novakboskov (u/novakboskov)

novakboskov commented on LIMO: Less Is More for Reasoning arxiv.org/abs/2502.03387... · Posted by u/trott

amingilani · a year ago

Why is everyone is so critical of using information from a previous model to make a more efficient model. There’s nothing wrong with making progress using prior work. And increasing efficiency is progress.

You wouldn’t criticize someone’s kombucha because they didn’t piece their SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast) together microbe by microbe.

novakboskov · a year ago

I'd say that the critique points out that this "information from a previous model" itself needs tremendous amounts of data. Now, did we see any better generalization capabilities with all data counted?

novakboskov commented on The evolution of nepotism in academia, 1088-1800 link.springer.com/article... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

hammock · a year ago

>”human capital was strongly transmitted from parents to children”

That doesn’t sound distasteful to me at all. Is that bad?

Can we make a distinction between parents raising their kids and giving them great opportunities, and “nepotism” where people are put in no-show jobs or are wholly incompetent?

It seems like the system of “nepotism” the paper describes is not bad at all, but instead is working well since the paper observes that when passing occupation from father to son would be inefficient/lead to bad social outcomes, it happens far less

novakboskov · a year ago

Nah, we can't. We can't redefine words to make us feel better.

According to Cambridge Dictionary, nepotism is "the act of using your power or influence to get good jobs or unfair advantages for members of your own family." As soon as you favored your kid, it's nepotism, and it's bad. It undermines meritocracy and contributes to an unjust society. It's pretty straightforward to understand.

novakboskov commented on The Arrest of Pavel Durov Is a Reminder That Telegram Is Not Encrypted gizmodo.com/the-arrest-of... · Posted by u/rntn

daft_pink · 2 years ago

I sort of assumed that a messaging app based in Russia should probably not be used unless you were okay with Russia reading your messages, which is currently considered an enemy state in most western countries. It totally shocks me that so many pro Ukrainian influencers use Telegram.

I feel that this is a pretty good summary of what's going on: https://youtu.be/39rBzRd4M0k and explains how the encryption works etc.

novakboskov · 2 years ago

"Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris", the court, has published the charges: https://www.tribunal-de-paris.justice.fr/sites/default/files.... It's a two-pager primary source. Maybe check that before the video.

novakboskov commented on The Arrest of Pavel Durov Is a Reminder That Telegram Is Not Encrypted gizmodo.com/the-arrest-of... · Posted by u/rntn

honestjohn · 2 years ago

This is a good instinct. Even if you're using a good E2EE messaging app like Signal, you still trust them not to mitm unless you check the other person's public key out-of-band. I suspect most people don't do that.

Also, there are issues with Telegram's E2EE mode, besides it being disabled by default. More than enough reason not to use it.

novakboskov · 2 years ago

Well, if you're communicating with someone on Signal and they indeed receive your messages, you're safe to assume they are the public key holder. The critical part is the secret key management. In other words, are they _the only_ ones who hold the secret key?

novakboskov commented on Ethiopia is now Africa's fastest growing economy phillytrib.com/news/ethio... · Posted by u/thomas

Barrin92 · 8 years ago

>food products on an airplane destined for Europe. At the same time, another team was busy unloading sacks with food aid from a second plane.

while everyone should acknowledge the degree of poverty that is still rampant in countries like Ethiopia, that image is not particularly well suited to make a point.

It can be true that at the same time that Ethiopian farmers sell produce to Europe, while people from somewhere else try to alleviate poverty in the country.

It would not make sense for farmers in Ethiopia to stop trading food with the world at large just because people in the country are hungry. In fact, depending on whatever economic transaction is going on, the food coming in might be significantly cheaper than the food going out. Trade and reducing poverty or hunger are not at odds.

The goal should be to generate better incomes and social services for poor Ethiopians, not stopping businesses from trading with Ethiopia globally.

novakboskov · 8 years ago

> It can be true that at the same time that Ethiopian farmers sell produce to Europe.

It is mentioned multiple times in the movie, and in these comments, that it is not Ethiopian farmers those who trade with anyone. Foreign corporations on incognito or behind domestic providers are those who suck money out of a poor country presumably without or with astonishingly weak trade legislature. More strikingly, doing so at the cost of famine of the blatantly low paid workers while violating not only ethics but also human rights of those exploited humans.

If those corporations were so savvy investors they would make profit at home under well ordered trade system.