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by bogtog 2y ago
This comment is being grayed but is it wrong? I want to believe that nuclear is just a miracle solution, but my impression was likewise that it is now even more expensive than solar/wind, at least in the Western world
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by bogtog 2y ago
I’m not sure if you are familiar with Overwatch the game, but it is a very famous massive game. My gut is that a majority (if not a huge majority) of people in tech aged 20-40 will be familiar with Overwatch, the game. This will just make f
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by bogtog 2y ago
I looked up this journal, eClinicalMedicine, and it would be considered a pretty high-end medical one (impact factor = 15). However, this finding indeed seems like rubbish. The p-value for their central claim is p = .03. When bold claims co
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by bogtog 2y ago
What is the market for these low-cost EEG devices? I've come across way more companies offering this than I'd expect. I assume all labs at R1 or R2 Universities use equipment from bigger manufacturers, which I think run over $10k
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by bogtog 2y ago
Did you mean to share a specific paper?
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by bogtog 2y ago
It's interesting (and cool) how Science has one of their editors write a summary for papers
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by bogtog 2y ago
> Between 1939 and 1944, the value of aircraft produced annually in the U.S. increased by a factor of 70, and the total weight of aircraft produced (a common measure of aircraft industry output) increased by a factor of 64 Something abou
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by bogtog 2y ago
Do DDG and ChatGPT believe that they could do a better job of uptime than Microsoft?
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by bogtog 2y ago
It is silly. The guy may just want to avoid standing out or drawing attention to themselves. "I" is more appropriate for any solo paper. If the author really can't bring themselves to write "I", then they should jus
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by bogtog 2y ago
Where are you getting this language point from? If I look up any company selling "eye trackers", their products are all meant to track where you're looking, e.g., https://www.tobii.com/
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by bogtog 2y ago
I second this. It's like they're trying to incorporate some optical illusion. I'd even prefer just seeing numbers without any bars
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by bogtog 2y ago
Are you telling me that one of American capitalism's peaks is basically a worker collective?
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by bogtog 2y ago
However, if you wanted something other than weed, you would have someone who may be able to help you out
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by bogtog 2y ago
Around the globe, I think militaries regularly give contracts beyond just to the lowest bidders to maintain a strong base
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by bogtog 2y ago
The fear of needing to start all over adds a lot of suspense, which is cool
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by bogtog 2y ago
I've interpreted this argument as a type of cope from leftist types who want to use their phones a bunch and not feel guilty (or alternatively, they have no opinion about phones and just want to use this as a springboard for a politica
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by bogtog 3y ago
I think this Zoom in/out physics story has pretty widely been told. Here is one by CPG Grey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUF5esTscZI I like the one OP linked here. All the objects being clickable with a little desc
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by bogtog 3y ago
> Nowadays the average age is high school, and probably trending to grade school Have you ever seen one of the site surveys that subreddits typically do? The median age is almost always above college graduation (22 years old), at least f
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by bogtog 3y ago
> Because Reddit has horrible search Sorry, but I've heard this so often, and I just don't know what people mean. I use the search whenever I need to get something from a specific subreddit, and it just seems fine. Also, why wo
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by bogtog 3y ago
> became a widely celebrated patriotic hero for his courageous work When leaks happened, traditional opinion polls seemed to show a 1:1 split on support vs. disapproval. Online polls seemed to show a 2:1 split, favoring support. https:&
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by bogtog 3y ago
I find [1]: > With modern equipment and training methods, fatalities occur in less than 1 per 100,000 cases, and serious injuries requiring hospitalization in less than 2 per 10,000 cases. This puts the assessment of skydiving as a high-
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by bogtog 3y ago
I liked the part where we even razed their buildings
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by bogtog 3y ago
This gentleman discusses topics that I think I'd be interested in, but like the half dozen times I've tried to read this guy, I've just lost my motivation so quickly. I feel some arrogance in his long-windedness. Is there any
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by bogtog 3y ago
If everything was a bit duller, this scheme wouldn't be too bad? I don't know much about old monitors, but I presume they weren't as bright as what we have nowadays
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by bogtog 3y ago
I wonder if this is mostly just the DOIs associated with weak or predatory journals
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by bogtog 3y ago
Is there any good AI autocomplete tool out there? The only LLM tool I like currently is GitHub copilot. I basically want copilot for gmail + MS word, but every product I've found wants me to prompt an AI.
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by bogtog 3y ago
Isn't it notable that the article is at least acknowledging this uncertainty?
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by bogtog 3y ago
Sorry for this very slow response, but I actually disagree. I don’t think effect sizes are usually meaningful beyond the context of a specific experiment. For example, suppose you are researching the effect of an emotional/negative pic
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by bogtog 3y ago
Looking at the list of specific points, it really just seems like most people voted “bad impact” down the line, even for things like “the NHS” and “control over immigration.” I’m not British, but surely for these it would be more accurate t
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by bogtog 3y ago
> king of hypothesis testing This advantage can't be understated. Researchers, at least in psychology, almost never seem to care about the magnitude of an effect. It's simply enough to show that some effect happens in some dire

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