twomoretime

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by twomoretime 6y ago
I think for established public orgs this really is the nature of public pressure for constant growth. People have to show numbers and eventually a couple ads here or there is just a little white lie for a solid couple of percent. And it&#x2
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by twomoretime 6y ago
Occam's razor is just a heuristic. It has no actual predictive power. And honestly given the way things tend to happen in this universe I don't know if it's all that valid. It's just weird to see people pull it out durin
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by twomoretime 6y ago
The entire global economy is grinding to a halt and we may be sitting on top of a global depression for years to come. Those 5 billion are going to have to wait. Also, it may be harsh but if history is any indication, these people are unlik
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by twomoretime 6y ago
People are really optimistic in the industry. I am active in petroleum circles and many are convinced that this is another temporary downturn and we'll always need oil. All I see is public sentiment turning against fossil fuels and an
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by twomoretime 6y ago
>I learned it the first time 20+ years ago, I have no doubt that I could relearn it - especially with the help - but everyone chooses how to optimize their time? Is my time spent better learning trig or doing something that can make me m
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by twomoretime 6y ago
Cutting edge applied ML can do things that previously could only be done by humans. You're generating potentially unprecedented insights into your data because neural networks pick up on what I call "nonlinear" correlations -
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by twomoretime 6y ago
>I also shockingly don’t cut my own grass, do my own plumbing or fix my own cars. I do, and you should too. These things are not difficult to learn. Moreover they are good full body workouts and, speaking from experience with my father,
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by twomoretime 6y ago
>I look at the average Trig problem and I didn’t know where to start helping my son. Did you try reading the text book? It's made for children. It's high school math. I cannot understand this mindset but I fear it is extremely
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by twomoretime 6y ago
>subject matter expert I think you're overestimating the amount of background knowledge the average tech worker might need to make up to teach elementary and high school subjects from text books. People TA entire college classes wit
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by twomoretime 6y ago
I think uranium at that concentration would qualify your lot as a Superfund site. It's a toxic heavy metal and that's a lot. Your numbers might be off by a zero or two.
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by twomoretime 6y ago
>The deeper problem is that people are seen one-dimensionally, as equal to some degree, rather than their experiences, like college is some glorified vocational certification program. This wasn't a problem when college was an exclus
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by twomoretime 6y ago
The vast majority of controversial statements happen to be difficult to conclusively prove. The fact that they go against consensus does not mean that they are proven. What you're actually doing when you say this is giving a select gro
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by twomoretime 6y ago
>There are lots of difficult fields to study that just don't pay well due to competition That may be the case, but speaking as a recent young person, the vast majority of college students I met did no actual research regarding the e
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by twomoretime 6y ago
The fact that it's a consensus does not mean that it's not hysterical. How can anyone have faith in these governments/organizations after we just watched this global failure to deal with covid?
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by twomoretime 6y ago
>But pandemic is milder in every imaginable way Ok, sorry, but this is just hysteria. A deadly pandemic is in absolutely no way milder than climate change. Climate change will see the occasionally bad storm, gradually more frequent flood
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by twomoretime 6y ago
I don't think you understand that in a reality with limited information, it is impossible for humans to know objective truth. And further you underestimate the degree of uncertainty regarding lockdown measures. This uncertainty is an a
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by twomoretime 6y ago
>And yet, they do because it's morally right to keep people safe from disinformation. This is literally why we have the first amendment. Because, as you say, information is relative; that also means it is relative in time. And we ca
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by twomoretime 6y ago
Great, and the WHO is welcome to keep the doctors video off of their platform. Ignoring ramifications of politicization, How many developments will be missed if we embark on a campaign to suppress all dissenting opinions? You don't thi
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by twomoretime 6y ago
A doctor on the frontlines is an expert. He may not specialize in epidemiology or virology, but his credentials are sufficient that the difference between credibility between the scientists and the doctors is too small for youtube to reliab
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by twomoretime 6y ago
>in other words, when you recover from covid-19, you are immune Well, it may appear to be the case so far but afaik that hasn't been rigorously confirmed, and this article doesn't imply immunity to live virus upon reexposure. &
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by twomoretime 6y ago
Do you really trust YouTube to make that decision? That's the whole point. I'm not actually interested in the credentials on either side - merely pointing out that YouTube is doing far more harm than good in choosing a side. Socie
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by twomoretime 6y ago
Really? Are you really so arrogant as to ignore that YouTube is far more likely to be making an ideological decision here? An expert made a statement. YouTube went out of its way to find a doctor who supported YouTube's ideological s
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by twomoretime 6y ago
Why does the UW doctor's opinion supercede that of the doctors in the removed videos? The answer of course is ideology. These are two experts giving two different opinions based on different sets of similarly poor evidence. The fact th
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by twomoretime 6y ago
A second chance doesn't mean a clean slate to do anything. You probably wouldn't put a convicted pedophile in a daycare, second chance or no.
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by twomoretime 6y ago
Some people are motivated better by reward. Some people are motivates better by fear of punishment.
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by twomoretime 6y ago
You misunderstand socialization. You're not learning explicit skills. You're learning implicit, semi or involuntary communicative behaviors. Similar to those not learnt by animals who cannot behave properly because they were not s
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by twomoretime 6y ago
I feel the proportion of students taking school seriously has been gradually decreasing over the last decade or so. And now we treat college kids like children. It's hard to believe today's 18 year olds are old enough to vote. The
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by twomoretime 6y ago
>Maybe I'm just ignorant, but could you explain how a lockdown is supposed to decrease the total number of cases rather than just prolong it It's not so black and white. We're talking about the area under the curve. The ar
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by twomoretime 6y ago
Not all locales and politicians are equally activist.
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by twomoretime 6y ago
You can pick up most of the soft skills you learn in humanities by doing things like reading and practicing writing. The minimum functional skill level is low enough for a majority of people to achieve through practice with minimal guidance

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