throwerofstone

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by throwerofstone 4mo ago
Studies with promising early results like these, such as the tooth-regeneration study that is expected to complete its Phase I trial soon, really give me hope for being able to grow old while staying healthy. It does make me wonder how long
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by throwerofstone 1y ago
After playing the game for 10+ hours and dropping it out of sheer frustration, I came to the conclusion that I must have been playing a vastly different game than the people praising it. The first hour was great. I was constantly encounteri
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by throwerofstone 2y ago
While I still mainly use Google to search for terms online, I am increasingly using the free version of Perplexity for more advanced topics or general questions. Perplexity is an LLM like Claude and ChatGPT, but instead of relying on the da
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by throwerofstone 2y ago
I personally believe the reason for non-western fiction gaining so much mainstream traction is quite simple: it provides a perspective almost entirely seperated from the reality most people face. Even simple scenarios, like running a small
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by throwerofstone 2y ago
The author states that AI safety is very important, that many experts think it is very important and that even governments consider it to be very important, but there is no mention of why it is important or what "safe" AI even loo
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by throwerofstone 2y ago
It is quite amusing to read this essay 8 years after it has been published, now that we know about the similarities of how large language models (LLMs) and the human brain function. The average brain does indeed not copy processed informati
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by throwerofstone 3y ago
I fully agree with the author on that text editing is nothing but cumbersome. But instead of modifying and (hopefully) improving on what we have now, I would actually prefer an entirely different solution; one that disables any touch input
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by throwerofstone 3y ago
My point is that expecting time-pressed students to ignore freely available answer sheets is like expecting a hungry horse to ignore a carrot dangling in front of them. There is nothing wrong with removing their ability to cheat, but purpos
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by throwerofstone 3y ago
While I've always had a negative outlook on the modern school system due to my own experiences, I fail to see how the answer to the title could be anything but "yes". I've seen this many times before, where a teacher see
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by throwerofstone 4y ago
I am not waving away all other factors, I am merely stating that the difference of mental development between girls and boys is, at least to me, quite obviously the largest by far. Mental development has an enormous impact on school perform
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by throwerofstone 4y ago
Isn't the answer extremely obvious? Girls grow up faster than boys, while boys have a longer growing period that extends further (or is equal to) than the schooling period. I'd be interested in seeing an extended study in the gene