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by tmule 1y ago
“ The author Andrew Gelman created a whole new branch of Bayesian statistics ...” Love Gelman, but this is playing fast and loose with facts.
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by tmule 1y ago
Yeah, Sherlock, where do you think I come from if I know upward of 100 Indians well enough to discuss ethnic nepotism with?
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by tmule 1y ago
This is a remarkable claim. Not a single Indian in tech that I know in my personal or professional life - numbering over a hundred - has ever disputed that Indians have strong (sub)ethnic affinities that color their views hiring. In ad
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by tmule 1y ago
Fair point, though I’d argue that there’s inherent selection bias for improvements that could fit a scaling law curve in the small model regime here.
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by tmule 1y ago
Unfortunately, as things stand, it’s well-known that behaviors and optimizations in small scale models fail to replicate in larger models.
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by tmule 1y ago
Yep, noted!
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by tmule 1y ago
> self-loathing elites in India Your disdain for English-speaking Indian elites (pejoratively referred to as ‘Macaulayites’ by Modi’s supporters) is quite telling. That said, as I mentioned earlier, this kind of discourse doesn’t belong
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by tmule 1y ago
Discussions about Indian politics or the Indian psyche—especially when laced with Indic supremacist undertones—are off-topic and an annoyance here. Please consider sharing these views in a forum focused on Indian affairs, where they’re more
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by tmule 5y ago
“ It would be impressive, unless your full time job is consulting in such meetings.” There’s self section of individuals with high working memory into such roles. There are many managers who attend meetings all day and can’t synthesize what
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by tmule 5y ago
It’s unclear what is being praised- is it the high working memory (and reasoning power) of those great men or the ability to have an open discussion about the merits of a case?
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by tmule 5y ago
Yeah, but a P/E ratio of 16 makes little sense despite that.
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by tmule 5y ago
This is a good point. But I wonder if what’s being eaten into are non-digital sales budgets. Much of the action is just moving online.
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by tmule 5y ago
Libel laws exist in Europe too, including UK. Their existence, per se, isn’t problematic.
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by tmule 5y ago
Seems made up, though I don’t doubt that it’s a thing. If someone is getting someone else to interview for them, the least they would ensure is that no aspect of personal life is discussed during the interview. This is also something that n
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by tmule 5y ago
Except if the fed hikes interest rates and crashes the economy, and with it the real estate market.
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by tmule 5y ago
Racists have racist principles that they hold with great conviction, doesn’t make them right. You have to stop and ask - is this principle correct.
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by tmule 5y ago
“ FAANG employees are liabilities best avoided, everyone in leadership positions knows it.” I literally know a couple of unicorn founders in my personal life. They don’t think that. You’re full of shit and are probably a shit leader (if you
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by tmule 5y ago
You’re a person of great conviction and superior morality — who dares not name the company and reveal their identity. I’m amused. “ I want the best people and the best people don’t work for Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google.” Tel
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by tmule 5y ago
Make sure you’re not violating your company’s guidelines. If I were at a company and I knew of signals based on subjective morality being used for filtering, I’d summarily fire the offending employee.
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by tmule 5y ago
There used to be an old fashioned concept called noblesse oblige. That’s no longer a thing in society, and the elites - barring performative actions and fashionable statements- are not invested in the well-being of average Americans.
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by tmule 5y ago
The Sackler family pushed opioids onto middle America in a rather spectacular fashion. In any functioning society - including with a death penalty - they’d be contending with the harshest possible penalty. Just not in America.
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by tmule 5y ago
Can’t believe I got upvotes despite a typo that makes things confusing. I meant as American Indians.
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by tmule 5y ago
It’s hardly good if multi-generational white-passing, possibly advantaged folks are reclassifying themselves as white. For example, Elizabeth Warren, who has infinitely more privilege than my brown ass.
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by tmule 5y ago
“ Not sure the blogpost supports Gould being innumerate or not understanding PCA.. also, an aside, I doubt the author Hsu would agree with your take here, considering his hero Feynman had an underwhelming IQ relative to his success.” Actual
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by tmule 5y ago
For someone who is finding holes in the OP’s reasoning, unfortunately, your linked post and statements lack rigor. “ Average College grads make more money over their lifetime, period.” There are huge selection effects in play. It is true th
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by tmule 5y ago
Stephen Jay Gould was actually fairly innumerate. It’s clear he didn’t understand even the rather simple math behind the PCA, which underpins IQ measurement. You might find this instructive: https://infoproc.blogspot.com/20
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by tmule 5y ago
“ If this was a white executive this wouldn’t even move the needle but a black CEO is naturally held to a higher standard.” There’s zero evidence of this. But spout away.
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by tmule 5y ago
I’m pretty cynical. There are a number of deeply unpopular progressive causes for which dislikes would dominate likes on YouTube. My sense is that YouTube wants to mask such information. That’s a good way to not reveal the chasm between eli
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by tmule 5y ago
Well, that the quoted part castigating Zionism is considered beyond the pale is part of the problem, right? I agree that the rest of his statements are problematic, but far more problematic is the warm reception given to Naftali Bennett - s
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by tmule 5y ago
“ Miller says the goal is to “defeat the ideology of Zionism in practice” and “to end Zionism… as a functioning ideology of the world”.” That’s nutty in a world where nobody really hears Palestinian voices. In 50 years, the world will get t

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