Viewing profile — discodonkey

The current wave of tech layoffs is much like those that preceded it (e.g. after the pandemic), except this time AI is used as a scapegoat.

This article, like Citrini research's scenario before it, misses much of the economics. AI is unlikely to be as revolutionary as is presumed. It's definitely going to lead to incre…

Ancedotally, as an Israeli, people's (or at least protesters') discontent with the Netanyahu government is essentially limited to his criminal charges, general populist antics, and…

I don't understand how you can portray these small-business owners as some helpless lambs, powerless against tourists. I can think of many ways to stop tourists from patronising an…

This is perfectly reasonable. People are living and staying healthy for longer than they used to, while the overall population is aging disproportionally due to low birth rates. If…

When AI writes nonsensical code, it's a problem, but not a huge one. But when ChatGPT hallucinates while giving you legal/medical advice, there are tangible, severe consequences. U…

I think the authors of this article probably sought to highlight the fact that AI is now being used in medical research, rather than credit it with all the work (see "helps unravel…

My point was that no data gleaned from this experiment would've been meaningful, regardless of the result, because it was not conducted very rigourously.and on a sufficiently large…

For a community that prides itself on critical thinking, I'm always surprised to see HN lap this sort of pseudoscientific witch-doctor stuff up. This poorly-controlled, N=1 experim…

It seems to be using the CPI. The basket of goods & services the CPI is referencing is determined by the extensive Consumer Expenditure Survey, and reflects to a fair degree the ac…

True. Income inequality increased. The person I responded to suggested that only the rich saw income growth, and that they were achieving this by taking from the poor, which is wro…

>economic growth hasn’t been occurring in real terms for most people for a long time This is just not true. At least in the U.S., people of all income tiers have seen their incomes…

According to Wiktionary, the standard of living is "the level of income, comforts and services available to an individual, community or society." Levels of income have risen. Comfo…

Living standards have absolutely been rising for just about everyone, and continue to do so - for example in terms of income growth[0]. People in all income tiers have seen their i…

What chiefly worries me about my country is its unstable political situation, which is something most Western countries grapple with. Specifically, the precarious position of liber…

I don't think there are many people who are "pro-government waste". That would be a strange position to hold. I do think that Elon Musk and DOGE are attempting to create a "with us…

A much more obvious reason for the decline in smoking is the popularization of vapes. If you look at U.S. adults, you'll see that the decline in tobacco smoking is almost entirely …