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by gregjor 2y ago
I'm sure you'll tell me, but I call it "pointing out a fact."
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by gregjor 2y ago
Yes, exactly. And children should have opportunities to socialize with adults, in ways that aren't based on authority and following arbitrary rules. All of us who went to school know the feeling of disorientation when school ended and
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by gregjor 2y ago
Homeschooling generally requires at least one parent not working out of the home, or both parents working from home, or juggling schedules. Unfortunately homeschooling is a realistic option only for more affluent families. When we did it wi
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by gregjor 2y ago
Same way everyone makes friends. Homeschooling doesn't mean locking your kids in the house, unless that's the reason you homeschool (and some parents do, usually for religious reasons). Our kids went to sports activities, all kind
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by gregjor 2y ago
What do you mean by "only gets you so far?" Opinion, experience, or do you have some evidence? Homeschooled kids can get high school diplomas in most states (all three of my kids did), and get into college (two of my kids decided
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by gregjor 2y ago
"Socialization" is a canard once you look at the "society" of schools, more like prisons than a place you would want your children to spend their days. Children do need to socialize with family, friends, and the society
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by gregjor 2y ago
The article misses the point of learning, confusing it with "education." I wonder how many members of the rationalist community have children. I haven't read the book reviewed in the article, I no longer have school-age child
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by gregjor 2y ago
If you think individual emotions and impulses don't get moderated to conform to societal norms in any of those places, you need to travel more. People expressing their emotions differently than what an American thinks of as the norm
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by gregjor 2y ago
You won't know what past employers say about you. If you can show a past employer badmouthed you or hindered you getting hired you probably have a legal cause of action in the US. Past employers generally only confirm dates of employme
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by gregjor 2y ago
Reputable agents and outsourcing firms offer exactly this service: already vetted candidates who can bypass interviews. That works because the agency or outsourcing firm can bear contractual responsibility for performance. Recruiters and on
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by gregjor 2y ago
Already done, at least proof of concept: https://gizmodo.com/guy-used-chatgpt-talk-5-000-women-tinder...
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by gregjor 2y ago
And your evidence? Evidence that human beings “are made for” anything? All of recorded history tells the story of human beings learning how to moderate and control their impulses and emotions. We need to learn that because we live with othe
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by gregjor 2y ago
Sam Altman has plenty of opportunity to give his side. Everything he says gets published and repeated. His reaction — pulling the voice — tells us what we need to know, because if OpenAI and Altman didn’t steal Johansson’s voice they could
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by gregjor 2y ago
I suppose every generation of programmers has to rediscover this and it can’t hurt to keep writing articles and books about it. From The Elements Of Programming Style , 1978, by Kernighan and Plauger, rule one: “Write clearly – don't
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by gregjor 2y ago
Young and immature people experience strong emotions and attachments because they haven’t learned how to control themselves. The “strong sentiment” and intensity of feeling you miss came from youth and the unique environment of school. Most
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by gregjor 2y ago
> People are having to migrate over to Apple Terminal and losing a lot of the environment that made them productive. Do you mean your company has people who can’t use Terminal.app at all — the iTerm2 ban means they can’t do their job? Or
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by gregjor 2y ago
$6 USD per hour?
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by gregjor 2y ago
Some do that. Until recently people understood that you sat in a cafe or restaurant while you enjoyed your meal or coffee, and then left. If you did want to sit there talking with friends or reading you would leave if the place got crowded
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by gregjor 2y ago
Maybe school curricula changes faster in Australia, but in the USA by the time LLMs get into the textbooks, and enough teachers get trained to motivate students, either AI will have turned us into paperclips, or the LLM craze will get taugh
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by gregjor 2y ago
I don't think anyone argues otherwise. Students already motivated can learn how LLMs work. But the OP didn't ask that. As I read it, the question seems to ask how to motivate "most" students by making high school math &q
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by gregjor 2y ago
Mindfulness.
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by gregjor 2y ago
Most US states require 2-4 years of math credits for graduation. Typically that means algebra and geometry. Schools may offer trigonometry, calculus, probability and statistics, but those classes would attract students already motivated and
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by gregjor 2y ago
https://archive.is/B6qBA
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by gregjor 2y ago
People either solve problems and add value as employees (or contractors), or they don’t. What they call themselves has no relevance. The exclusive focus on “stacks” and the tools and lore and make-work of programming has left a lot of peopl
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by gregjor 2y ago
More interesting? I doubt it. Linear algebra, probability, and symbolic logic require significant prior work with math that high school students usually don't have exposure to. Getting them through arithmetic and algebra apparently pre
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by gregjor 2y ago
As a sometimes nomad myself I have to agree with the cafe and bar owners. Almost every coffee shop in the popular areas of Bangkok and Chiang Mai fill up with DNs and wantrapreneurs who sit for hours, ordering one coffee every few hours, ru
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by gregjor 2y ago
People with limited and low-end skills, without business domain expertise and the experience that goes along with that, have always struggled to get hired and to keep their jobs in a downturn. If your skills cannot outcompete an LLM then yo
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by gregjor 2y ago
A distinction without a difference. In a profession with no agreed upon standards for anything, everyone can call themselves an “engineer,” rendering the title meaningless.
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by gregjor 2y ago
I hope they didn’t tell the aliens about that.
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by gregjor 2y ago
Anyone who has slogged through LAX and almost any major airport in Asia has had the same thoughts.

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