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Comment · 4 years ago
Could someone also write bad code and commit it using someone else's email address in the commit message, thus making the commit link to the other person's Github profile? (Sort of the reverse problem -- "giving blame" instead of "taking credit")
Comment · 4 years ago
> The driver hands you a key and leaves

How?

Comment · 5 years ago
You don't understand how something can sound appealing at first, but then in practice isn't enjoyable?
Comment · 5 years ago
Well, you can apply the theorem to the problem. Or apply its principles to the problem.
Comment · 5 years ago
Do you know if it's the same people, or just two significant (but possibly disjoint) populations of people?
Comment · 5 years ago
3 hour video with no timestamps, a minimal description, and comments turned off?
Comment · 5 years ago
Hey, I'm not 51 yet!
Comment · 5 years ago
Doesn't gaining 600 points mean that you are able to beat the "old you" (or more precisely, people who you used to be even with) with 99% probability? (Or perhaps more meaningfully, you can now beat someone who could beat someone who could beat someone who could beat someone who can beat the old you, all with 80% probability?)

(I made up the exact numbers, but the idea is there.)

That seems like a meaningful interpretation of "600 points" that applies to anyone -- though the difficulty of actually making this improvement definitely varies with your starting rating.

Comment · 5 years ago
Ah, maybe it's been changed, but now it's more clearly intentional:

> A piece of information you may or may not want us to find about is your email address....

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Comment · 5 years ago
It halves your risk.
Comment · 5 years ago
What about sentences that end in a period without a quote? That seems like it'd be much more common.
Comment · 5 years ago
Yep, this blog post is in the context of using these symbols in mathematics, where this is the only usage of << and >> that I've seen.

I agree that programming languages, it can mean various things, just like < and > mean different things in C++ vs bash vs drawing arrows.

Comment · 5 years ago
It seems pretty correct to me (excluding a few things I'm not familiar enough with to evaluate).

Is it possible that you misinterpreted this as a post about << and >> in code rather than their usage in mathematics?

Comment · 5 years ago
Yes, I thought the exact same as you -- that the headline meant a BCI achieved like 400 wpm or something.
Comment · 5 years ago
If you want to frame it that way, then each physical deck can handle 52 distinct queries. So you have 52^2 / 52 = 52 decks required.

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