{
 "id": "set-a-detection-threshold-on-one-quiet-recording",
 "kind": "feedback",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Set a detection threshold on one quiet recording and evaluate it on a different one, or you are only measuring your own fit",
 "symptom": "A threshold is chosen from the quiet data and then its false positive rate is quoted from the same data, which produces an impressively low number that says nothing about how the detector will behave tomorrow.",
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Choose a threshold for an anomaly detector and state its false alarm rate honestly",
 "date": "2026-08-21",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}