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by wrsh07 10y ago
If you believe both statements, that simply implies the US judiciary system is broken. [which I think is true...]
842.
by wrsh07 10y ago
What surprises me isn't that women improved, it's that black/white/asian men barely did. [but even still, some of those numbers were abysmal...]
843.
by wrsh07 10y ago
This seems like an issue that is easily susceptible to Simpsons paradox. What happens if you also split by race or socioeconomic class? Also, I think part of the issue is that it's difficult to measure what makes a successful high scho
844.
by wrsh07 10y ago
Did you see this post about a partial C to Rust transpiler written in literal Haskell? https://github.com/jameysharp/corrode/blob/master/src/Langua...
845.
by wrsh07 10y ago
Ah right. Any recent books you're enjoying?
846.
by wrsh07 10y ago
The arXiv, but instead of saying "published" or "not published" we put a score on the paper suggesting the probability one should believe its thesis. Kinda like Rotten Tomatoes, but... for science?
847.
by wrsh07 10y ago
I think there's also a certain lack of transparency in the scientific process that needs to be fixed. But that's just like my opinion.
848.
by wrsh07 10y ago
Have you read RP1? If you haven't and that's your impression of Snow Crash: Don't.
849.
by wrsh07 10y ago
It's fun, but if you want dystopian capitalist world with a parallel vr universe, snow crash has more surprising ideas. (And better writing) Although it's a bit violent and has some... interesting mechanisms (as I was told: it get
850.
by wrsh07 10y ago
I've been reading one paperback and one audio book simultaneously. The paper back is slow: one every month or two. The audio book is for when I run, so it's based on mileage.
851.
by wrsh07 10y ago
You realize there are seriously negative side effects to lithium, right? Kidney disease, extremely bad for nursing babies, etc
852.
by wrsh07 10y ago
Here's a better link: http://hifibyapg.com
853.
by wrsh07 10y ago
You should check out hifi by apg: http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/home/?u=3489d30623dcf96e5a... I think you might like it, and he has been friendly if you write back. (In my experience)
854.
by wrsh07 10y ago
I'm sorry. The negative "as long as you're not" made me think it upset you. They have (cost of living) grants for women and minorities who would otherwise be unable to attend. It's free for everyone.
855.
by wrsh07 10y ago
I think that there are some benefits that make more sense for some groups than others. This goes towards the intersectionality of privilege. Of course we should help people in poverty of any race. But class isn't the only thing that ma
856.
by wrsh07 10y ago
Thanks for the amazing post. I didn't mean to strike a painful nerve with mine, I wanted to try to point out that the happy white family isn't the norm, and that's what these programs are about (there are disproportionately m
857.
by wrsh07 10y ago
They're playing probabilities. I know they're are plenty of whites below the poverty line, but I think required reading in this case is this: http://thefeministbreeder.com/explaining-white-privilege-bro... The li
858.
by wrsh07 10y ago
Try not to be too bitter about this. It feels sucky, but imagine being born to a family (more likely single parent) where you didn't have the opportunity to learn how to program because you had to work and take care of your siblings an
859.
by wrsh07 10y ago
I think there are similarly awesome events / opportunities! You could go to !!con (pronounced bangbangcon) also in NYC; or attend a hack && tell meet up in your area (or something similar or start one!?) It's not for every
860.
by wrsh07 10y ago
But it's very hard to design a feedback loop with a short enough cycle to properly reward the latter. It makes me think of the line about raising children, that it's better to say, "I recognize that you worked really hard on
861.
by wrsh07 10y ago
I'd prefer your title. It seems more honest, and there's no reason to say that's not the case. But I think pointing out that musicians can't distinguish between these instruments is essential to debunking this notion tha
862.
by wrsh07 10y ago
This is only tangentially related, but there's a legal case that was discussed on Radiolab (the Buried Bodies case: http://www.radiolab.org/story/the_buried_bodies_case/ ) which you might find interesting. Ess
863.
by wrsh07 10y ago
For clarity, the "women" : "men" are "investors" : "founders" in this context
864.
by wrsh07 10y ago
Sure, it's maybe a bit deflated. My point stands: the cost based on current empirical evidence is negligible. There certainly hasn't been a statistically significant increase in fatal crashes while on autopilot.
865.
by wrsh07 10y ago
Tesla doesn't need autopilot to gather data -- just having the sensors on the vehicles is enough. The current cost seems to be about 3/4 as many casualties as one would expect from the # of miles they've driven.
866.
by wrsh07 10y ago
I'm not sure what the claims are about autopilot, but I would currently only use it in situations similar to those I would use cruise control. It's going to get better, but it's crazy to assume it's currently much more t
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by wrsh07 10y ago
This was posted earlier, with a link to the OpenAI blogpost: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11950687
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by wrsh07 10y ago
Cars or bikes are great because vehicle + roads = a fairly robust network [if done well, no single points of failure]. That's not usually the case for public transit. [Agreed about real estate. Although dense cities are very eco-friend
869.
by wrsh07 10y ago
In the opening paragraph, they mention missions of safety and wide accessibility. Then they say: > We’re also working to solidify our organization's governance structure and will share our thoughts on that later this year. I interpr
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by wrsh07 10y ago
tmpanon: judging from your comments in this thread, you're weirdly in favor of this article. I don't doubt that Palantir has their skeletons, but having read a bit of Mitnick's stuff, this just seems like business as usual.

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