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by _Nat_ 5y ago
You're using [pre-fetching]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefetching ): looking up information that you expect may be needed in advance. And it's also reasonable to retain such cached information over the te
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
I suspect that you may've skimmed the article a bit fast. The author uses terminology a little differently while developing their explanation. For example, with respect to compressibility, the author isn't saying that water isn&#
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
The title's misinformation: effect-size ISN'T more important than statistical significance. The article itself makes some better points, e.g. > I worry that because of statistical ambiguity, there’s not much that can be deduc
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
Dropping out of a fancy Computer Science program that you're already in would seem like an extraordinarily bad idea. If someone's trying to talk you into quitting and giving up because no one wants you because you're black, w
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
That's an interesting figure they've got! Observations (based on the figure alone): 1. White-Males had the lowest college-enrollment-rates across all categories. They got the lowest in the two lowest income-brackets; basically a
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
Would seem worth noting that, to appreciate a concept of " the outside ", such an outside would need to be sufficiently logically aligned to be [bound]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binding_problem ). For exam
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
tl;dr for the article -- In order for the universe to be a simulation, there'd need to be someone who'd want to simulate it. The plausibility of them wanting to simulate the universe would seem to decrease as the cost of the si
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
You're right.. a lot of this does look like meaningless marketing BS. The site looks like a smokescreen of positive vibes. It's like reading about a new self-help program that'll reject all of the bad in the world, take in a
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
Eh.. do you have your astrological-signs on your profiles? If not, why not add them in solidarity with those who are deeply emotionally invested in seeing the world through that lens? Not only would it help them feel validated, knowing yo
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
Fredrick Douglass appears to have liked the term " Negro " [1]: > The form of the negro —[I use the term negro , precisely in the sense that you use the term Anglo Saxon; and I believe, too, that the former will one day be a
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
Neat! Looks like it's mostly just getting started and mostly empty so far. The premise is refreshing though -- they're pretty upfront about the huge problems in prior practice, e.g. ( https://computationalcognitivescien
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
Sounds like you're describing the word " Negro " as a [scapegoat]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapegoat ): it was cast as a symbol of evil so that it could be canceled as such. I guess that's a way
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
> [...] most of the perpetrators either have no idea it's illegal [...] How could someone possibly not be aware that trying to blind a pilot would be illegal? I mean, trying to blind anyone is illegal. But a pilot that's act
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
First thought would be to remove the windows entirely, replacing them with computer-screens. Then those could display the outside (perhaps with augmentations/filters) from cams. Could have multiple cams, some of which might have shiel
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
> it forces Apple/Google to hand over your email address (or other means of communication) to anyone you download an app from so they can spam you Which part of the text says this? I did see: > (b) INTERFERENCE WITH LEGITIMATE B
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
Seems like someone could make an app for this. Like, people can snap a photo of a rock, and it uses (whatever) to make an initial assessment, asking the user whatever further information might help, then sending off snaps/panning-video
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
The anecdote at the start of the story seems off-target since that scam-artist wasn't an " imposter " of the sort discussed in " imposter syndrome ". To compare: * Imposter-syndrome is when someone worries that th
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
> Now it’s about assimilating that information and actually making it available (to the chagrin of the content creator) Academics generally value their work being made accessible. Paywalls that obstruct human progress are contemptible, a
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
The topic itself seems interesting, it's just the article itself that's of particularly poor quality. While there may be legitimate philosophical issues that could be addressed in a scholarly manner, I feel like the article is wri
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
> Where are the actual counter-arguments in the article? It doesn't appear to attempt to make actual arguments. I think the article's mostly just an emotional appeal. I'd speculate that the argument-like content is meant
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
Most of this isn't accurate despite the links, which is kinda odd to see. To tick off some stuff: 1. The government does care about overweight/obesity; it comes up a lot in discussing issues with the healthcare system ( https:&
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
Might require some investigation and modeling to figure out a good cause. For example, the stats based on drunk-driving incidents compared to total might be misleading as the totals might vary significantly.. we'd probably want someth
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
It might have been an application of [18 U.S.C. §2705-a-1-B]( https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2705 ): > where an administrative subpoena authorized by a Federal or State statute or a Federal or
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
Ick, yeah, you're right: might've been thinking hash-then-sign, but backwards.
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[Removed: Mistaken information.]
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And how many didn't need police-assistance or hospitalization because they were sober? If there's a perfect solution to ensuring that teens suffer no harm from alcohol, that'd be a neat thing! However broadly repealing prohi
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
It's a problem in the US even with laws making it difficult for teens to get alcohol. https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/drunk-driving#age-5056
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
Most folks don't want to share the roads with drunken teenage drivers. Don't get me wrong -- some teens are probably more than responsible enough to be trusted with controlling their own drinking. However, it's those that ar
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
> The obvious way to do that has some drawbacks though, the big one being that if the private key ever leaks, your whole system is now useless and needs to be replaced (cards, verifiers and all). That's a problem addressed with [pub
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by _Nat_ 5y ago
What prevents someone from checking an ID against a central-authority? I mean, doing so online isn't necessary -- there're plenty of validation mechanisms that could work offline, and presumably they'd be useful in the odd ca

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