> "Let’s break down what it takes to create just one course – say, an introductory course on core pre-algebra concepts: - 50+ core concepts to teach - 20+ problems per concept - → ~1,000+ individual problems per course…
Ah, I'd been thinking it must be a device somehow related to manufacturing bullets (but how? was the question) -- it hadn't occurred to me that it could mean the pointy tips of bullets themselves. And thank you for the…
Sounds like the bed of Procrustes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrustes#Mythology
What are "bullet points" as named in this article? It's difficult to find anything on Google not referring to the typographical symbol of the same name. Context: "Archaeologists also found a hammer, tweezers, pliers,…
Interesting that you raise the connection to schizotypal thinking. I recently learned there is a quite explicit connection between excessively instrumental, abstraction-obsessed thinking and schizophrenia. I recommend…
"Enshittified" is a valuable contribution to the lexicon.
I second the recommendation for Nongbri's "Before Religion". It definitely improved my understanding of what it is we even mean / have meant by "religion". For a more evolutionary understanding of religion, I'd…
What is bland is universal, what is universal is bland.
Isn't this true of all new strains of all contagious pathogens? They are constantly undergoing change. We estimate low probability that mutated viruses or bacteria descended from strains we are familiar with will have…
This all depends on how you're approaching the question. Why do you want to read the news? What do you hope to get out of it? You're absolutely right that the NYT has changed in recent years, but that change has been…
What type and size company do you work for? And how did you find it? That sounds like a pretty ideal scenario to me, but I'm not sure how to go about finding similar positions.
Thanks for the question -- it's important to grapple with even though it can be very uncomfortable and answering it is basically one can of worms after another. If you entertain it seriously, it really gets down to the…
Hear hear. If your conception of diversity doesn't include viewpoint diversity, you are operating within a prejudicial, small-minded, small-hearted, and regressive framework. If you belive the most salient details about…
https://weatherspark.com/ has great data, too. Excellent graphs for temperature, humidity, clear skies, etc.
Being able to read both Galileo's contention that the sun does not move and the church's condemnation of his theory. Being able to read both the corporate press's arguments in favor of invading Iraq and independent…
This had been my impression of PTP too, and I think in many circumstances it's true, but I recently listened to this episode from Jane Street's Signals and Threads podcast that gave some interesting explanation of why…
Ah ok, thanks for the prompt reply and I really admire the moderation work you do here!
Hi dang, my mistake on the diagnosis, then. I thought that because I saw an error message that said " Sorry, we're not able to serve your requests this quickly." and after that the edit button was no longer visible for…
I appear to have rate-limited from editing that comment after double clicking on mobile, but this is what I was going to add: Edit: As I note in the linked comment, this channel is openly supportive of the protests. As…
Here is a YouTube channel that has been doing extended livestreams from the ground with both protestors and counter-protestors: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzGiDDKdphJ0GFvEd82WfYQ/vid... As I wrote elsewhere in…
Negative coverage is much easier to come by than positive coverage if you mostly consume legacy/corporate media on this issue. If you're interested in a deeper understanding of people who support this movement than you…
Wow, there's some intriguing information about chimpanzee behavior in here that I had not encountered in the traditional lore about them: "Since the 1970s, researchers have known that chimpanzees — especially those in…
Thanks for the thoughtful reply. Will take a look
"In 1996, five economists, known as the Boskin Commission, were tasked with saving the government $1 trillion. They observed that if the CPI were lowered by 1.1 percent, then a $1 trillion could indeed be saved over the…
I see, I thought you were listing your understanding of the death toll that had already been reached in actuality and not the theoretical potential death toll without vaccine intervention. That makes more sense.
> "Let’s break down what it takes to create just one course – say, an introductory course on core pre-algebra concepts: - 50+ core concepts to teach - 20+ problems per concept - → ~1,000+ individual problems per course…
Ah, I'd been thinking it must be a device somehow related to manufacturing bullets (but how? was the question) -- it hadn't occurred to me that it could mean the pointy tips of bullets themselves. And thank you for the…
Sounds like the bed of Procrustes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrustes#Mythology
What are "bullet points" as named in this article? It's difficult to find anything on Google not referring to the typographical symbol of the same name. Context: "Archaeologists also found a hammer, tweezers, pliers,…
Interesting that you raise the connection to schizotypal thinking. I recently learned there is a quite explicit connection between excessively instrumental, abstraction-obsessed thinking and schizophrenia. I recommend…
"Enshittified" is a valuable contribution to the lexicon.
I second the recommendation for Nongbri's "Before Religion". It definitely improved my understanding of what it is we even mean / have meant by "religion". For a more evolutionary understanding of religion, I'd…
What is bland is universal, what is universal is bland.
Isn't this true of all new strains of all contagious pathogens? They are constantly undergoing change. We estimate low probability that mutated viruses or bacteria descended from strains we are familiar with will have…
This all depends on how you're approaching the question. Why do you want to read the news? What do you hope to get out of it? You're absolutely right that the NYT has changed in recent years, but that change has been…
What type and size company do you work for? And how did you find it? That sounds like a pretty ideal scenario to me, but I'm not sure how to go about finding similar positions.
Thanks for the question -- it's important to grapple with even though it can be very uncomfortable and answering it is basically one can of worms after another. If you entertain it seriously, it really gets down to the…
Hear hear. If your conception of diversity doesn't include viewpoint diversity, you are operating within a prejudicial, small-minded, small-hearted, and regressive framework. If you belive the most salient details about…
https://weatherspark.com/ has great data, too. Excellent graphs for temperature, humidity, clear skies, etc.
Being able to read both Galileo's contention that the sun does not move and the church's condemnation of his theory. Being able to read both the corporate press's arguments in favor of invading Iraq and independent…
This had been my impression of PTP too, and I think in many circumstances it's true, but I recently listened to this episode from Jane Street's Signals and Threads podcast that gave some interesting explanation of why…
Ah ok, thanks for the prompt reply and I really admire the moderation work you do here!
Hi dang, my mistake on the diagnosis, then. I thought that because I saw an error message that said " Sorry, we're not able to serve your requests this quickly." and after that the edit button was no longer visible for…
I appear to have rate-limited from editing that comment after double clicking on mobile, but this is what I was going to add: Edit: As I note in the linked comment, this channel is openly supportive of the protests. As…
Here is a YouTube channel that has been doing extended livestreams from the ground with both protestors and counter-protestors: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzGiDDKdphJ0GFvEd82WfYQ/vid... As I wrote elsewhere in…
Negative coverage is much easier to come by than positive coverage if you mostly consume legacy/corporate media on this issue. If you're interested in a deeper understanding of people who support this movement than you…
Wow, there's some intriguing information about chimpanzee behavior in here that I had not encountered in the traditional lore about them: "Since the 1970s, researchers have known that chimpanzees — especially those in…
Thanks for the thoughtful reply. Will take a look
"In 1996, five economists, known as the Boskin Commission, were tasked with saving the government $1 trillion. They observed that if the CPI were lowered by 1.1 percent, then a $1 trillion could indeed be saved over the…
I see, I thought you were listing your understanding of the death toll that had already been reached in actuality and not the theoretical potential death toll without vaccine intervention. That makes more sense.