Best xkcd

(heavyconsulting.net)

57 points | by antitoxic 21 hours ago ago

11 comments

  • 7373737373 18 hours ago

    This might be a good use case for https://trueskill.org/ since that takes into account what the rating of the other comic was when one is chosen over the other, it also gives an uncertainty value for each rating

    • crazygringo 16 hours ago

      It shouldn't change the mean though, with enough data.

      In gaming, people often play against others closer to their skill, so you have to take that into account.

      But with the comics, they're being chosen randomly so there's no bias like that to correct for.

      Also people's assessment of the comparison comic is so noisy, knowing its rating probably won't help that much.

      Uncertainty is key for deciding on the top ranking, but you can just use the standard formula for that.

  • crazygringo 17 hours ago

    > This site was created in the early months of 2011

    Top comic:

    > This comic beat 10 other comics and was beaten by 1 other comic for a total score of 0.9091.

    Guess this site never got too popular...

  • Neywiny 19 hours ago

    Not sure what methodology they're using for analysis. Maybe just total wins? But there are better methods I've discussed on here before. I'm partial and biased towards using the choices as a sorting algorithm, but you can also do elo scoring like competitive chess and some video games

  • MathMonkeyMan 18 hours ago

    At the bottom is <https://xkcd.com/1654/>, which is actually pretty funny.

    • caminanteblanco 17 hours ago

      It should really be ; instead of & though, otherwise the first failed install method will stop the rest of the script from executing

  • wonger_ 19 hours ago

    Aka "crowdsourcing a stack ranking of xkcds," or just the page title, "which one is the best xkcd?" Found a lot of gems I've never seen before

  • ProAm 15 hours ago

    No, I will not be a constant in your algorthim