thedevil

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by thedevil 5y ago
> not as much as if they also got vaccinated, so it seems like the original point still stands If previously-infected had as much resistance as vaccinated, they should not be more scared than the vaccinated. Even if they would have mor
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by thedevil 6y ago
The statements are logically consistent. You're incorrectly assuming he meant "only" in the first statement. Those two statements are part of the same thread and LeCun makes it more clear in that thread. And the article says,
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by thedevil 6y ago
It sounds like celebrating, not advocating. That's a very different thing.
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by thedevil 6y ago
It's not just mammals and I wouldn't frame it as them being disposable when propagating the species. There's a bigger payout at the right tail of the distribution for male genes. Male genes can sometimes have 1000 offspring.
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by thedevil 6y ago
One thought: If you see a resume with Coinbase until October 2020, that's probably someone who prefers political activism in the workplace. That might be seen in a positive or negative light, depending on your stance. I personally am
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by thedevil 7y ago
Out of curiosity, I looked for their policies on misinformation. I could see some potential risks here but it still seems reasonable to me: > Demonstrably inaccurate content > YMYL content that contradicts well-established expert cons
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by thedevil 8y ago
This is similar to what I've been thinking. I usually say "the brain is more like a board than a CEO". One additional interesting tidbit I've noticed is that when the brain decides on a belief, it seems to suppress alte
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by thedevil 8y ago
> Politics is not a truth-seeking exercise. It's no science, law or even journalism. It's an allegiance & authority forming exercise. You've articulated well something I've been trying to say for a while. I'v
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by thedevil 8y ago
Rather than separating claims into "covered" and "not covered", I recommend a third bucket "might be covered". I think this goes into that third bucket. Whether or not this particular claim should be paid doe
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by thedevil 8y ago
The part that I found most interesting was the idea that we're moving away from low-capital startups. Does that mean venture capital is going to have to get much bigger to fund these ventures? Does it suggest the ballooning of worldwi
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by thedevil 8y ago
> Typically the only parents that have any control over their child's "opportunities and levels of education..." are those in the uppermost classes. I'm not in "the uppermost classes". I'm probably at
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by thedevil 8y ago
I tend to rent despite owning real estate. I tend to move often and only buy real estate if I'm willing to hold it forever. So I buy what I think is a good long term investment and live where I want to live.
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by thedevil 8y ago
I wouldn't be too confident in that. Actuaries are not able to implement the models they'd like to. Regulators don't like complex models and they don't like models with disparate impact. Or models that make some risks (a
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by thedevil 8y ago
Anyone have a plausible hypothesis on what's driving the trend? The Economist is claiming "Today, nudists complain, it is more difficult to separate nakedness from sex." which seems plausible enough, but what would drive the
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by thedevil 8y ago
As mentioned in another reply, I don't think LGBT is big enough portion of the population to really drive a huge change, despite having high suicide rates. I'd be interested to see gender breakdown to see if modesty is an issue.
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by thedevil 8y ago
That sounds horrible, but I'm not sure that explains the numbers. A quick internet search suggests that LGBT youth have 3x the suicide attempt rate. https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/preventing-suicid...
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by thedevil 8y ago
So some possible hypotheses (in what I would consider most to least plausible): 1) Whatever causes the higher overall rates in Utah (altitude and/or other variables) that interacts in a non-linear way with whatever is causing the natio
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by thedevil 8y ago
From the same publication, teen suicide rates are rising across the US: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/suicide-rates-teen-girl...
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by thedevil 8y ago
Yeah, it uh turns out God was was suffering from bipolar disorder. The official diagnosis was originally mentioned in a chapter in revelations. But his PR consultants thought that he probably better pull those verses out before it got pub
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by thedevil 8y ago
> The failed replication of the marshmallow test Actually, the result DID replicate here even though the experiment was slightly different. Other variables were introduced that might suggest additional explanations of the replicated res
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by thedevil 8y ago
https://youtu.be/IpKqCu6RcdI So you can just directly watch the video.
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by thedevil 8y ago
So are your norms and morals offended enough to justify banning such a business model that requires opt-in? Is this the basis of our disagreement?
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by thedevil 8y ago
It's a little unclear to me how this answers the question. Can you connect the dots here? I don't think not giving you services if you don't opt in violates your "enjoyment of the right to respect for private life...&qu
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by thedevil 8y ago
Do you think Google requiring use of my personal info in exchange for free services should be banned for the same reason as duels? What is that reason exactly? I don't see what the two have in common.
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by thedevil 8y ago
I prefer some targeted ads. I'd like to be able to opt in or out. Why do you think that what I want from Google should not be allowed if it's a win for me, Google, and advertisers?
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by thedevil 8y ago
> Not all business models are legal. But why make this one illegal? We can make wedding planners illegal if we don't like them and then just say "not all business models are legal. But that doesn't explain why. Why stop p
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by thedevil 8y ago
For the proponents of GDPR, do you think that these are good ideas? edit: Why? What's the argument for them? > The GDPR prohibits such forced consent and any form of bundling a service with the requirement to consent > a penalty
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by thedevil 8y ago
Sorry, but I didn't actually make a career out of accounting (I only wanted the knowledge to understand investments and maybe as a backup career plan). I don't think I can give meaningful advice on this.
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by thedevil 8y ago
They're spending a LOT of cash but the big thing that stands out is most of the cash outlays is for PPE (property/plant/equipment). At the rate they're spending, they have about a year's runway and need to keep rai
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by thedevil 8y ago
Sorry, I'm not sure I can give good advice on this because I got a bachelor's degree which is probably way more than needed. There's probably a more efficient way.

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