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by hilux 3y ago
I rode on the "final scheduled train." Now this too!? It's a lot of work being a part of history.
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by hilux 3y ago
Interesting: Oswald Veblen, the recipient of the von Neumann letter, was the nephew of Thorstein Veblen, who gave a name to "conspicuous consumption," among other things.
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by hilux 3y ago
What does drones detecting weeds have to do with "general corruption"? If anything, overzealous adherence to the letter of the law, while annoying, seems the exact opposite of "corruption."
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by hilux 3y ago
It is probably required if you have a mortgage. And of course it's a practical requirement for anyone whose net worth is primarily in their home.
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by hilux 3y ago
Yup - I have experienced this trying to buy health insurance (pre-Obamacare) in California. I was very confused until I realized they were doing exactly what you said.
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by hilux 3y ago
On a similar theme [near-future consequences of data-driven technocracy], read the hilarious _Qualityland_, by Marc-Uwe Kling.
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by hilux 3y ago
The article focuses on Uber, but the most interesting line was the one that says they're using Microsoft facial-recognition tech.
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by hilux 3y ago
Evan Low has a very positive attitude!
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by hilux 3y ago
Whatever you think of the cars, the work culture, or of Elon, Tesla is the most prestigious EV brand in the world right now. They are the "reference" for the industry. Tesla on your resume (versus, say, GM) is far more likely to g
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by hilux 3y ago
The implication is that the nurse should NOT have told the fat and possibly diabetic patient to "stop eating cupcakes"?? This is complete insanity. Brought to you by your friendly cupcake company, pharma dealer, and dialysis provi
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by hilux 3y ago
In big organizations (of any type, including companies, universities, hospitals, military), people's sense of importance is determined primarily by the number of people they manage, and/or the size of their budget. People want to
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by hilux 3y ago
Americans could pay much less by attending community college for at least two years, or by going to Canada, or Europe, or many other countries. But as long as high-income parents are willing to pay for little Johnny/Jane to have their
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by hilux 3y ago
> “The absence of certain raw data files does not inherently indicate their non-existence ...” Dias wrote in response to the investigation findings. Good line. I hope I can use that some day.
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by hilux 3y ago
You and the other genius here keep moving the goalpost. (I wonder why.) The question was whether GENIUSES can be expected to contribute so much that they shouldn't have to work, not whether "smarter is often good." Yes, IQ o
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by hilux 3y ago
Your first paragraph doesn't even begin to address my question. When I was an undergrad struggling with physics classes myself, I might have worshipped high IQs like you're doing. Now that I've been in the real world and know
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by hilux 3y ago
Do we have any evidence that geniuses (as measured on an IQ test) excel at making good decisions in the real world, or are especially productive in any useful way?
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by hilux 3y ago
It's an American reporter, writing for an American publication, probably connecting from a US IP address. Why would she expect UK English? And to answer your question, yes, I'd prefer and expect the AI (just like any human) to use
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by hilux 3y ago
I used to work for a Bay Area startup whose claim to fame was that it was all 8200 alumni productizing 8200-derived technology.
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by hilux 3y ago
I don't run any secret military units (that I'm willing to admit to), but I do leave occasional product reviews on Amazon under a pen name. I discovered that I was doxxed by creating a Goodreads account from the same email address
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by hilux 3y ago
This is hilarious, and the implied weightings seem representative of Bay Area reality. In the US, "Asian" is understood in common speech to mean "East Asian," as opposed to "Indian" or "South Asian."
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by hilux 3y ago
Universities - I worked for two big ones - are in the business of selling degrees. The importance of a degree(s) is a religion at most universities. I agree with you that it's not necessary. And I don't expect their religion to ch
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by hilux 3y ago
IIRC she was credited with making MIT a more diverse place; she really was good at her job. BUT ... I've worked for a couple of major universities (not MIT, but similar), and you would not believe what degree snobs they are. Ideally, e
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by hilux 3y ago
That's certainly what I experienced at Lowell High, a San Francisco "test school." I recall that in my AP Chemistry class, 100% of the students were Asian. Nothing kept non-Asian students from taking the class, except the des
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by hilux 3y ago
Yes. I strongly believe in diversity. But "DEI" as currently implemented is either worse-than-useless virtue signaling (in corporate America) or the complete destruction of standards (in US schools and universities).
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by hilux 3y ago
Marilee Jones, MIT Dean of Admissions, worked there for years before she was found out. When her lack of any(!) degree was uncovered, she had to resign.
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by hilux 3y ago
San Francisco progressives "de-tracked" Lowell High School a couple of years ago. That was quickly reversed, and I believe all the relevant school-board members were resoundingly voted out. Go Indians! "Progressives" hav
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by hilux 3y ago
I live in Oakland. Right now, we have some ... issues. In fact, the area around the airport has some of the highest rates of crime, specifically rental-car break-ins. This cynical name change would create confusion and lots of unhappy peopl
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by hilux 3y ago
The difference between AI and crypto is that AI is legitimately awesome, with a huge number of applications that (1) are very real and (2) anyone, even a layperson, can understand without lots of mental gymnastics. Where there's money,
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by hilux 3y ago
An ethical vegan could eat only fruits and nuts. "Fruitarians" are a thing - I've even met one. As are "breatharians," if the internet is to be believed.
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by hilux 3y ago
I don't always love Peter Attia, but in this case I'm glad that he points out that this widely cited anti-fasting study is nonsense. Hope this rebuttal gets more visibility.

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