg #osr #bandits #blogospherefind

A quotation from Terry Pratchett

It was a five hundred mile journey and, surprisingly, quite uneventful. People who are rather more than six feet tall and nearly as broad across the shoulders often have uneventful journeys. People jump out at them from behind rocks then say things like, “Oh. Sorry. I thought you were someone else.”

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 8, Guards! Guards! (1989)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/pratchett-terry/4969…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #discworld #banditry #bandits #journey #travel #uneventful

OMG T-JASS BALLED OUT! And he came off court humble & grateful & "family first" & folks... THAT is how it's done.
...and it ends on a cliffhanger?

DUDE!

▶️ My First Pro Basketball Game! - Tristan Jass
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6_30DjP1qig&si=OP6IYBudeb1lwe7J

#tristanjass #cebl #bandits #vancity #basketball

OMG T-JASS BALLED OUT! And he came off court humble & grateful & "family first" & folks... THAT is how it's done.
...and it ends on a cliffhanger?

DUDE!

▶️ My First Pro Basketball Game! - Tristan Jass
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6_30DjP1qig&si=OP6IYBudeb1lwe7J

#tristanjass #cebl #bandits #vancity #basketball

Reinforcement Learning starts with a simple but powerful idea:
Trial & Error. Learning what works.

The Multi-Armed Bandit problem is a first step into this world.
It's not just about slot machines. Iit's about how AI (and humans) learn to choose.

https://towardsdatascience.com/simple-guide-to-multi-armed-bandits-a-key-concept-before-reinforcement-learning/

#ReinforcementLearning #AI #CognitiveScience #Psychology #Behavior #DecisionMaking #Bandits #machinelearning #KI #Datascience #datascientist

Reinforcement Learning starts with a simple but powerful idea:
Trial & Error. Learning what works.

The Multi-Armed Bandit problem is a first step into this world.
It's not just about slot machines. Iit's about how AI (and humans) learn to choose.

https://towardsdatascience.com/simple-guide-to-multi-armed-bandits-a-key-concept-before-reinforcement-learning/

#ReinforcementLearning #AI #CognitiveScience #Psychology #Behavior #DecisionMaking #Bandits #machinelearning #KI #Datascience #datascientist

Do you always go to the same café? Or do you try something new?

That’s the exploration vs. exploitation dilemma: Decision under uncertainty.

Multi-armed bandits model exactly that.

And this dilemma shows up everywhere: Recommender systems, A/B tests, online ads, even in human psychology.

Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman called this one of the most fundamental cognitive patterns.

🎰 I explain what it is, why it matters, and how AI systems handle it.

:blobcoffee: Full article here: https://towardsdatascience.com/simple-guide-to-multi-armed-bandits-a-key-concept-before-reinforcement-learning/

#ReinforcementLearning #AI #CognitiveScience #Kahneman #Psychology #Behavior #DecisionMaking #Bandits #machinelearning #KI #Datascience #datascientist

Do you always go to the same café? Or do you try something new?

That’s the exploration vs. exploitation dilemma: Decision under uncertainty.

Multi-armed bandits model exactly that.

And this dilemma shows up everywhere: Recommender systems, A/B tests, online ads, even in human psychology.

Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman called this one of the most fundamental cognitive patterns.

🎰 I explain what it is, why it matters, and how AI systems handle it.

:blobcoffee: Full article here: https://towardsdatascience.com/simple-guide-to-multi-armed-bandits-a-key-concept-before-reinforcement-learning/

#ReinforcementLearning #AI #CognitiveScience #Kahneman #Psychology #Behavior #DecisionMaking #Bandits #machinelearning #KI #Datascience #datascientist

„Diese Gewinne sind in offensichtlich zu hohen Netzentgelten begründet und sie belasten Haushalte wie Unternehmen gleichermaßen“, erklärt bne-Geschäftsführer Robert Busch. „Wenn Netzbetreiber derartige Renditen erzielen können, dann läuft im Regulierungsrahmen etwas grundsätzlich schief.“ #Bandits

Analyse zeigt: Verteilnetzbetr...

„Diese Gewinne sind in offensichtlich zu hohen Netzentgelten begründet und sie belasten Haushalte wie Unternehmen gleichermaßen“, erklärt bne-Geschäftsführer Robert Busch. „Wenn Netzbetreiber derartige Renditen erzielen können, dann läuft im Regulierungsrahmen etwas grundsätzlich schief.“ #Bandits

Analyse zeigt: Verteilnetzbetr...

Anyone else rooting for YouTuber Tristan Jass to make it as a pro baller?

▶️My First Week As A Pro Basketball Player!
https:// youtube.com/watch?v=HI2AQyzjITw&si=T5k3wcemoa1Yl4Iw
#tristanjass #vancouver #bandits #basketball

Anyone else rooting for YouTuber Tristan Jass to make it as a pro baller?

▶️My First Week As A Pro Basketball Player!
https:// youtube.com/watch?v=HI2AQyzjITw&si=T5k3wcemoa1Yl4Iw
#tristanjass #vancouver #bandits #basketball

A quotation from Cicero

That, Senators, is what a favour from gangsters amounts to. They refrain from murdering someone; then they boast that they have spared him!
 
[Quod est aliud, patres conscripti, beneficium latronum, nisi ut commemorare possint iis se dedisse vitam, quibus non ademerint?]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 3 / sec. 5 (3.3; 3.5) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. Grant (1960)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #bandits #brigands #crime #criminals #gangsters #mercy #murder #outlaws #robbers #sparing #lowbar #expectations

Making out like #bandits yet not hiring nor sharing their #profits with #labor or paying #taxes #bigtech #apple #google #meta #amazon

Making out like #bandits yet not hiring nor sharing their #profits with #labor or paying #taxes #bigtech #apple #google #meta #amazon

Making out like #bandits yet not hiring nor sharing their #profits with #labor or paying #taxes #bigtech #apple #google #meta #amazon

Making out like #bandits yet not hiring nor sharing their #profits with #labor or paying #taxes #bigtech #apple #google #meta #amazon

Once a #grifter, forever a grifter, and a #thief. The #felon in the #WhiteHouse and the #apartheid #scum are #looting the #treasury! #bandits, #thieves, #scumbags. They belong in #prison.

#saveUSA #SaveTheRepublic #impeach #opposeGOP #TraitorGOP #TraitorMAGA #antiAmerican #DOGE #fraud #government #USPolitics #defeatGOP #corrupt

https://www.yahoo.com/news/joke-despite-doge-gov-spending-022501388.html

📺️ ARTE: Mit offenen Augen 👀️

Luigi Mangione: Der Rächer der Erkrankten?

Am 4. Dezember 2024 wurde der Chef des größten Krankenversicherungskonzerns der USA in Manhattan ermordet. Ein Tag später wird ein Fahndungsfoto des Tatverdächtigen veröffentlicht und Social Media feiert Luigi Mangione als heldenhaften Rächer.

www.arte.tv/de/videos/121271-015-A/mit-offenen-augen/

In der Sendung wird ein Bezug zum Buch „Bandits“ („Die Banditen“) von Eric Hobsbawn hergestellt.

#EricHobsbawn #Bandits #LuigiMangione #ARTE #MitOffenenAugen

(comment on Die Banditen)

🗳️ Artist: #LarsPKrause + #SLIDER + #Bandits + #Cromatics in City: #Dresden Germany 🇩🇪 2019 - Title: "In der Wut verliert der Mensch seine Intelligenz" ("In rage, one loses ones intelligence") - (📷 Jenny / Weltwunderer) - #Streetart #Art #Artist #Mural #Wahl2025 #Bundestagswahl #NoAfD #Vote

🗳️ Artist: #LarsPKrause + #SLIDER + #Bandits + #Cromatics in City: #Dresden Germany 🇩🇪 2019 - Title: "In der Wut verliert der Mensch seine Intelligenz" ("In rage, one loses ones intelligence") - (📷 Jenny / Weltwunderer) - #Streetart #Art #Artist #Mural #Wahl2025 #Bundestagswahl #NoAfD #Vote

'Contextual Bandits with Packing and Covering Constraints: A Modular Lagrangian Approach via Regression', by Aleksandrs Slivkins, Xingyu Zhou, Karthik Abinav Sankararaman, Dylan J. Foster.

http://jmlr.org/papers/v25/24-1220.html

#bandits #knapsacks #optimal

'Contextual Bandits with Packing and Covering Constraints: A Modular Lagrangian Approach via Regression', by Aleksandrs Slivkins, Xingyu Zhou, Karthik Abinav Sankararaman, Dylan J. Foster.

http://jmlr.org/papers/v25/24-1220.html

#bandits #knapsacks #optimal

Archaeoethnologica: Bandits in Roman World - Book / Bandidos no Mundo Romano - Livro

+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/01/os-bandidos-no-mundo-romano.html

#AncientHistory #bandits #Rome #marginality #outsideres #sources #literature #politics #RomanEmpire #war #books #banditry #conflict #barbarians #revelion

Archaeoethnologica: Bandits in Roman World - Book / Bandidos no Mundo Romano - Livro

+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/01/os-bandidos-no-mundo-romano.html

#AncientHistory #bandits #Rome #marginality #outsideres #sources #literature #politics #RomanEmpire #war #books #banditry #conflict #barbarians #revelion

Archaeoethnologica: Bandits in Roman World - Book / Bandidos no Mundo Romano - Livro

+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/01/os-bandidos-no-mundo-romano.html

#AncientHistory #bandits #Rome #marginality #outsideres #sources #literature #politics #RomanEmpire #war #books #banditry #conflict #barbarians #revelion

Archaeoethnologica: Bandits in Roman World - Book / Bandidos no Mundo Romano - Livro

+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/01/os-bandidos-no-mundo-romano.html

#AncientHistory #bandits #Rome #marginality #outsideres #sources #literature #politics #RomanEmpire #war #books #banditry #conflict #barbarians #revelion

Archaeoethnologica: Bandits in Roman World - Book / Bandidos no Mundo Romano - Livro

+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/01/os-bandidos-no-mundo-romano.html

#AncientHistory #bandits #Rome #marginality #outsideres #sources #literature #politics #RomanEmpire #war #books #banditry #conflict #barbarians #revelion

Archaeoethnologica: Bandits in Roman World - Book / Bandidos no Mundo Romano - Livro

+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/01/os-bandidos-no-mundo-romano.html

#AncientHistory #bandits #Rome #marginality #outsideres #sources #literature #politics #RomanEmpire #war #books #banditry #conflict #barbarians #revelion

'Information Capacity Regret Bounds for Bandits with Mediator Feedback', by Khaled Eldowa, Nicolo Cesa-Bianchi, Alberto Maria Metelli, Marcello Restelli.

http://jmlr.org/papers/v25/24-0227.html

#bandits #bandit #adversarial

'Information Capacity Regret Bounds for Bandits with Mediator Feedback', by Khaled Eldowa, Nicolo Cesa-Bianchi, Alberto Maria Metelli, Marcello Restelli.

http://jmlr.org/papers/v25/24-0227.html

#bandits #bandit #adversarial

'Optimal Learning Policies for Differential Privacy in Multi-armed Bandits', by Siwei Wang, Jun Zhu.

http://jmlr.org/papers/v25/21-1267.html

#bandits #privacy #bandit

'Optimal Learning Policies for Differential Privacy in Multi-armed Bandits', by Siwei Wang, Jun Zhu.

http://jmlr.org/papers/v25/21-1267.html

#bandits #privacy #bandit

Insgesamt eigentlich eine tolle Besetzung. Falls ihr euch nicht an der deutschen Synchro stört, den Film gibt's noch bis 21.11. in der ARD Mediathek.

https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/filme-in-der-ard/banditen/ard/Y3JpZDovL2Rhc2Vyc3RlLmRlL2Zlcm5zZWhmaWxtZSBpbSBlcnN0ZW4vMjAyNC0wNy0yMV8wMS0wMC1NRVNa
#banditen #bandits

excellent article. @ABDanielleSmith @Alberta_UCP will use #HeritageFund and our #CPP as a piggy bank to support #FossilFuel developments as #OilAndGas funding sources dry up! @albertaNDP #Alberta #Robbers #Bandits #Crooks

https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-politics/danielle-smith-seeks-to-use-heritage-fund-savings-to-prop-up-fossil-fuel-industry/

'A Survey on Multi-player Bandits', by Etienne Boursier, Vianney Perchet.

http://jmlr.org/papers/v25/22-0643.html

#bandits #multiplayer #algorithms

'Finite-time Analysis of Globally Nonstationary Multi-Armed Bandits', by Junpei Komiyama, Edouard Fouché, Junya Honda.

http://jmlr.org/papers/v25/21-0916.html

#bandit #bandits #adaptive

Heute neu: Bandidos bei Netflix #Bandidos #Bandits #HeuteNeu #PlayByDay
https://www.serienjunkies.de/news/bandidos-netflix-122192.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=News%20(122192)#sjnews

'Exploration, Exploitation, and Engagement in Multi-Armed Bandits with Abandonment', by Zixian Yang, Xin Liu, Lei Ying.

http://jmlr.org/papers/v25/22-1251.html

#bandits #bandit #exploration