WhatsTheBigIdea

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by WhatsTheBigIdea 14d ago
Yet another extremely long and winding "defense" of the mathematics status quo. What's the tldr;? What are the mathematicians arguing for exactly? And against? Totally unclear to me even after chomping through that massive
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 16d ago
I'm down to buy some onions. But the interface lacks units. Are these big onions or small onions? Typically, I buy onions by the pound here in San Francisco.
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 24d ago
I fully understand your sadness. The world is changing quickly and it is not clear how things will shake out. It feels like I can control or effect close to none of it. On the bright side, you are clearly smart, literate, capable, thoughtfu
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 1mo ago
VC General Partners (managers of the VC fund) are already fiduciaries with responsibility to the fund's Limited Partners (people and institutions which invest in VCs). Their fiduciary responsibility is to maximize return on investment
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 2mo ago
For sure pubs ran through prohibition. McSorley's Old Ale House on the Lower East Side of Manhattan was definitely fully operational during prohibition. You can read about it on Wikipedia, but my preferred reference is Joseph Mitchel&
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 5mo ago
Can you cite a reference for this assertion? I'd like to read about it if true.
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 5mo ago
I think the point was that the poorly made luxury t-shirt has less intrinsic value than the well made generic t-shirt and the difference in the market values of the two is "coin sickness"?
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 5mo ago
What does "fair" have to do with anything? This is exactly the issue the author is writing about. Take the easy way, reap the profits, then someone suffer the obviously predictable consequences at some point in the unforeseeable
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 6mo ago
I wager you are not Finnish.
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 6mo ago
Perhaps it would be helpful to view the claims of this article through a cost/benefit analysis? Clearly if the opponent had wanted to defeat this vehicle and take this ground, they could have. That said, it seems likely that this vehic
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 7mo ago
Your gut may be leading you astray? I also find that firefox crashes much more than chrome based browsers, but it is likely that chrome's superior stability is better handing of the other 90% of crashes. If 50% of chrome crashes were d
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 7mo ago
I like this definition of corruption, though there are many... "The abuse of entrusted power for private gain" Jaywalking is breaking the law, but it is not corruption. Civil disobedience is also typically breaking the law, but is
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 7mo ago
Agreed that staffing the bureaucracy with good people costs a lot. There is a large opportunity to simplify and rationalize the regulations. This would dramatically reduce the cost of both bureaucracy and compliance. In addition to massiv
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 7mo ago
The regulatory bureaucracy is a real hurdle. Even if you want to comply with the regulations, navigating the regulatory bureaucracy is a killer. Super slow, super expensive, quite opaque, somewhat arbitrary, and highly punitive. Even if t
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Ask HN: Is the definition of AI that it can fool people?
2 points by WhatsTheBigIdea 8mo ago|2 comments
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IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption(fortune.com)
378 points by WhatsTheBigIdea 8mo ago|277 comments
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 9mo ago
This paper's core idea is based on the assumption that circulating LDL is the cause of heart disease. That assumption is false. Taking satins is proven to reduce heart disease rates, but there are lots of other drugs that lower LDL.
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 10mo ago
I really like this article. I bake bread. I have spent a good deal of time optimizing the recipe for deliciousness but also for time efficiency. Proving in a warm oven is a great tip. Also baking two loaves at a time! All this nit picking
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 1y ago
A positive step! Bravo Nature! To little, to late? Maybe. Surely very little, surprisingly late. There are so many great reasons to distrust "The Science"... perhaps the greatest is that without powerful and persistent skepticism,
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 2y ago
Alternative fuel? yes. Greenhouse gas solution? no. Ammonia will (and does) leak into the environment where it becomes a part of the natural nitrogen cycle. The end result of the natural nitrogen cycle is N2O (aka laughing gas) which is a
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 2y ago
This is an excellent question. Firstly, there are some very major differences between bringing a species back from extinction and saving a species from extinction. Perhaps the most radical difference is cost, with resurrecting an extinct
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 2y ago
What does "confidence" mean exactly? Regardless, I'm sure that the students actually in college are there for "all the right reasons."
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 2y ago
I'm doubtful of the "...but don't harm anything else" statement. Why do you believe this statement to be true?
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 2y ago
Oooo... that's a great idea! I would love to see the output of that project!
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 2y ago
None of these joints is novel in the slightest. Still, is it awesome to have them so well documented. Additionally, the CNC makes them much much easier to use!
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 2y ago
Agree that you "can't expect the glue to deal with the forces" A good craftsman would not choose a joint that would see such high stresses. Additionally if the glue is chosen and applied properly, the wood that the glue adher
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 2y ago
If the glue has failed, there are some serious craftsmanship issues regardless of the joint type. With the exception of the joints labeled "...with key" these joints are all very remote from the types of joints used in traditional
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 3y ago
Personally, I feel your average student is likely to perform quite poorly for the first couple years at a real job regardless of the institution they attended. It is all about the individuals! I've worked with so many people who grew u
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 3y ago
The number of people who are in the traditional college age bracket is falling as a result of variations in the birthrate and immigration rate. Some schools are more effected by these demographic issues than others. Institutions that are f
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by WhatsTheBigIdea 3y ago
Exactly... poorly structured economics. Nothing more, nothing less.

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