nicolashahn

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by nicolashahn 11mo ago
Because they're better than humans at driving in all other ways too? Why would cats be some outlier?
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by nicolashahn 11mo ago
It's not a leap to say that a driver that's safer to humans is also safer to cats. Human drivers try to avoid hitting humans and cats. Waymos make less driving mistakes in general. They're also never inebriated, tired, or ine
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by nicolashahn 11mo ago
Sad but at the end of the day Waymos are significantly less dangerous drivers than humans. If all cars on the street were Waymos, cats (and everyone else) would be much safer. https://waymo.com/blog/2025/05/wa
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by nicolashahn 1y ago
Income is inversely correlated with fertility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_and_fertility
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by nicolashahn 1y ago
I found this article from 2017: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2017/11/29/europes-grow... The most recent birth rate stats I can find is 2005-2010 where Muslims have a birth rate of 3.0 while the r
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by nicolashahn 1y ago
The difference is that this is a change in the demographics of a population, not the overall growth, which is limited by resources available. The growth of Islam isn't constrained by anything other than the cultural practices that lead
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by nicolashahn 1y ago
You're not comparing the same stats. The original stat was growth rate compared to the rest of the country . Islam's overall growth rate has been fairly steady for decades, although admittedly it has slowed, but at a rate that co
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by nicolashahn 1y ago
I said "on the way to". > Between 2001 and 2009, the Muslim population increased almost 10 times faster than the non-Muslim population. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_Kingdom?wp... Grant
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by nicolashahn 1y ago
Raising the birth rate is extremely difficult and immigration will destroy a country's culture if not managed properly. For an interesting case study, compare Japan (who refuses to allow mass immigration and is at risk of going extinct
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by nicolashahn 1y ago
So close! Pensions are actually property taken from the younger generation and given to retirees.
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by nicolashahn 1y ago
I feel like there really hasn't been sincere data-backed methods with proper resources behind them, for example governments giving out minor cash benefits to parents of a few thousand dollars when that's a drop in the bucket compa
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by nicolashahn 2y ago
Side effect of "move fast and break things", which is why the slogan has been changed to "move fast with stable infrastructure" (not kidding)
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by nicolashahn 2y ago
I've been using it and I really like it. The cars are always clean and comfortable, you can choose the music, and you don't need to talk to anyone. A couple bucks more than Lyft/Uber though, and there was one time it got stuc
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by nicolashahn 2y ago
I'm at Meta, I like using it for the most part. The chat could be improved upon but overall I really like having Facebook-like Groups and I don't think any other platform has something like that.
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by nicolashahn 2y ago
They will also offer equity which will be much more than that.
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by nicolashahn 3y ago
PHEVs are the answer
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by nicolashahn 3y ago
How does this change the meaning and answer?
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by nicolashahn 3y ago
There's no official policy or guidance that has changed on the expectations for the behavioral/sys design interviews I know of, which is fairly transparent. I saw your stat for 55% self reported down-levels, do you have a stat fro
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by nicolashahn 3y ago
I'm a SWE at Meta and do technical interviews. I'd say you're right on most things except down-leveling. There are some very specific things interviewers are looking for in the behavioral and system design interviews and I be
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by nicolashahn 3y ago
Who would be the one to actually provide competition? AMD, Intel, someone else?
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by nicolashahn 3y ago
First, this is a cool project and I'm glad they're doing it, for the people who want this thing. However, I see it as combining the main downsides of film and digital. The reason most people shoot film these days is the look that
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by nicolashahn 3y ago
I also disagree with the quote, because it doesn't take into account that the average testosterone levels are falling about 1% a year: https://www.medichecks.com/blogs/testosterone/why-do-gen-z-a... There&#x2
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by nicolashahn 3y ago
The people that attempt and fail their interviews settle for FAANG and are probably pretty happy. Most software engineers I've met don't even know about Jane Street. Also, definitely not "in basically every way," but ver
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by nicolashahn 3y ago
It's crazy to see Californian's reaction to this when in certain parts of the country you'll see half a dozen guns on hips if you walk into a Denny's.
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by nicolashahn 3y ago
Seems like you could easily do a little bash/python script to chop up the recording and batch process each, then stitch the results together?
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by nicolashahn 3y ago
In the US, it's not the police's job. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia
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by nicolashahn 3y ago
Enforcing the law is their duty, protecting you is not. You're ultimately responsible for your own protection.
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by nicolashahn 3y ago
Entirely rebuilding the PD just isn't realistic, and I don't see evidence that it'd even help. Regardless of what happens with the police, again, law abiding citizens should have the option to defend themselves, especially si
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by nicolashahn 3y ago
They should! But they don't, because they have no obligation to protect you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia
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by nicolashahn 3y ago
Other cities aren't paying drug addicts to shoot up on the streets, and actually take action against drug dealers, which SF refuses to do.

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