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Comment · 4 months ago
Except Maymin 2011 fails to even establish that his narrow definition of "markets are efficient" (specifically, finding a profitable technical analysis) is actually in NP.
Comment · 5 years ago
What does it mean for a game engine to be data oriented or data-driven?
Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 7 years ago
The syntactic structure of both "code" snippets seems equally clear (or maybe "uncertain in the same ways") to me, though my understanding might be a bit off if the author has biased the comparison by following generally accepted use of whitespace with one language and not the other.
This looks like another instance of slapping a pseudo-scientific veneer on top of conclusions driven more by untrained gut feeling in order to pretend one's subjective impressions are firmly grounded in objective reality. It's like the phrenology of programming languages.
Comment · 7 years ago
Perhaps you know more of kazinator's history than I do, but that HN account wasn't even created until 2014, so saying kazinator is the one who started this very old argument requires some extra evidence.
Comment · 7 years ago
Is nobody else at the FSF capable of public advocacy? It seems to me that Stallman's unique ability was formulating the FSF's ideals in the first place, but once the platform is laid out, anyone who holds those ideals ought to be at least somewhat capable of promoting them. Even before this particular incident, it seems rms was not exactly well liked as a spokesman.
Comment · 7 years ago
Don't want problems for having 1-1s with women
What sort of problems? I don't hear about many cases of women accusing other women of using their status as manager for sexual harassment.
Comment · 7 years ago
Epstein's argument seems to assume that any information which shifts an undecided person's view is biased. Basic chemistry lessons make the claims of homeopaths seem downright silly. Does that mean that teaching chemistry is biased against homeopathy, or is homeopathy just not all that great an idea?
Well, perhaps that definition of bias is specific to strictly political topics rather than questions about the observable effects of various actions. Even so, by the standard of shifting views a certain direction, does Google present as much of a threat to democracy as higher education does?
Comment · 7 years ago
when the money gets spent either way*
The core of the "bad investment" argument is that the money doesn't necessarily all get spent either way.
renters see little reward or penalty for being poor neighbors
"We have chosen not to renew your lease."
Comment · 7 years ago
I'm fine with paying a bit extra for more comfort and better service on a flight, but anything short of double the cost of the cheapest coach-class ticket never seems to get me that.
Comment · 7 years ago
Makes "SICP Style" seem like overselling it a bit.
Comment · 7 years ago
Seeing some people's apparent fixation on the dog park data fabrication as invalidating the whole effort, I have to wonder whether actually collecting the data for that paper would have made all their other hoax papers "legitimate."
Comment · 7 years ago
Because reputation spreads. The linguistics department understands that the literature department's behavior does not reflect on the chemistry department, but the electorate seems not to grasp that so easily. Since STEM depends heavily on government to fund basic research, STEM's progress can definitely be impeded by widespread mistrust of academia as a whole.
Comment · 8 years ago
What valuation do you give his mother's influence over the board at IBM?
Comment · 8 years ago
The paper doesn't even manage to prove that finding a significantly profitable technical strategy is in NP.