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Post by eshvk »

peteretep wrote: post #259
eshvk wrote: post #257

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> In Bangkok I pay a premium to use Uber, because their seatbelts always work This is a bit off-topic. Do a lot of people use Uber? I have been here for a few days, can't seem to find an Uber. The app always says not-available. Flagging a cab seems a nightmare for a tourist. And grabtaxi works but there appears to be some level of negotiation at the end of the ride. The grabtaxi prices seem more like a suggestion.

Heavily dependent on the part of town you're in. Where I live, available 50% of the time. Sukhumvit is crawling with them. Also they're always available at the airport which is a huge win.

Gonna be hanging out in Sukhumvit today, let me attempt to check it out. Thanks for the tips!

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Post by anon012012 »

namecast wrote: post #27

Just under 64 years ago, Nash's Ph.D dissertation 'Non-Cooperative Games' was published in the Annals of Mathematics. The most legible copy I've found on the web is here: http://www.cs.upc.edu/~ia/nash51.pdf Requesciat in pace.

I didn't feel sad, but reading that paper I feel something which knows no name. It is between respect, appreciation for beauty, and the need to do some maths. It isn't griefful, but it is truthful, and surely M.Nash would have liked it truthful.

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Post by ild »

perakojotgenije wrote: post #144
tyfon wrote: post #18

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I _always_ buckle up, even in bus. I've gotten looks from taxi drives in south Europe for this, they treat it as an insult. I feel it's better to insult than be dead. Afaik since you get fined quite severely in Norway where I live (and most of Europe) if you don't wear a seat belt, the rate of use is much higher than the US. He will be missed. Hopefully it can put focus on such a simple thing to save lives.

Since you've mentioned south Europe, here in Serbia since a few years ago the fines for not using a seatbelt are so high that taxi drivers often ask you to buckle up if you don't do it yourself and they never give you strange look for using it. At least one good thing here.

Serbia is Eastern Europe; you do not want to deal with cops in Eastern Europe.

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Post by zootar »

robotresearcher wrote: post #238
zootar wrote: post #235

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Most of them are negative results, though usually not overtly presented as such. In my experience, it's extremely rare for a researcher to throw away months of hard work because the result is null. They almost always find a way to augment it or spin it, write up the paper with the phrase "more research is needed" in the conclusion, and submit to a mediocre venue.

Can you give an example, because I have seen very few papers with negative or 'null' results. I'm not even sure what 'null' results means.

Null means "without value, effect, consequence, or significance; being or amounting to nothing".

Google "reproducibility crisis", "Why Most Published Research Findings Are False" by Ionnadis, "The Garden of Forking Paths" by Gelman.

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Post by lotsofcows »

sukilot wrote: post #98
sgift wrote: post #58

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Good. Now, we have an active act of non-compliance with an (hopefully? please?) existing law that forces you to buckle up. Let's start the fines with 1k and see if this helps, if not, go up. Not buckling up is so insane, I cannot even begin to imagine it ..

Fine someone for hurting themself? How nanny. Just note that negligence is liability for their injury medical costs.

Yes, because people are so good at judging risk. Go on, say something using the word, "Darwin".
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