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Is it common for editors to add to a writer's text? My naive assumption was that they often cut and re-structure and maybe suggest re-wording, but I'm surprised to see an editor ac…

Good point yeah, I think the switch from indefinite to definite article also makes it feel less dissociated/bleak too somehow

People are rightfully pointing out how ridiculous some of the overt substantive changes in that end poem are, but I was pretty amazed by how even the quite minor changes totally al…

In a way that proves the point as well though - not only are there inconsistent rules there are also seemingly under-determined rules where you can use one of many options (but onl…

Especially if enough Amazon internal tools rely on it - would be funny if there were a repeat of the FB debacle where Amazon employees somehow couldn't communicate/get back into th…

Is there a correlation between wealth and loneliness? I could definitely imagine it being effect for the poorest in society but I wouldn't be surprised if, once you've reached a th…

Unless I'm mistaken (very possible), the existing cubic Newton method they discuss already has this convergence guarantee, but introduces a lot of extra expensive work at each step…

>Scientific progress is amazing today, far faster today than at any point in history What're you basing this on/how're you defining the growth rate here? Not rhetorical, would be i…

Dolphins are notoriously imprudent mortgage lenders though

If my plants ever stop photosynethizing you best believe they're getting a beating

How much of that is revenue from actual crypto-related business vs. just appreciation of crypto the company owns? Feels like the impressiveness of this trend really depends on that…

You can be honest and accurate without being needlessly nasty/mocking as the quote seems to be Your sentiment is a really common and insidious one that way too many people use to f…

The analogy to companies doesn't work because there isn't a legal mechanism by which you can make your short predictions come true. It's illegal to manipulate markets and most ways…

Probably a heretical thing to say here but I feel like PG has increasingly fallen into the trap where because he's been smart and insightful in some areas he's gradually convinced …

I think this is right - my experience as JS and similar places is that really understanding your data-generating process and the nitty-gritty assumptions of your data/simple model …

You're right overall that most of these places are a lot less flashy on the inside (have worked at a couple). Linear models everywhere as you said However I think you're underestim…