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by alex43578 4mo ago
What? My argument is that people who aren’t intelligent will not be successful at college. Studying will not let you double your SAT score, but even if you study and pass the test, great: that’s demonstrating the skills needed for success i
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by alex43578 4mo ago
This whole chain reminds me of https://xkcd.com/538/ , in a good way. It’s interesting to hear what some people have come up with.
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by alex43578 4mo ago
Like the constant cries for an iPhone Mini, which subsequently sold terribly, because people like good battery life, a generous screen size, and feature-rich cameras. Apple didn’t learn because they went on to do the Air, but whatever.
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by alex43578 4mo ago
But that’s my point: not all risks are the same. A cache issue that serves you someone else’s crossword puzzle is an inconvenience, but a cache issue that serves you someone’s credit report is way worse.
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by alex43578 4mo ago
Isn’t it way easier and way more damaging to just take a photo of him? Receipts aren’t even associated by name unless you’re picking up food.
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by alex43578 4mo ago
That’s such a benign vulnerability that it doesn’t even feel like one. Per your description, the worst thing an attacker can do is see the food ordered to a check number (in a public restaurant) and pay a bill that isn’t their own? On the f
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by alex43578 4mo ago
Isn’t that kind of most things Framework? Sure, a replaceable color bezel is fun, but pretty niche.
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by alex43578 4mo ago
IQ remains relatively stable through life: that’s what makes it a good measure of general intelligence, when tested appropriately. It’s even more predictive when you realize that the SAT/ACT are given a year or two before college: thi
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by alex43578 4mo ago
Intrinsically. Someone with an IQ of 85 will not be successful in college. The idea that anyone can be anything is harmful to everyone. If you are 5’2”, you won’t make it in today’s NBA. If you are 400lbs, you are not healthy. I’m sure some
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by alex43578 4mo ago
And if you want to see a world where colleges accept everyone, without requiring a minimum qualification, look at our current system: over 50% of students lack proficient literacy skills. It shouldn’t be controversial to recognize that some
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by alex43578 4mo ago
Sure, many of those interventions are widely accepted. The controversial question is when do they stop? If, despite those interventions, your ACT score is 9 points below a more affluent student, do you still deserve a boost? At 35, despite
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by alex43578 4mo ago
That makes sense from an evolutionary fitness perspective, but also just a social one. Consider the life outcomes of someone willing to gamble on founding a company, going out to settle a new land, or just take a social risk; compared to so
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by alex43578 4mo ago
Every use of DRAM is a corporate use, with the best consumer-friendly examples like Apple’s efforts to hold down prices (until today) being thanks to “back room deals”. Nobody’s buying some DRAM to build a memory stick in their garage. Appl
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by alex43578 4mo ago
Why? Why is consumer use vs corporate use a higher and better priority meriting such an intrusive regulation?
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by alex43578 4mo ago
Good news, you get the DDR2 that has been languishing in a salt cave for the last 20 years. Reality check: a strategic reserve of modern technology components in volumes needed to impact consumer prices is completely infeasible and illogica
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by alex43578 4mo ago
What’s the proposed regulation that would help here? Price controls? They don’t work, especially in a market like memory.
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by alex43578 4mo ago
1) There’s no way the public would buy in to this idea. 2) This seems like a serious violation of medical ethics. 3) If we already gave a well-engineered and safe vaccine, why not take that? Supply chain and immunization itself isn’t a pra
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by alex43578 4mo ago
That entirely depends on whether a “smart enough” model is a genius or where that cutoff is. To your second question, a clear plateau would be a piece of software that is 100% secure, without vulnerabilities. Since that’s impossible for any
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by alex43578 4mo ago
I think his comment is referring to a scenario where a decision is made on financial numbers that are misrecognized. E.g. 9.0% actual is OCR’d as 90%
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by alex43578 4mo ago
Unless the article specifies wind, GE Vernova makes gas turbines too.
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by alex43578 4mo ago
Because I expect the economics of enough batteries to carry a data center’s worth of demand through the night and morning is too expensive compared to essentially free natural gas. Data centers would ideally run at ~100% utilization, so any
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by alex43578 5mo ago
Israel aid, while unnecessary in my view, is a total non-sequitur. The MOU was $3B a year, while foodstamp's administrative costs alone are 2x that. Foodstamps on the whole were about 30x the aid. I'm fine to cut spending in Israe
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by alex43578 5mo ago
It'd be great if you could argue in support of your straw-single-mom, rather than give up and type literal gibberish. But hey, I'm sure the takers living off your neighbor's work appreciate your complacency.
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by alex43578 5mo ago
The world is full of bad events. That's why we created insurance to help reduce the risk of these uncertain losses. The single mom, had she bought health insurance, would see a portion of her medical costs covered in part because of th
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by alex43578 5mo ago
I'm fine with these people receiving preventative care, but they should share in the cost, rather than the taxpayer having to pay for all their health care. 40% of Californians are on Medi-Cal. 30 to 40% of Californians don't pay
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by alex43578 5mo ago
I never said they shouldn't get care, but each of those people should pay for insurance to cover the costs of the care they receive. The single mom, by law, has to have car insurance, but doesn't need health insurance in CA becaus
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by alex43578 5mo ago
A number of California’s policy decisions, like giving free Medi-Cal to all illegal immigrants and their huge homeless population taking advantage of EMTALA, clearly result in more freeloading on the system. That’s along with California’s c
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by alex43578 5mo ago
Basic exams cost $100K? Citation definitely needed. You either have a wild idea of “basic” or have no clue. The ACA baseline plan has to cover a yearly checkup, basic screenings for things like blood pressure and cholesterol, and even more
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by alex43578 5mo ago
In California, if you have insurance, you’re paying for everyone else that doesn’t. Homeless guy wants to spend half his time in the ER for fake claims? You’re paying. Some methhead has a fast heartbeat? Roll an ambulance and rush him to th
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by alex43578 5mo ago
Unfortunately I don’t think your last point is true. The chronically sick, diabetic, unhealthy obese people (to say nothing of our plethora of druggies) limp along for dozens of years, racking up healthcare costs all along the way.

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