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by kaonwarb 4mo ago
Reads to me like a fascinating and relevant distinction.
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by kaonwarb 5mo ago
I assume this post was fully human-written, but ironically, there's something quite LLM-ishly overconfident about this assertion: > They're also confidently wrong about every decision that matters. Every decision that matters
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by kaonwarb 5mo ago
Not that it necessarily applies here, but as a heuristic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect
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by kaonwarb 5mo ago
This reads very AI. Pangram [0] agrees [1]. [0] Not perfect, but I think as good evidence as any: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.15654 [1] https://www.pangram.com/history/44cd07d3-ba94-4331-8c7f-a626..
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Tristan Da Cunha(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by kaonwarb 5mo ago|0 comments
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by kaonwarb 5mo ago
I've heard this often enough from English speakers from India that I think it is accepted grammar in that region.
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by kaonwarb 5mo ago
That will apply to only a smaller percentage, even in early days. It's very typical for one human operator to remotely oversee many robots.
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by kaonwarb 5mo ago
I wish academic writing were not so needlessly dense. E.g.: > The bridge is a multiscalar and multilayered notion...
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by kaonwarb 6mo ago
Pairs well with also-on-the-front-page https://app.oravys.com/blog/mercor-breach-2026
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by kaonwarb 6mo ago
There are definite problems with the American system, but what is considered unaffordable healthcare there is lavish compared to much of the world.
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by kaonwarb 6mo ago
Disappointing article. As another commenter mentioned, the very last sentence of the article reveals a potentially positive impact on batting average, which is extremely relevant to how well a bat works! But this seems to be ignored by the
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by kaonwarb 6mo ago
OP is aiming to help a quite common problem. Curious: how many others have you met with as spare of an email inbox as yours?
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by kaonwarb 6mo ago
Ditto. Worked perfectly and nice UI. Great work!
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by kaonwarb 7mo ago
Our school district uses this same math software. If one wished to design an experience to instill a hatred of mathematics into children, it would be a pretty solid approach. We've informed teachers, nicely but firmly, that we will not
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by kaonwarb 7mo ago
One of the challenges with trying to achieve IRL human-level latency is that we rely on nonverbal cues for face-to-face turn-taking. See e.g. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001002772...
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by kaonwarb 8mo ago
Cognition certainly declines with age at the population level. See e.g. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4906299/ .
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Welcome to the Room – A lesson in leadership by Satya Nadella(jsnover.com)
48 points by kaonwarb 8mo ago|50 comments
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by kaonwarb 9mo ago
I suspect that name recognition for PRISM as a program is not high at the population level.
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by kaonwarb 9mo ago
I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.
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by kaonwarb 9mo ago
Ironically given the topic, the very first sentence on the page ("The size of your plate can influence how much food you eat.") is based on observational research that has not replicated in controlled studies. [0] https:/&#x
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by kaonwarb 9mo ago
An anecdote: someone close to me had written some of the diplomatic cables Snowden leaked. After the leak they (and others) received stern warnings to not access stories about the leaks on their unclassified systems, because those systems w
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by kaonwarb 9mo ago
This is increasingly common in domestic US full-price airlines. It makes sense, in a way - most folks have their own devices, and the airlines save money and weight and don't have to worry about future tech obsolescence - but still mak
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by kaonwarb 9mo ago
Thank you for this careful comment.
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by kaonwarb 9mo ago
https://www.slate.auto
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by kaonwarb 9mo ago
This is a meta-analysis of 28 studies. "Of 5862 reports identified by the search, 28 met the inclusion criteria: 20 were cross-sectional and 8 were prospective cohort."
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by kaonwarb 9mo ago
I appreciate the nod to whole milk, which has been repeatedly shown to be associated with _lower_ obesity in children. E.g. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31851302/ , many other studies.
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by kaonwarb 9mo ago
I recommend Dan’s book ( https://danwang.co/breakneck/ ) to those wanting to better understand China - and the United States.
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by kaonwarb 10mo ago
The author’s ideological bent against Big Tech shows through most clearly in the passage on Uber: > Uber replaced taxis by having people drive others in their own car. But what was created as "ride-sharing" was in fact a way to
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by kaonwarb 10mo ago
Consider how many folks use Claude Code for an hour vs. streaming many hours. Globally, not among HN readers.
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by kaonwarb 10mo ago
There are several takes looking at this comparison. Here's a representative one: https://nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/05/02/ar...

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