dominicq

I initially wanted to dislike this but it's actually genius hahaha

The point isn't to be a complete solution to social interaction, the point is to provide a significantly better than random sampling and pairing.

You can then still apply your usual filters afterwards, such as smell, looks, vibes.

> In short, stable matches mean nothing when nobody is committed and the best options might exist outside of the matchmaking pool

This is wrong. Stable matches still mean something, and in fact probably mean quite a lot.

You are given a much better match than a random pairing. If you still aren't interested, you can decline. If you go on a date and it doesn't work out, you can decline.

Nothing forces you to use this process, it is just an offer of a significantly better than random matching to what you might prefer.

It doesn't even need to account for preferences not covered by the questionnaire.

The Road hurt me spiritually

Nice post, but I would appreciate examples. Anyone has good examples of this, and of the "not like this" section?

Do you align ants in your backyard, or do you simply demolish their home and build your shed?

The same reason why taking a bicycle is preferable through a nice wooded area even though you could technically drive as well

Good post!

I spent my vacation reading From Third World to First by Lee Kuan Yew.

And I have a couple of university textbooks (Physics and Biology) lying about, waiting for me to keep working on them.

I concur with the general feeling of it being difficult to plan much ahead. I think that learning and reading is good, and has been good basically always (just because someone else knows something doesn't mean that you shouldn't learn it too, even if this someone else is an LLM).

Anyway, I enjoyed your post and mostly feel the same (and funnily I have similar interests).

You could also have lost because of your genetics or not actually working as hard as the others or both. This whole "wanting it hard enough" schtick feels like an invented reason. I want things, I don't get things, therefore I must have not really wanted them.

Homework is no longer useful in the era of AI. Options are: treat kids like they are able to make responsible choices, and accept that much more of them will fail; or, keep the charade of grading AI-"assisted" homework and push kids farther along the track, even though they definitely don't know enough.

I much prefer the first.

School shouldn't be impossible, but you shouldn't have a charade of schooling.

Obviously, extra practice is a good idea.

doubt

Rx? Is it like Rx by Paul Le Roux, famous drug kingpin?

Same lmao. Similarly, I don't want to be rude or assume things but I'm really annoyed with 20-something-year-olds giving out life advice. (I don't know if the author is in 20s)

"Acquire photons" was funny

Lmao cringe, 23 years at NVIDIA is supposed to be, what, a credential?