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Comment · 9 months ago
The article suggests that if a candidate's odds of winning goes up on the gambling market, then his chance of winning in real life are improved. But they don't provide any evidence that this is actually the case. Maybe seeing the odds of one candidate rising is just as motivating to his supporters as it is to his opposition.
Comment · 10 months ago
Right, it only scores 3 points higher on image edit, which is within the margin of error. But on image generation, it scores a significant 29 points higher.
Comment · 10 months ago
Comment · 10 months ago
That's not how the arena works. The evaluation is blind so Google's advertising/integration has no effect on the results.
Comment · 10 months ago
How did you get early access?
Comment · 10 months ago
Comment · 10 months ago
There are no watermarks in the arena.
Comment · 10 months ago
Comment · 10 months ago
If you prefer a simpler style, then why did you write "the deeper I got into the world of literature" instead of "as I studied literature more"?

Why did you say you were "pushed towards" simpler language instead of "I liked it more"?

Why did you say "I feel the pain in my bones" and "drives me insane" instead of "I dislike it"?

Why did you say "the big boy SAT words should pop out of the page unaccompanied" instead of "there should only be one big word per page"?

Perhaps flowery language expands your ability to express yourself?

Comment · 11 months ago
Why put a time limit on exams? Why not put everyone on the same playing field by allowing unlimited time to take the exam? The majority of exams at my university have no time limit (within the operating hours of the testing center), and it works well. At the end of the day, if you don't know the material, having more time isn't going to help you.
Comment · 11 months ago
Why don't highschools teach every student these two things?

1. The miracle of markets (supply and demand, "the invisible hand," etc.)

2. The weakness of markets (incomplete information, monopoly, etc.)

Comment · 11 months ago
You are correct that, from a security standpoint, your software is no different than any other software I install on my computer, since desktop computers have no sandboxing. But from a privacy standpoint, it could be uniquely concerning.

With Google Drive, I choose which files to upload. It doesn't have broad access to everything on my computer.

Dropbox, iCloud, and OneDrive are just backup services, so in theory they could just back up your files as an encrypted blob and have no way to read them. Unfortunately, they don't encrypt them (which is partly why I don't use those services). But at least I have their "promise" that they won't read or analyze my files, which would make me feel better even if its a weak promise.

On the other hand, your service, by nature, is reading an analyzing all of my files using a remote server.

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