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Senate is very right wing.

For sure, but 0-based indexing often goes hand in hand with half-open intervals [0,n). One might even argue that a special way to access the "last index" is as unergonomic as just typing "length - 1"

I find that in practice the amount of +-1 is about the same for zero-based and one-based indexing. Each has situations it is better suited for. For example, iterating a list backwards is nicer with one-based indexes.

Indeed, there are some cancers with a hereditary predisposition. But they are quite rare and such genetic counseling is usually only indicated when there is a family history of the disease.

For the vast majority of cancer patients, generic testing means somatic testing for tumor markers.

One of the most annoying things we cancer patients go through is when well-meaning people advise us to pursue miracle cures, diets and treatments. Please don't do that. To make an analogy, imagine if you were grieving at a funeral and someone came up to you and told that it's gonna be alright because they recently watched a documentary about necromancy on Netflix.

Genetic tests for cancer are a different kind of genetic test. They test the tumor itself for mutations that are present only in the tumor, not in the rest of the body.

They often were able. Fifteen bugs claimed by mythos were bugs that were already fixed, which the model plagiarized from git history or the kernel mailing list.

Some researchers and journals publish peer-reviewed work on arxiv; it serves as a stable archive that won't be plagued by link rot or paywalls.

Nuclear Gandhi is an urban legend. Turns out there was no such bug in Civ 1.

What happened with the stackless python? Did they get rid of all the stackless stuff?

In fact, that's how Lua itself came to be. They started with a simple configuration language and added more and more features until at some point they decided to rip the bandaid and turn it into a proper programming language.

Just this past week, I have had to answer two surveys, from different sources, asking how I use AI in my work. Both had a "choose all that apply" checkbox, and, funnily enough, neither allowed me to select zero options. "This question is mandatory". :)

In math, the utility lies in the proof itself. A novel proof of a hard problem usually comes with new insights and abstractions that help solve even more mathematical problems.

To go with your analogy, mathematicians care more about the source code of the program than about the result of the program. But I'm afraid that we will see things change with the increase of vibecoded proof slop. A black box proof is not as useful, even if it is correct.