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Harvard time baby: completely botched data but you don't change your conclusions(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)
2 points by nabla9 2y ago|0 comments
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by nabla9 2y ago
And now: Paul Krugman Got Something Very Right About the Internet, the Fax Machine and the Economy https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-24/paul-krug... https://archive.ph/DUDEw &gt
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by nabla9 2y ago
Standard Internet Counterpoint. FACT: Paul Krugman wrote 1998 article for Red Herring magazine called "Why Most Economists' Predictions Are Wrong." where he said "Internet's Effect on the World Economy Would Be &#x2
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Paul Krugman changed the public face of economics(noahpinion.blog)
8 points by nabla9 2y ago|5 comments
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by nabla9 2y ago
"Programming the 80386" I did not know Gelsinger was one of the authors.
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by nabla9 2y ago
Assad dynasty was just a symptom of the problems in Syria. Syria is a Sunni majority country. During the Assad dynasty Alawite minority (population 2-3 million) was the ruling ethnic class in Syria. They have their own sect of Islam (Alawis
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The New Product Liability Directive(single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu)
8 points by nabla9 2y ago|4 comments
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by nabla9 2y ago
Polls show that year after year influence of money in politics and corruption is one of the causes that unite people. Ignorance, emotion, identity politics, and good showmanship are more than enough to explain voter irrationality.
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by nabla9 2y ago
What unites voters from left to right is the influence of money in politics and corruption. So they voted for a billionaire, who has billionaires in preparing the government and at least 11 picks for strategic positions after who are billio
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Elon Musk spent a quarter-billion dollars electing Trump(nbcnews.com)
10 points by nabla9 2y ago|8 comments
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Akshay Venkatesh: (Re)imagining mathematics in a world of reasoning machines [video](youtube.com)
2 points by nabla9 2y ago|0 comments
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by nabla9 2y ago
On the other hand the books intended to teach physics for lay audience are really good. Feynman had teaching skills. QED is maybe the best of these. The Character of Physical Law is also good.
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by nabla9 2y ago
The concept of literacy itself means more than "able to read." (aka alphabetical literacy meaning word and letter recognition). Literacy is the ability to use printed and written information to function in society, to achieve one&
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by nabla9 2y ago
I disagree. We all are eager to make binary yes/no decisions. Presidential pardon exists for a good reason and it exists in many countries. People elect a president, prescient uses pardon power. Political pardons are not always morall
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by nabla9 2y ago
Ranking recent presidents by how disgraceful their pardons were: 1. Trump, 2. Clinton, 3. GHWB, 4. GWB, 5. Biden. Trump's you all know. Clinton pardoned his half brother plus family friends, supporters and donors. In
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by nabla9 2y ago
John Carlos Baez comments: https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez/113590461035268587 >If you love Richard Feynman you've got to watch this video... >... where Angela Collier will ruthlessly dissect the mytho
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The sham legacy of Richard Feynman [video](youtube.com)
15 points by nabla9 2y ago|8 comments
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by nabla9 2y ago
I did not speak against using money to get political power. Your examples honest power plays. Using raw power to benefit themself. This was about propaganda and criticism of those who believe it.
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by nabla9 2y ago
You can choose people AND understand that they care only about money and not take their political talk seriously.
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by nabla9 2y ago
I did not speak against using money to get political power and benefit oneself. This was about propaganda of painting it as being somehow pro-social and criticism of those who believe it.
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by nabla9 2y ago
> I always find it interesting That's not interesting. That's not understanding capitalism. It's all about Incentives. The idea that business leaders can be ever considered genuine political or cultural voice or actor is
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by nabla9 2y ago
'Loitering munition' is better term.
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by nabla9 2y ago
Reuters has some inside information: https://www.reuters.com/business/intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-ret... >Gelsinger, who resigned on Dec. 1, left after a board meeting last week during which directors felt Gelsinger&#x2
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ChatGPT refuses to say one specific name "David Mayer" – and people are worried(independent.co.uk)
17 points by nabla9 2y ago|9 comments
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by nabla9 2y ago
That should be easy to test. Not trivially easy, but still.
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by nabla9 2y ago
I'm describing massive investment to fundamental manufacturing infrastructure. Deprecating that capital expenditure takes long time. Exact opposite of vulture capitalism and short determinism. > Don't know how it works here but
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by nabla9 2y ago
Gelsinger retires before Intel Foundry spin is ready. This means trouble. Intel invested tens of billions into A20 and A18 nodes, but it has not paid off yet. News about yield seemed promising. Massive investments have been made. If somebo
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by nabla9 2y ago
Most Starlink's new generation constellations are around 550 km where the orbital decay time is 50 years. Some constellations will be 1000 or above.
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The Imminence of the Destruction of the Space Program(robertvanwey.substack.com)
28 points by nabla9 2y ago|26 comments
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Doubling the US H1B visa program increases US and EU growth by 4%(academic.oup.com)
2 points by nabla9 2y ago|0 comments

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