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Friends say they typically use Dynamo and that using a relational database requires approval from a vp (because of scaling concerns).

The replication crisis isn't merely in psychology, old studies, or studies that didn't carefully record their methodology. Eg the review I linked mentions a study from 2006 that di…

Note that I didn't just read the word "priming" in the book and seize upon it generically. As noted in Ritchie's review, Sapolsky references specific studies which larger trials ha…

True, but Behave was published in 2017! That's ~7 years after people noticed these theories fail to replicate. So it's not that some parts of the book don't stand the test of time,…

I read Science Fictions and don't recall politics coming up much. Ironically, his most political point was his defense of the Mertonian norm of universalism from both leftist and r…

After enjoying Sapolsky's lectures on YouTube (including this one) I began reading his book Behave. I was surprised to see that it refers to theories that fail to replicate (eg pri…

Automatic market making for prediction markets, eg Auger.

What is the recourse here? Would it be reasonable to contact the person that approved the patent with information showing that plenty flashcard systems precede this patent? I imagi…

> It’s why you see a lot of COOs and CEOs with some legal background or at least familiarity. An alternative hypothesis based on people I know - traditionally, smart/middle-to-high…

Incremental Reading[1] is a related tactic that coverts reading material into facts preserved via space repetition software. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incremental_reading

Makes sense, thanks!

Is 1 really all that different from driving in a car with the AC on? If I understand correctly, car filters typically only filter very large particles that would damage the engine.…

Note that if your gambling laws are too restrictive/expansive you lose the social benefit of prediction markets, which enable society to have a well calibrated understanding of the…

It's interesting that you assume it's a myth. I can personally attest to answering spam calls, politely asking to be added to the do not call list, and still receiving calls from t…

How do you take naps? It takes me an hour or two to fall asleep. I don't drink coffee.

I had success with earplugs combined with whitenoise. For white noise, you can used an air purifier, a fan, or a noise machine like https://www.marpac.com/

Similarly, I ate at an Indian restaurant in Beijing and didn't notice any difference from Chinese food.

Gwern discusses this in his essay at https://www.gwern.net/The%20Melancholy%20of%20Subculture%20S... He makes an interesting point that by withdrawing from larger society into sub …

Those interested in this may also be interested in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incremental_reading which gradually converts reading material into flashcards that are memorized us…

I faced the same decision you did, had the same concern, and chose New College. I was fortunate in that CS at NCF has blossomed recently. A couple more professors were hired recent…

Bazqux is also great because it can fetch content from social media - Twitter, Google Plus, some Facebook, etc. Unfortunately, you can't just get your account's entire feed from it…