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There's no "getting elections right"; these models just estimate probability. They gave Trump a 29% change in 2016 -- that's almost 1 in 3! A better way to assess accuracy would be…

How can we jump to that conclusion? Maybe they were only willing to interfere in that process in extreme cases.

Many things are the truth, so it's really a question of framing. Another truth: humans have done reversible and irreversible damage to their natural environment; they can collectiv…

Why shouldn't infinite growth be possible?

You want to the documentary to end with David Attenborough saying that it is too late to revert the destruction of natural habitat?

Arguably, it devalues this list of books because it calls into question its credibility and its author's seriousness.

Kettle? Cattle?

> Why is that? It's a fair question. I think most of those students would answer that they are protesting the US government's complicity in this particular injustice -- which doesn…

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Surprising how little he's in the office - it probably only works since he’s already a CEO who does a lot of stuff, is beloved, etc

This is a great development -- it's surprisingly difficult to high quality scans of a lot of Escher's work.

Did Jimmy Kimmel celebrate the assassination? (He did not.)

counterpoint: I’m surprised “delulu” wasn’t already in OED and certainly would not consider it “cutting edge” slang in 2025 (quite the opposite). Just because one person hasn’t hea…

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2408423

Are most submissions here news stories?