Consensus

The Federal Reserve is set to lose one of its more diligent skeptics when Esther George, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, retires next month. Ms. George began her tenure at the central bank 40 years ago in the midst of the last episode of very high U.S. inflation. She became the Kansas City Fed’s president in 2011, when the economy was mired in the protracted and difficult recovery from the global financial crisis. The Federal Reserve is set to lose one of its more…

A panel of state finance ministers has yet to submit its report on taxation of the booming online gaming sector that is crucial to a final decision on how the levies should be imposed, a senior government official said on Monday.The panel has for weeks been deliberating how it should tax online gaming companies — and whether federal tax should be imposed on only the profits of firms or on the value of the entire pool of money collected from participants.The panel is unlikely to reach a consensus this month, the official…

The survey was conducted in English from September 1-7, 2022. The sample consisted of 1,400 Floridians, 18 years of age and older, with a margin of error of +/- 2.62 percent. The data was collected using an online panel provided by GreatBlue Research. Responses for the entire sample were weighted to adjust for age, race, income, education and gender according to 2020 U.S. Bureau of the Census data. Credit: Florida Atlantic University…

Last Updated: October 14, 2022, 13:45 ISTThe Karnataka High Court has asked state government and cab aggregators to reach a consensus on auto rickshaw fares. (Photo: PTI)The state Transport Department had banned the cab aggregator services from providing autorickshaw services to the public, citing the high fares being chargedThe Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the state government and cab aggregator services to explore the possibility of working out a consensus on autorickshaw fares to be charged through Ola and…

When Google announced they were improving featured snippets using the power of MUM, some of the wording around aligning with consensus reminded me of things that are described in the search quality evaluator guidelines (a.k.a., the Quality Rater Guidelines, or QRG).  While the QRG are not an exact blueprint of Google’s algorithms, they give us many clues as to what it is that Google is attempting to accomplish. Google recommends studying the rater guidelines: “If you understand…

You know that highlighted piece of text at the very top of a Google search results page when you look up a piece of information? That's called a "featured snippet," and it's meant to provide you with a quick answer to your query. Now, Google is making sure that the information it highlights is reliable and accurate by using its latest AI model, the Multitask Unified Model, so that Search can now look for consensus when deciding on a snippet to feature. Google's Search AI can now check snippet callouts — those are the…

The term 'growing pains' has been used for hundreds of years to describe aching sensations many children experience in the course of their development. For such a widely accepted concept, however, there's surprisingly little to define the diagnosis.  Indeed, the term is so overly simplistic, some researchers say it's virtually meaningless.A recent review of literature on growing pains found no scientific consensus on any aspect of the condition, including when the pain starts, where it occurs, how often it hurts, how…