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I’m still so confused. You’re talking about the article I posted a link to? Did you think I hadn’t read it? Edit: I guess I’ll try to respond in good faith, even though I don’t tot…

This is a peculiarly conspiratorial response to my comment, and I don’t think I’m equipped to respond to it. Did you mean to direct this to me?

I upvoted this due to mass flagging of articles on this topic, but I don’t believe this article is high-quality. I would prefer this one were removed and replaced with Schneier’s a…

I don’t understand you. What do you mean by this?

This is amusing. So… if one plans to publish their baroque opinions on English grammar… one should really know that conversational “y’all” is prescriptively a high status marker in…

It’s not super clear there, but those are examples of a pre- Gettier type of argument that originally motivated strengthening, and externalizing, the J in JTB knowledge— just like …

> If you ever change machine or do pair programming or whatever where you are not using your highly-tweaked config, and you are essentially a frustrated jibbering wreck and barely …

As an also low ACE person with high ACE loved ones, I super encourage this! With the serious caveat that ACE score isn’t a great predictor for individuals: if your siblings have AC…

ACE 1, so I’m qualified to respond :) An important thing for you and I to keep in mind is that we aren’t just talking about psychology. ACEs cause (or exacerbate) depression, anxie…

Ouch! Fair cop since we’re nitpicking, but I was trying to be cute about that — the joke started out more like “you’re technically crossing the line to scab as a strikebreaker”. I’…

It’s not a shift in usage, it’s a term of art. Informally it could mean just crossing the line to enter the business, but unless you live in a turn-of-the-century company town, no …

> This is known as a minor fall, I assume Since turnabout is fair play, it’s worth noting this is mostly false; if you google “minor fall music theory” you’ll only find references …

Gently: The snark you’re getting is undeserved, but you are doing the “but why male models?” thing. You gotta make a left turn here :) Let’s reset: Hey, did Sandia use a thermonucl…

Surprisingly, yes! 90hz would be considered the minimum here. As a general statement, no, vision isn’t as time-sensitive as hearing, so the timing requirements aren’t as precise. B…

Your understanding is correct, more or less[0], but there are two parts to strategy: an inexpert counter is likely to be distracted, and to make errors from perfect play. They’re a…

Ah, I believe I understand now. No, I’m afraid this risk is not insurable. Any insurer would have to guarantee some share of the 1.05x EV per toss, call that share itself X. The in…

Hmm, I’m still not following exactly what you’re pointing out. What’s the model you mentioned about variance in dice rolls? I assumed we were talking about the coin flip model wher…

Indifferent to risk, or seeking of risk, or having any other computable utility function on any other measurable that we’d have to accept as equally valid if we want to convince an…

> It should make sense by now that if you lose, and play again, you can expect to lose again, despite still having a positive EV on the toss. Too late to edit but I feel like I sho…

Can you say more about that? I can see the loose analogy to socializing risk, but I’d usually think of the concept of insurance along the lines of “many small winners pay for a few…

So, first, you're right to be skeptical. The basic claim is this: "Expected value (a mathematical object belonging to the very rigorous field of probability theory) is often used b…

> They respond to them more quickly, they're willing to explain misconceptions, and so on. They just don't think it's because of communication style. Dropping a follow-up comment f…

> I will genuinely reflect on this And I genuinely appreciate that. Your care does shine through in those words. To me, you don’t need to say more… I don’t desire to be agreed with…

> I perceive them as setting the expectation that I will reciprocate similarly. You know, this might be challenging to hear... I think there is such an expectation. And along the l…