leto_ii

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by leto_ii 7d ago
> Lower staffing levels per unit of care performed makes medical care cheaper for patients. Based on how neoliberal capitalism tends to work it will simply lead to more profits for hospitals etc.
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by leto_ii 7d ago
Wdym? self-checkout definitely lead to fewer supermarket workers being employed.
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by leto_ii 3mo ago
> Since we started it in 2005 we've funded about 6500 companies. > Starting a successful startup is the most common way to become a billionaire, so in effect I've spent the last 21 years training people to become billionaire
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A Theory of Cognitive Inequality(davidbessis.substack.com)
2 points by leto_ii 8mo ago|0 comments
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by leto_ii 1y ago
For me at least ChatGPT was down as well. Does anybody have an idea what they're using from Google?
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by leto_ii 1y ago
> the ending went completely downhill for me The series was cancelled after 2 seasons, so many plot lines were left unresolved.
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by leto_ii 1y ago
Is this sarcasm? Otherwise I'm not sure how that follows. Seems more reasonable to believe that they're hitting walls and switching to PR and productizing.
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by leto_ii 1y ago
I find the outlined scenario well argued and plausible. What's more interesting to me though is the complete lack of mention of labor unions as a potential defense mechanism for engineers (either in the OP or in the conversation here,
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Star Gauge (Poem)(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by leto_ii 2y ago|0 comments
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by leto_ii 2y ago
https://archive.ph/VtIMd
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BYD quarterly sales beat Tesla for first time(ft.com)
98 points by leto_ii 2y ago|122 comments
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by leto_ii 2y ago
> sometimes you need the excellent dry theory and sometimes you need the more concrete but messy application, and in truth you will always vacillate between the two - this is the former Fully agree. Axler says it quite clearly that the b
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by leto_ii 2y ago
I'm actually right now working through this book (3rd edition). It's pretty much the most abstract and most clear and simple maths books I've worked through so far (I'm not a mathematician). Personally I find it suits my
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by leto_ii 2y ago
Assuming that that's true (which wouldn't make any sense to me, but let's say), why would Snowden defend Durov?
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by leto_ii 2y ago
> Would Snowden have said the same thing if Durov didn't escape from Russia before he was arrested? Why not? What's the thinking here? > Probably not, Snowden is part of the Russian Spy and Disinformation campaign. He is bas
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by leto_ii 2y ago
https://archive.ph/JgNQg
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The U.S. wanted to knock down Huawei. It's only getting stronger(wsj.com)
77 points by leto_ii 2y ago|73 comments
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by leto_ii 2y ago
This is not a matter of class balance that much. If you want to predict which of two parties somebody will vote with, the most natural framing is that of binary classification. For that you need to threshold your predictions. Ideally you&#x
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by leto_ii 2y ago
As other commenters have pointed out in one way or another, the problem seems to actually be that this simplistic model of voter choice can't capture all the structure of the real world that humans can quickly infer from the setup. Thi
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by leto_ii 2y ago
The idea would be that language first evolved as a mechanism for thought and only later became used for communication. Spoken language would still be connected to the underlying mechanism though.
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by leto_ii 2y ago
> The idea of thinking independtly like that though seems unbearably slow to me So, as a person who definitely has an inner monologue, I absolutely agree. It's not like I'm literally sounding out words in my mind all the time.
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by leto_ii 2y ago
> I've never really had a strong internal monologue when thinking I'm curious, what is it like when you read something? Is it just not meditated by a monologue at all?
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by leto_ii 2y ago
> There are many flavors of this kind of accounting. Another version of free attribution would allow the company to take that entire 30-pound batch of “33% recycled” pouches and split them even further: > A third of them, 10 pounds, c
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by leto_ii 2y ago
Many interviews with him directly you can check out. Article is consistent with those interviews.
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by leto_ii 2y ago
He has discussed this in recent interviews and talks e.g. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/opinion/noam-chomsky-chat... > his critique of BF Skinner’s “Verbal Behavior” had been wrong after all btw,
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by leto_ii 2y ago
https://archive.ph/4fB3T
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by leto_ii 2y ago
> would generate way too much workload to follow up and thereby cost time and money for better leads Having lived a decade in NL, my impression was that keeping costs down is the top priority. Unless you have a serious chronic condition
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by leto_ii 2y ago
In Bucharest we have an entire subway station tiled with marble containing countless very visible fossils [1], specifically of rudists [2]. Here are a few nice photos: https://www.descopera.ro/wp-content/uploads/me
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American Drones Failed to Turn the Tide in Ukraine(wsj.com)
4 points by leto_ii 2y ago|7 comments
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by leto_ii 2y ago
I started appreciating the design and build quality of commie blocks only after living in "the West" for a while. The prevalence of poor quality, cramped (and very expensive) housing in many of Europe's wealthiest cities is

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