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.
Even this is too charitable. A short timeline of January 2025 would be something like this: - Jan 16: The Supreme Court issues its opinion, upholding the legality of the TikTok ban. The Biden administration declines to…
CAIR is an American organization established to protect the rights of Muslims in America. The people who work at this organization are, presumably, Americans by and large. So why would an American civil rights group…
Attached end-to-end, they'd extend almost from the Earth to the Sun [1]. Placed in a grid, they'd cover an area larger than Wales [2]. Piled on top of each other, they'd reach a tenth the distance to the moon [3]. ---…
Unfortunately, addressing those issues would do little to address the underlying cause: We have many more ways to amuse ourselves compared to a generation ago, most of which require less "reach" for a dopamine hit…
So you think, in order to attract better talent, we should exclude roughly 95% of the world? If "there's an argument" to be made, then make the actual argument. Don't just lazily reference it and expect everyone else to…
Just to add some more motivation: in a typical physics undergraduate curriculum, you will spend roughly as much time doing homework as attending lectures. If you skip the exercises, you are quite literally skipping half…
A reference for those curious: - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/politics/trump-musk-do...
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.
Even this is too charitable. A short timeline of January 2025 would be something like this: - Jan 16: The Supreme Court issues its opinion, upholding the legality of the TikTok ban. The Biden administration declines to…
CAIR is an American organization established to protect the rights of Muslims in America. The people who work at this organization are, presumably, Americans by and large. So why would an American civil rights group…
Attached end-to-end, they'd extend almost from the Earth to the Sun [1]. Placed in a grid, they'd cover an area larger than Wales [2]. Piled on top of each other, they'd reach a tenth the distance to the moon [3]. ---…
Unfortunately, addressing those issues would do little to address the underlying cause: We have many more ways to amuse ourselves compared to a generation ago, most of which require less "reach" for a dopamine hit…
So you think, in order to attract better talent, we should exclude roughly 95% of the world? If "there's an argument" to be made, then make the actual argument. Don't just lazily reference it and expect everyone else to…
Just to add some more motivation: in a typical physics undergraduate curriculum, you will spend roughly as much time doing homework as attending lectures. If you skip the exercises, you are quite literally skipping half…
A reference for those curious: - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/politics/trump-musk-do...