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by onos 4y ago
Interesting scaling as diffusion in a uniform space goes like x^2 ~ t, or t~x^1/2. So I’d expect the time to equilibrate to go like a length to the 1/2. Maybe that works out if the length is some power of n in this case? Or may
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by onos 4y ago
Personally find the premise of the article odd. I don’t dislike public transit cause I’m worried I’ll die taking it. I am worried I’ll be mugged, and I know it will be unpleasantly crowded and take a long time. As for why we find the cras
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by onos 4y ago
Or we could use a carrot: eg don’t smoke and not overweight —> tax break.
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by onos 4y ago
This thread points to the different motivations of individuals and those running a society.
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by onos 4y ago
Is it the case that autistic people often relate to one another better than they can with the non-autistic?
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by onos 4y ago
Recently read some nice articles on the companion matrix. One cool One: how to find the polynomial whose eigenvalues are the squares of those of some given polynomial p? Ans: get the companion matrix for p, square it, and then get the c
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by onos 4y ago
In some models, this picture of slow gain followed by rapid decline is actually the worst possible situation for happiness, with the inverse (rapid gain followed by slow declines giving optimal happiness). See here: https://www.
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by onos 4y ago
I don’t like this essay. Agree with the author that current state is not great don’t agree with her suggestion of not trying to do good in the world and just enjoy yourself.
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by onos 4y ago
Great sleuthing. Is there a convenient alternative algorithm that might be used for random article that would also continue to work fine as more articles are added or removed?
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by onos 4y ago
I enjoyed the story too. I noticed in another on the blog a mention of a book of selections from the blog, and plan to buy a copy. https://www.amazon.com/Math-Mutation-Classics-Interesting-Ma...
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by onos 4y ago
They comment in the report on whether they believe this occurs elsewhere at similar rates within prisons, and they indicate that evidence suggests yes. However, great point that it likely affects more people in the USA per capita by virtue
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by onos 4y ago
Aweful. The government should be liable for this.
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by onos 4y ago
Would love a tldr if anyone has a link.
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by onos 4y ago
I’m not sure I understand the spring example shown. It’s definitely underdetermined as one solution is to have the middle string at tension 0 in which case there is no difference between what’s shown and what we get when this string is cut
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by onos 4y ago
Another voice here not happy about this. It’s as if the advocates here have no interest in learning anything from the history of science as a practice of argument by evidence. Banning arguments doesn’t convince anyone paying attention tha
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by onos 5y ago
One problem with all these reviews is that we can’t see the counter factual. That said I agree Iraq war was likely a very bad thing for our country and certainly is responsible for much of our internal strife right now.
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by onos 5y ago
I agree with you: fundamentally a bad thing happened. Mitigating the harm may have been possible to some degree but perhaps a more significant degree of freedom was simply choosing which form the negative consequences would take: more dea
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by onos 5y ago
An aspect of affirmative actions policies in practice is that the individual beneficiaries are not explicitly labeled as such, so there is a layer of plausible deniability.
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by onos 5y ago
Hence the argument that this move was a bid for regulatory capture by already established corps.
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by onos 5y ago
The world may be returning to a state of “might is right”, if we ever left it.
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by onos 5y ago
Just want to point out that this challenge seems to be that the whole field / approach is unlikely to work. Perhaps. Still, presumably some of those challenging him specifically are in the field and they should be expected to explain
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by onos 5y ago
There are so many double standards applied today that it’s hard to know what the author has in mind. Can accept the idea that vague rules are subject to abuse though.
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by onos 5y ago
Is this something that is not always present? If so, why are we experiencing it now?
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by onos 5y ago
She seemed to make just one criticism in the full piece: no solutions were provided for practice problems. If that’s the only issue, pick up the relevant Schaums outline.
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by onos 5y ago
Meanwhile, the University of California seems to have implemented a DEI litmus test on all applications for faculty positions and promotion. Does anyone know if this is actually true? Is this reasonable? https://johnhcochrane.bl
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by onos 5y ago
Same here, in that I’m relatively good at slow thinking - pondering something over many days or weeks etc till I find a good solution. I see prep for interviews as table stakes, and accept it as such. but I still regret that my slow thinki
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by onos 5y ago
Interesting to consider the downside of making divorce easier. There seems to be an implicit purpose in marriage of making breakup difficult: we know going in that difficult periods can occur and to better assure we will make it though the
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by onos 5y ago
If this logic applies here then the increase in “extreme events” almost seems like a non statement. The distribution has shifted (as everyone agrees, though some debate cause) and consequently we will get more extreme events.
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by onos 5y ago
Thanks. I found a good article with visuals showing things have improved, as you say. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-glo...
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by onos 5y ago
In USA at least vaccination rates strongly correlate with class and so races with more poverty have higher unvaccinated rates - blacks and Hispanics. But the advocates here seem to follow the meme that the unvaccinated are all trump suppor

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