95%-ile isn't that good (2020)
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95%-ile isn't that good (2020)
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#3I love dan luu's blog posts. Great examples of principled thinking. Much of their writing on (computer) performance has pushed my own thinking and expectations.
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#4Incidentally, I was in the top 10% in my last half-marathon. My next goal is to be in the top 5% (~1h30m). I expect this to take decent amount of effort and more structured training.
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#5@dang — pretty annoying that this user is engagement farming by reposting classics. Not great behavior.
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#6This fits pretty perfectly with the idea that the 90th percentile is crap: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law.
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#7> Note that when I say 95%-ile, I mean 95%-ile among people who participate, not all people (for many activities, just doing it at all makes you 99%-ile or above across all people). I'm also not referring to 95%-ile among people who practice regularly. The "one weird trick" is that, for a lot of activities, being something like 10%-ile among people who practice can make you something like 90%-ile or 99%-ile among people who participate.
My probably wrong opinion is that when people discuss “Dunning Kruger” the participants aren’t clearly considering what set of people they’re being measured against.
The original Dunnint Kruger study involved Ivy League students (Cornell). I would hope they have high confidence in their ability. They’re genuinely the cream of the crop!
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#8It depends. A 95%-ile salary in an average country will buy you a tiny flat in a good area. The equivalent salary in a very rich country will allow you to retire in your 40s.
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#9@dang — pretty annoying that this user is engagement farming by reposting classics. Not great behavior. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31199361
Wow they submit like 20 posts a day but I've never noticed their name before
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#10for a while I've been counfounded by the connection between "they're really smart, they do great quality work" and the simple fact that maybe, they just spent way more time doing the work