plutomeetsyou

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Homo Economicus
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Comment · 4 days ago
how is that a lie? you don't see Space manufacturing having TAM comparable to that in 30 years?
Comment · 6 days ago
What do you mean by "negative externality" in this case?
Comment · 9 days ago
there needs to be a hnews AI edition
Comment · 14 days ago
It says 42% of treatment group showed slower aging, and reduction in telomere length... is there an effect size published anywhere?
Comment · 18 days ago
not if every other generation also lives long enough to become the baby boomers.
Comment · 1 month ago
once everyone lives to 200 yo there will be no need for post-docs - afterward we can just upload PI's brain to some AI.
Comment · 2 months ago
Countries and institutions should always produce things where they are excellent at producing, in forms of specialization and compete in terms of comparative advantages.
Comment · 3 months ago
This would support the hypothesis that they are incentivized as compute providers and not simply because they're losing the frontier llm race
Comment · 3 months ago
Someday my kid is going to ask me why we need 79 keys on a keyboard if we only use "accept" and "accept all".
Comment · 3 months ago
> Adjusted R2 values for each model were 0.085 (linear), 0.118 (quadratic), and 0.125 (cubic)

I get the study design is not causal and all, but this R^2 looks very underfit for a study that claims a stronger predictor?

Comment · 4 months ago
tbf I don't think Chinese citizens are faring any better than the West reporting on the ground, it's also possible there are numerous problems coalescing at the same time for humanity on a global scale.
Comment · 4 months ago
convert this question to KV cache and give it to your agent
Comment · 5 months ago
Since this is the first comment that emphasizes research which most are conflating with graduate school in general. I think that is the salient effect of the funding cut, which affects research (PhDs) more than cash cow coursework programs such as Masters, MBAs, and JDs. Most are forgetting that US global position Post-WWII comes primarily from basic research -> applied research pipeline; Silicon Valley alone did not endow us with the internet, satellite, rockets, etc.
Comment · 5 months ago
Isn't that the entire incentive structure for international PhD graduates already (at least on the private industry front)?
Comment · 5 months ago
supposedly macbook pro's M-series are quite adept for gamers these days.

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