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by begemotz 1y ago
I would say that on the whole, Chat-based LLMs ("AI") have been a large negative impact on higher education. They are good enough now that mediocre to poor undergraduate students (or whole institutions with average students) will
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by begemotz 1y ago
Larrin Thomas (creator of MagnaCut) is truly a steel nerd. Btw, Crucible Steel filed for Chapter 11 recently -- and I know the knifeworld was anxious about what this could mean for CPM steels.
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by begemotz 1y ago
> Your hypothesis is: layout influences signup behavior. This might be your hypothesis but this isn't the hypothesis that the p-value is related to. >Setting a p-value threshold of 0.05 is equivalent to saying: "I’m willing
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by begemotz 1y ago
*PEBCAK
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by begemotz 1y ago
The problem is not the tool or the system; PEBAK.
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by begemotz 1y ago
I am not sure what the question here actually is -- the title compares apples to oranges (e.g. Obsidian uses YAML for meta-data but markdown is the markup language). Then in the post itself, it sounds like you ask a question about how to or
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by begemotz 1y ago
RIP Cheese.
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by begemotz 1y ago
https://archive.ph/401p7 "Witness, too, how seamlessly Mark Zuckerberg went from selling the idea that Facebook would lead to a flourishing of human friendship to, now, selling the notion that Meta will provide you wit
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by begemotz 1y ago
why in the world would I ever "buy" a brick? capitalism really is weird.
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LLM API Pricing Showdown 2025: Cost Comparison(aithemes.net)
4 points by begemotz 1y ago|0 comments
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by begemotz 1y ago
"This is a libravox recording. All libravox recordings are in the public domain..." I contributed to a Robert Lynd project on libravox many years ago, and I still remember saying these intros. (Lynd was a wonderful essayist, if an
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by begemotz 1y ago
Ax-Man Surplus in MN. https://www.ax-man.com/
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by begemotz 1y ago
For future me, I will add: What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work? by Stephen Wolfram https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/02/what-is-chatgpt-... and one of the discussions of that article on HN: https:
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Ask HN: What resources to explain LLMs to non-technical professionals?
3 points by begemotz 1y ago|2 comments
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by begemotz 1y ago
My go to pen these days is the ubiquitous Pilot Precise V5.
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by begemotz 1y ago
I think you have a great idea here and I would keep at it. There are very few, if any, good solutions to combating the influx of AI generated work in academia. For many, I think your solution would be welcomed - even if imperfect- it gives
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by begemotz 1y ago
From the perspective of education at least, I see a use case in requiring students to complete all work within this app; similar to other tools for online test-taking. Of course there are always ways to game the system, but creating enough
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by begemotz 2y ago
The overall method is very similar to what I use - at its core, it is simply a combination of an Eisenhower matrix and the Ivy Lee method. The only thing that I must add is explicitly listing 'strategic reserve' time as an 'i
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by begemotz 2y ago
years ago, this book changed how I viewed many things- markets, organizations etc. I recommend it.
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by begemotz 2y ago
"low energy"...
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by begemotz 2y ago
title is somewhat misleading: > In spite of this one exceptionally priced location, most gas stations in the area appear to be selling fuel for under $6 a gallon, according to GasBuddy.
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by begemotz 3y ago
I find this hard to believe. Rose-Hulman has an acceptance rate of over 70%. I know of 2 people who were accepted with credentials no where near the OP. So, if its true, there is a lot more to the story .
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by begemotz 3y ago
https://archive.is/2Wct7
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Why Americans Have Lost Faith in the Value of College(wsj.com)
2 points by begemotz 3y ago|1 comments
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by begemotz 3y ago
this is probably field dependent, but I would say: - don't focus on individual studies but try to find meta-analyses. - if not available, then review articles. - if not available, then individual papers. # of citations is probably a cl
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by begemotz 3y ago
this is not the only reason 'why'. Another persistent reason is the function of the alpha value in typical null hypothesis testing leading to the (misguided) idea that a p value of .04 is functionally equivalent to a p value of 2.
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by begemotz 3y ago
I agree about teaching from a unified GLM basis. The 'bayesian-by-default' approach seems to going out on a more tenuous limb, imo.
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by begemotz 3y ago
Yes, those are appropriate (although Gigerenzer and Cummings both have other relevant publications on the topic). As for a undergraduate text that 'teaches the difference', you can look at 'An Introduction to Statistics'
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by begemotz 3y ago
I probably should have been more clear. I didn't say hypothesis testing, I said NHST (the binary null/alt hypothesis approach) - which is an approach to hypothesis testing particularly prevelant in certain disciplines such as Psyc
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by begemotz 3y ago
What is your background and what field will you be applying your knowledge to? There can be a rather wide gap between a theoretical approach that you might encounter as taught by a statistician and an applied approach you might encounter in

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