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by us-merul 1y ago
The difference between meta and outputs reminds me of Goodhart’s law: “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” Similar to the metricization of research and science, for example.
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by us-merul 1y ago
That’s my point. There’s not really a singular “Brit” unless you designate one group to decide, and various other groups may also want to be considered British or not. Since I’m from the US, I won’t say more, because I’m sure there’s more t
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by us-merul 1y ago
Right. If employers set RTO as the default, you may be able to negotiate remote time instead of a pay raise. They’re less willing to pay you more to commute and would rather see the commute as the expectation.
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by us-merul 1y ago
It also turns remote work into a negotiated benefit, which may be preferred over actual raises.
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by us-merul 1y ago
That’s the point—- definitions of culture and identity can change over time. Since I’m from the US, I don’t have much more to say about lands belonging to people, but my comment about Japan is meant to highlight problems with the idea of is
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by us-merul 1y ago
From the linked DHH writing: “There's absolutely nothing racist or xenophobic in saying that Denmark is primarily a country for the Danes, Britain primarily a united kingdom for the Brits, and Japan primarily a set of islands for the J
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by us-merul 1y ago
The section “Breaking up is hard to do” covers this without inflammatory rhetoric. By first declaring Tylenol to cause autism, it can be ruled out as a recommendation for reducing fever. With no alternatives to reducing fever, vaccines can
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by us-merul 1y ago
I submitted the article. I agree that much of the language and style is one-sided and partisan. If I could tone that down, I would. I submitted it because the outlined logical consequences stood out to me that I hadn’t encountered elsewhere
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by us-merul 1y ago
I agree! You make a good point about how regulatory power can shape consequences in either direction.
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by us-merul 1y ago
I submitted this because I thought the article made insightful points about how an announcement like this can pave the way for downstream policy changes. I’m not trying to start a debate about the announcement itself.
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by us-merul 1y ago
The point of the article addresses this. A directive on Tylenol like this then gives pretext to dramatically reduce vaccine access, which affects everyone.
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The Poison Pill to End the MMR Is Tylenol(rasmussenretorts.substack.com)
109 points by us-merul 1y ago|123 comments
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by us-merul 1y ago
I really haven’t had a problem with my Lemur Pro from System76, which I got in spring of 2022. I did have to replace the battery once when there was noticeable swelling. Prior to this, I had always used a MacBook.
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by us-merul 1y ago
I see you edited your response after my reply. I’m not denying that you’ve read about those observed differences. I’m trying to say that those differences don’t need to be driven by biology, and evidence suggests otherwise. Behavior can’t b
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by us-merul 1y ago
And how are you able to rule out that societal or environmental effects are the primary driver? How is your argument not circular, that observed differences are therefore the result of biology?
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by us-merul 1y ago
> We know for a fact that sex or ethnicity impacts body yet we seem unable to cope with the idea that there are also differences in how brains work. Here is your error. You’re assuming that a physical difference in morphology is linked t
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by us-merul 1y ago
I think the benefit of the “weird path” need not be monetary but instead a way to stay afloat of the burnout and find motivation to keep going. While I agree with many things in the article, I found in my experience that these feelings are
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by us-merul 1y ago
I found the following article interesting the other day. A retired couple with a four-bedroom home concerned that they couldn’t sell their home at 1.3 million, so they lowered it to 1.28 and were surprised it still didn’t sell. The owner th
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by us-merul 1y ago
I really don’t know! The author of the video I linked to describes one game as having full-motion video 3D environments, unlike many games on the Sega CD that were just FMVs without real gameplay. That would be funny if the best games in th
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by us-merul 1y ago
I highly recommend this video for an overview of the LaserActive: https://youtu.be/vK0rGekPOpo?si=6XRVtA0FTRGo5sYH Until this emulator, there are 15 games that were only playable on the physical device, never released elsew
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by us-merul 1y ago
I had to show up for something 10 minutes early or else the appointment would be cancelled (at least according to the form). Kind of defeats the purpose of setting the time I chose.
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by us-merul 1y ago
I totally get the author’s frustration. I think such motivation and talent is a sign that there would be plenty of other groups happy to have the applicant. The trick to is connect with them, and not get so hung up on Anthropic specifically
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by us-merul 1y ago
I’ve had an iPad since 2013, and went through the phases of thinking it was awesome to unnecessary. Then I was gifted an iPad Pro last year with the Apple Pencil and everything changed. It’s now my favorite Apple device by far, and exactly
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by us-merul 1y ago
The author of the article is a bit more than an “award-winning mathematician.” If it can happen to him, no one is safe.
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1976 Soviet edition of 'The Hobbit' (2015)(mashable.com)
281 points by us-merul 1y ago|111 comments
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by us-merul 1y ago
I found this starting with the recent XKCD comic about Tom Bombadil in LOTR, seeing he appeared in a 1991 Soviet TV adaptation that’s now on YouTube, checking here if anyone had posted it, and someone had provided the link to this book in t
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The Future of Hiring Is TBD(davidarmano.substack.com)
1 points by us-merul 1y ago|0 comments
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Is getting online buzz worth the effort?(kucharski.substack.com)
3 points by us-merul 1y ago|0 comments
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by us-merul 1y ago
Exactly. The author makes that point in the comment section of the article as well.
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NIH-funded researchers can't catch a break(clauswilke.substack.com)
3 points by us-merul 1y ago|2 comments

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