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Fair point, though I think “did I accurately summarize a conversation” is much harder to check/get away with vs “did I piss off the person on the other end”

I’m inclined to believe that call center employees don’t have a lot of incentive to do a good job/care, so a lossy AI could quite plausibly be higher quality than a human

Pretty sure this is out of date now

The claim here is that the tech innovation is occurring in the US. It adds value globally, but most of the profits from that value are being realized in the US b/c the innovation i…

I work with a bunch of functional programmers. We went through most of “category theory for programmers.” We had support from a math PhD. Broad consensus was it was a waste of time…

Yeah the subject of my sentence was unclear. I was responding to the comment about IO in particular.

(Tries to fight the urge to explain, fails) it’s a construct to sequence async interactions, one after the other, without blocking. It’s very similar to c# or python’s await

The simple answer here is that the boards actions stood to incinerate millions of dollars of wealth for most of these employees, and they were up in arms. They’re all acting out th…

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Kudos to Krystal for trying this out. As I've been working on a globally distributed team lately, I've been reflecting that while I only get 4-6 good hours of programming in a day,…

I shared this understanding. I'd be curious to hear where GP's understanding differs.

yeah, definitely. "Drugs are bad, actually" is decidedly an over simplification. For the record my drugs of choice are SSRIs, caffeine, and mushrooms. Full agree with everything yo…

I used to share a similar position until I realized: drugs are bad, actually, and there should be substantial friction in making them available to people. Disincentivizing drug con…

well, that's pretty damning. I got irritated and stopped reading, shame on me.

That makes sense - I certainly see how “I’m doing this for your own good” opens up a bit of moral hazard.

> Fashioning himself as a cultural preservationist rather than an opportunistic pilferer, Latchford knowingly purchased looted statues and stones from ancient sites of worship Hone…

It’s remarkable how much sympathetic pain the phrase “stepping on a Lego at night” causes

Therapists aren't supposed to use you for steady income. From a good therapist's perspective, if their clients continue to need therapy, they're failing.

I believe you! I just don't understand what you meant, then.

"right" and "wrong" are normative statements: quite literally they're statements about how things should be. IMO it's a reasonable read of your comment

That’s a perspective I haven’t heard; I’ve generally heard the opposite. Would love to hear more about that - any reading recommendations?

> their decisions have huge penalty for incorrectly saying "yes" but zero penalty for incorrectly saying "no". The FDA acting out this incentive scheme _is_ the problem. The issue …

Not in the face of such overwhelming evidence; it’s literally their job to make sure things are effective. It turns out medical studies are weaker evidence than anyone would like, …

No. There was a drug released that targeted that pathway, but the approval in and of itself was a scandal - I spoke with a pharmacist last night who said people at her hospital wer…

Idk man my public elementary school gifted peers all went on to be pretty successful - head dramaturge at a Broadway playhouse, doctors, poker champion, etc. I manage software deve…