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Precision results are usually blinded, so it's not as if scientists can just rejigger the calculation if it's giving an implausible result; once the result has been unblinded, the …

There is already a term for this, and ironically enough, it's often thrown around in discussions of machine learning; it's called emergence . As scales change, new properties appea…

Just to elaborate a bit: companies register in Delaware so that legal disputes will be resolved by the Delaware Court of Chancery [1]. Although there are more business-friendly sta…

I'm surprised this article is gaining traction on HN when it's propping up such obvious conspiratorial drivel. For a counterpoint I would recommend this article [1], but I'll summa…

I think a better formulation is the so-called "platinum rule", i.e. to treat people as they want to treated (with the important qualification that you ∈ people). But even then it's…

Fair enough, I should have mentioned that the points-based system is for an accelerated application. The fact was on my mind as I was writing but I see that I forgot to mention it.…

It's not as if Japan (or any other country, for that matter) doesn't already have immigration restrictions. Japan uses a points-based merit system for permanent residence [1], not …

Per capita vs absolute numbers are not especially relevant in this case. The figures differ by orders of magnitude.

Over the last 100 years, almost certainly not. For the most recent decade? Yes, of course I would expect these statistics to be fairly accurate. Between 2021 and 2025 (inclusive), …

It's your source, not mine; if you have a better one, post it. I won't do your own research for you.

What a disingenuous comparison. The wiki article you've linked ("List of killings by law enforcement officers in Germany") sums to 552 people over the last 100 years. In contrast, …

Entering illegally != Overstaying a visa. That may sound like a distinction without a difference to you, but legally they provide very different avenues for acquiring a residency p…

> People underestimate how effective direct personal accountability is when it comes with harsh consequences like jail time. That's how you fix all issues in society and enforce la…

Essentially all of your concerns concerns can be mitigated by building somewhere else. Worried about natural disasters? Build some place less prone to natural disasters. Worried ab…

> A friend of mine has a terrible Instagram addiction, yet has developed for himself a certain degree of cinephilia lately -- we've watched long movies together in theaters and not…

It's satire. It's supposed to be absurd. Why else do students still read A Modest Proposal nearly three hundred years after its publication? Regardless, LLMs are already being abus…

No, the cause is structural. Even if one could identify the sources of rot (money in politics, an outdated electoral college, the collapse of our information environment, whatever)…

> Whatever power you put into the hands of the government is guaranteed to fall into your enemy's hands some day. Only if there's a functioning system of checks and balances. Unfor…

Clearly the "on-topic" and "off-topic" sets have a non-empty intersection, so the guidelines are inherently ambiguous.

Even this is too charitable. A short timeline of January 2025 would be something like this: - Jan 16: The Supreme Court issues its opinion, upholding the legality of the TikTok ban…

CAIR is an American organization established to protect the rights of Muslims in America. The people who work at this organization are, presumably, Americans by and large. So why w…

Attached end-to-end, they'd extend almost from the Earth to the Sun [1]. Placed in a grid, they'd cover an area larger than Wales [2]. Piled on top of each other, they'd reach a te…

Unfortunately, addressing those issues would do little to address the underlying cause: We have many more ways to amuse ourselves compared to a generation ago, most of which requir…