ChristianKl comments on Open thread, Jul. 11 - Jul. 17, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 17 July 2016 05:53:29PM 0 points [-]

I think translating accerlerometer data into steps is effectively a way of data compression. But it's a way of data compression that's not optimized for leaving important features of the data intact but about trying to give users a variable they think they understand.