postflopclarity

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From Julia to Rust: a differentiable tensor stack for scientific computing(tensor4all.org)
47 points by postflopclarity 4mo ago|12 comments
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by postflopclarity 4mo ago
or I could just do something better with my time :/ so much effort all to fix what should be a clear and objective inaccuracy
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by postflopclarity 4mo ago
you have described my experience very accurately
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by postflopclarity 4mo ago
"only" a 7% increase in deaths
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by postflopclarity 4mo ago
I think one of the last straws for me before I quit trying to help is when I "lost" some disputed edit (and the page was subsequently locked) because the original author provided an external citation for their claim. The problem w
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by postflopclarity 4mo ago
it was in the computational social choice sphere which attracts a lot of amateurs interested in electoral reform and "voting theory" (which of course is not the typical term used for the field but is popular among these amateurs).
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by postflopclarity 4mo ago
I am confident that my edits were high quality and improved the mathematical accuracy and clarity of the page. unfortunately I was editing under my real name and I'd rather not dox myself so I can't link to the reverts. but the ge
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by postflopclarity 4mo ago
indeed. the field I was trying to improve tend to attract a lot of cranks and trisectors. the topics are not "contentious" in the typical political sense but the pages are closely guarded by very stubborn and uninformed retiree fl
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by postflopclarity 4mo ago
trying to contribute to wikipedia was the most miserable experience in a "collaborative" process I've ever had in my life. Like arguing with cranks at a town hall meeting, ignorant high school group project classmates, and bu
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by postflopclarity 4mo ago
> In that particular sense I think NYC is the clear best city in the country, yes. if you don't like cities, you won't like NYC. but as far as "city" goes, NYC is the clear best and I don't think it's partic
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by postflopclarity 4mo ago
NYC is certainly the best city in the US.
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by postflopclarity 4mo ago
if only there were a fungible way to measure which land is "desirable" or not, and then allow people to build there instead of making it illegal.
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by postflopclarity 4mo ago
> it is not the definite answer for the housing issues. it kind of is.
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by postflopclarity 4mo ago
> Anyone thinking there's a simple solution to this problem hasn't spent enough time with the problem. I've spent a lot of time with the problem. and there is a simple solution: relax zoning restrictions and various lot re
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by postflopclarity 4mo ago
that costs a $200 monthly subscription to access, the profits going directly to grifter's pockets.
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by postflopclarity 4mo ago
for this kind of question, 20 years is not enough data. one would need a much longer study period to be able to reach any more compelling conclusions
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by postflopclarity 4mo ago
I would pull a wild number out of my ass and estimate that all the "not very expensive endeavors" with approximately similar scope / usefulness to these current trackers add up to, maybe $20B in the budget? which is a microsc
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by postflopclarity 4mo ago
because it is useful information for the public benefit, and not very expensive.
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by postflopclarity 4mo ago
yes. adoption is slow, but steadily increasing. for certain tasks it's the best tool and each release just gets better.
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by postflopclarity 4mo ago
except that they changed the index rules to OVERweight them because of their small float.
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by postflopclarity 5mo ago
> We're going to start to seize companies now? already started by the current administration?
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by postflopclarity 5mo ago
Not sure if they've pivoted since, but when I interviewed here a few years ago these folk used ABM. https://www.gauntlet.xyz/
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by postflopclarity 5mo ago
Don't be a ridiculous socialist, clearly 50% is too much. The true capitalists believe that the USG should only own * 10% of Intel * 15% vig of Nvidia chip sales to China * largest shareholder in several materials and mining companies
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by postflopclarity 5mo ago
.. yes? this is studied. studies typically conclude that immigrant populations do contribute to housing demand (duh), but the labor supply they bring to services market (e.g. childcare, retail) lowers the cost of those services by a more-th
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by postflopclarity 5mo ago
when you tax things you get less of it. when you tax supply, you get less supply many of these second homes are currently on the rental market. if there is less supply of these coming into the rental market, rent prices rise. I don't k
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by postflopclarity 5mo ago
I also don't expect it to have a significant effect. but any effect it does have will be in the direction of less supply.
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by postflopclarity 5mo ago
> I'll be interested to see if it helps create some liquidity in the housing market lol. why would it? if you tax something, you get less of it. there is not even close to any kind of shortage of demand for housing in NYC. there is
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by postflopclarity 5mo ago
that fund will only be used for brownshirts and bribes
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by postflopclarity 5mo ago
glad to see they're prioritizing only the most prolific and dangerous criminals in the nation
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by postflopclarity 5mo ago
correct. and the comment I replied to is about allowing voting for non-resident property owners when the ownership IS held by a natural person.

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