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Saquon's no-look hurdle alone produced more practical value than 95% of ZIRP-era startups

Hooke and Newton did spend a considerable amount of time outside and socializing with others lol

Sure, I'm not disputing each social media company has the ability to alter public discourse. My whole point is that there are literally billions of entities (everyone on Earth with…

Yes at scale. There are individuals who run social media accounts that reach hundreds of millions of people every month. You can amass more reach and influence than many of the big…

"alter the mindset of the population" is such a vague boogeyman. Literally anyone with an internet connection has the capability to "alter the mindset of the population".

Lol just because everything has risks and rewards doesn't mean that the risk/reward profile is the same for everything, and doesn't change the fact that most crypto trading is clos…

What "managed decline"? The U.S. is arguably as strong as its ever been, and China's economy has been crashing recently. The implications in this thread that US citizens are soon g…

Autotune and pitch correction are not the same thing. The majority of recent pop songs don't have a noticeable electronic vocal control in the way that the parent comment is descri…

> Because people want one thing. > The one officially-blessed Taylor Swift album. The one version of Beethoven's Fifth. Millions of people have bought vinyls/CDs/MP3 replicas of th…

Literally every world-famous work has replicas and recreations, what's your point? Those copies are also part of the work's cultural influence, and in many cases (if the replicas a…

> Copies of those works are ubiquitous, but there is a singular, definitive work. When referring to recorded music, this isn't a distinction that has ever actually mattered in the …

> I'd take a step back, and ask what makes art (music, visual, etc) valuable. > To that, I'd respond "scarcity." What is your definition of valuable here? If you're referring to va…

I don't think this is accurate -- overt autotune in pop music peaked in the 00's, and has really not been as influential in the pop trends of the last decade or two. Many of the mo…

> look at the answer I gave you You literally didn't give me one, what on earth are you talking about. > You seem to make up an image in your mind that I'm disregarding the child's…

I think my point is pretty clear: you listed a whole hierarchy of people who you think should have control over your child's behavior (with you at position #1), and haven't given a…

Yes they can, people can (and should) have some influence over their own life.

I don't think that the incentive to "provide as little value as possible for as much money as possible" is in any way unique to the SAAS pricing model. Theoretically, every optimiz…

Where does the child fall on this hierarchy... do they get any input in what technology they derive value/enjoyment from, or is that entirely dictated by adults in their community …

I think a more compelling argument against technical analysis can be found by considering the outcome of a semi-efficient market, and how unlikely it is that simple, purely momentu…

Was it a good school in a wealthy area? If not, what makes you confident that your peers were falling behind due to some sort of innate inability, instead of as a result of compoun…

> Do you think I really am in the ~50% of the population in terms of mathematical ability? I don't know nearly enough about your personal background to make any sort of judgement o…

What evidence do you have that the biological limitations for mathematical ability meets people early in the spectrum? I can think of several anecdotal counter-examples... students…

There's a big difference between edge cases like Usain Bolt and Von Neumann, and the barriers that most people actually run into. The vast majority of people are not biologically i…

Did you actually read the tweet that you replied to? > "I'm certain I scroll at least 100 tweets/minute." Many Twitter users, including literally the person you are in conversation…