Yes. I also closely followed this case, and the word "quash" was frequently used to describe her actions. I'd go so far as to say you probably subconsciously picked up on the verbage. The mind is a funny thing.
This feels like a non sequitur? The point is that people either aren't able or willing to read books anymore; that's what the author of that Atlantic piece means by post-literate. By your own admission, PISA isn't…
Yeah, this is like a textbook bad draw for Anthropic. Unless you're a lawyer for Anthropic, I wouldn't give this ruling much weight at all.
Eh, agree to disagree. Any of the alternative formulations wouldn't have changed your comment substantially.
Language is different; the tone changes when you change any word or even just punctuation. Language doesn't work that way -- moving the placement of even a comma will affect its tone. But not language: You can't even…
I don't think someone needs to be a (former) string theorist to have an informed opinion on string theory, but I do think they should at least have a physics research background. Like, if someone can't explain what…
Precision results are usually blinded, so it's not as if scientists can just rejigger the calculation if it's giving an implausible result; once the result has been unblinded, the calculation is finished. The physicists…
There is already a term for this, and ironically enough, it's often thrown around in discussions of machine learning; it's called emergence. As scales change, new properties appear, which is why we can describe a…
Just to elaborate a bit: companies register in Delaware so that legal disputes will be resolved by the Delaware Court of Chancery [1]. Although there are more business-friendly states, the Court of Chancery draws from a…
I'm surprised this article is gaining traction on HN when it's propping up such obvious conspiratorial drivel. For a counterpoint I would recommend this article [1], but I'll summarize the main points here: - The…
I think a better formulation is the so-called "platinum rule", i.e. to treat people as they want to treated (with the important qualification that you ∈ people). But even then it's not without issue (what if someone's…
Fair enough, I should have mentioned that the points-based system is for an accelerated application. The fact was on my mind as I was writing but I see that I forgot to mention it. My bad. But I will point out that ten…
It's not as if Japan (or any other country, for that matter) doesn't already have immigration restrictions. Japan uses a points-based merit system for permanent residence [1], not unlike the criteria you suggested. Just…
Per capita vs absolute numbers are not especially relevant in this case. The figures differ by orders of magnitude.
Over the last 100 years, almost certainly not. For the most recent decade? Yes, of course I would expect these statistics to be fairly accurate. Between 2021 and 2025 (inclusive), Wikipedia lists 68 dead in Germany…
It's your source, not mine; if you have a better one, post it. I won't do your own research for you.
What a disingenuous comparison. The wiki article you've linked ("List of killings by law enforcement officers in Germany") sums to 552 people over the last 100 years. In contrast, the corresponding wiki article on the…
Entering illegally != Overstaying a visa. That may sound like a distinction without a difference to you, but legally they provide very different avenues for acquiring a residency permit.
> People underestimate how effective direct personal accountability is when it comes with harsh consequences like jail time. That's how you fix all issues in society and enforce law abiding behavior. You make the cost…
Essentially all of your concerns concerns can be mitigated by building somewhere else. Worried about natural disasters? Build some place less prone to natural disasters. Worried about the strain on local communities?…
> A friend of mine has a terrible Instagram addiction, yet has developed for himself a certain degree of cinephilia lately -- we've watched long movies together in theaters and not once has he been on his phone during…
It's satire. It's supposed to be absurd. Why else do students still read A Modest Proposal nearly three hundred years after its publication? Regardless, LLMs are already being abused to mass produce spam, and some of…
No, the cause is structural. Even if one could identify the sources of rot (money in politics, an outdated electoral college, the collapse of our information environment, whatever), Congress would deadlock, the Courts…
> Whatever power you put into the hands of the government is guaranteed to fall into your enemy's hands some day. Only if there's a functioning system of checks and balances. Unfortunately, there is not. This Court is…
Clearly the "on-topic" and "off-topic" sets have a non-empty intersection, so the guidelines are inherently ambiguous.
Yes. I also closely followed this case, and the word "quash" was frequently used to describe her actions. I'd go so far as to say you probably subconsciously picked up on the verbage. The mind is a funny thing.
This feels like a non sequitur? The point is that people either aren't able or willing to read books anymore; that's what the author of that Atlantic piece means by post-literate. By your own admission, PISA isn't…
Yeah, this is like a textbook bad draw for Anthropic. Unless you're a lawyer for Anthropic, I wouldn't give this ruling much weight at all.
Eh, agree to disagree. Any of the alternative formulations wouldn't have changed your comment substantially.
Language is different; the tone changes when you change any word or even just punctuation. Language doesn't work that way -- moving the placement of even a comma will affect its tone. But not language: You can't even…
I don't think someone needs to be a (former) string theorist to have an informed opinion on string theory, but I do think they should at least have a physics research background. Like, if someone can't explain what…
Precision results are usually blinded, so it's not as if scientists can just rejigger the calculation if it's giving an implausible result; once the result has been unblinded, the calculation is finished. The physicists…
There is already a term for this, and ironically enough, it's often thrown around in discussions of machine learning; it's called emergence. As scales change, new properties appear, which is why we can describe a…
Just to elaborate a bit: companies register in Delaware so that legal disputes will be resolved by the Delaware Court of Chancery [1]. Although there are more business-friendly states, the Court of Chancery draws from a…
I'm surprised this article is gaining traction on HN when it's propping up such obvious conspiratorial drivel. For a counterpoint I would recommend this article [1], but I'll summarize the main points here: - The…
I think a better formulation is the so-called "platinum rule", i.e. to treat people as they want to treated (with the important qualification that you ∈ people). But even then it's not without issue (what if someone's…
Fair enough, I should have mentioned that the points-based system is for an accelerated application. The fact was on my mind as I was writing but I see that I forgot to mention it. My bad. But I will point out that ten…
It's not as if Japan (or any other country, for that matter) doesn't already have immigration restrictions. Japan uses a points-based merit system for permanent residence [1], not unlike the criteria you suggested. Just…
Per capita vs absolute numbers are not especially relevant in this case. The figures differ by orders of magnitude.
Over the last 100 years, almost certainly not. For the most recent decade? Yes, of course I would expect these statistics to be fairly accurate. Between 2021 and 2025 (inclusive), Wikipedia lists 68 dead in Germany…
It's your source, not mine; if you have a better one, post it. I won't do your own research for you.
What a disingenuous comparison. The wiki article you've linked ("List of killings by law enforcement officers in Germany") sums to 552 people over the last 100 years. In contrast, the corresponding wiki article on the…
Entering illegally != Overstaying a visa. That may sound like a distinction without a difference to you, but legally they provide very different avenues for acquiring a residency permit.
> People underestimate how effective direct personal accountability is when it comes with harsh consequences like jail time. That's how you fix all issues in society and enforce law abiding behavior. You make the cost…
Essentially all of your concerns concerns can be mitigated by building somewhere else. Worried about natural disasters? Build some place less prone to natural disasters. Worried about the strain on local communities?…
> A friend of mine has a terrible Instagram addiction, yet has developed for himself a certain degree of cinephilia lately -- we've watched long movies together in theaters and not once has he been on his phone during…
It's satire. It's supposed to be absurd. Why else do students still read A Modest Proposal nearly three hundred years after its publication? Regardless, LLMs are already being abused to mass produce spam, and some of…
No, the cause is structural. Even if one could identify the sources of rot (money in politics, an outdated electoral college, the collapse of our information environment, whatever), Congress would deadlock, the Courts…
> Whatever power you put into the hands of the government is guaranteed to fall into your enemy's hands some day. Only if there's a functioning system of checks and balances. Unfortunately, there is not. This Court is…
Clearly the "on-topic" and "off-topic" sets have a non-empty intersection, so the guidelines are inherently ambiguous.