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sram1337 commented on 210 IQ Is Not Enough   taylor.town/iq-not-enough... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
aatd86 · 3 months ago
Wondering what being 'smart' means? Is it:

1. being right most of the time?

2. knowing a lot (breadth)?

3. knowing a couple things in depth?

4. knowing in breadth and depth?

5. understanding new things fast (which is only measurable by someone who knows more?)?

6. solving puzzle and brainteasers easily?

7. being able to speak multiple languages?

8. being self-taught in what people may claim to be complex subjects?

9. being able to derive truths that other people fail to see?

10. being less prone to cognitive biases?

11. Mental clarity and easier data acquisition and processing?

Or something else?

sram1337 · 3 months ago
I've heard it defined as the ability to learn quickly. Not just in the narrow, academic sense, but also by observing the world and people and drawing conclusions about them. It has to do with pattern recognition and abstraction.

Usually these people are knowledgeable because they are constantly learning. Eventually they become wise.

What do you think of that definition?

sram1337 commented on 210 IQ Is Not Enough   taylor.town/iq-not-enough... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
fn-mote · 3 months ago
The title of the article is obnoxious.

The first part of the article puts down a person whose IQ is in the 140-180 range. If you read about the person, that part makes sense as an opinion.

The second part of the article explains that the person referred to in the title, the alleged 210 IQ, has chosen a middle manager job because it makes them happy.

> I'm trying to tell people that I'm happy the way I am.

The author never explains the problem they have with this person.

Instead, I think the title should be more along the lines of "an IQ of 176 does not make you a good person". I guess people would not engage if the conclusion was obvious? The baiting title is totally misplaced.

Actually, the whole treatment of Kim Ung-yong is even worse than I make out in this comment. I am left with a really negative impression of the author.

sram1337 · 3 months ago
I think you misunderstood the article. 210 IQ isn't enough. The man with 210 IQ is happy not because he has 210 IQ but because he made the choice to be happy.

Having a high IQ isn't enough - you must also choose to be happy.

sram1337 commented on I built ChatGPT with Minecraft redstone [video]   youtube.com/watch?v=VaeI9... · Posted by u/ghuntley
cosmic_quanta · 4 months ago
It was not me! Maybe we watched the same video though? I can't recall who or what gave me the idea
sram1337 · 4 months ago
Just wanted to say I think we all watched the same video! I remember doing this one summer in high school
sram1337 commented on A WebGL game where you deliver messages on a tiny planet   messenger.abeto.co/... · Posted by u/thecupisblue
sram1337 · 5 months ago
I appreciate what seems like an attempt to make a "smart camera" that gets out of the way of the player and unburdens them from having to control both a player and the perspective of the camera. That burden, of controlling two entities (player and camera) is large for people who are unused to playing video games.

Was this dynamic on your radar when building the game and camera system? Would love to hear your thoughts.

sram1337 commented on AI vs. Professional Authors Results   mark---lawrence.blogspot.... · Posted by u/biffles
Aeolun · 6 months ago
Personally I’m having a blast reading AI generated fiction. As long as the direction is human, and often enough corrected to keep the minor inconsistencies out, the results are pretty good.

For me it’s no different from generating code with Claude, except it’s generating prose. Without human direction your result ends up as garbage, but there’s no need to go and actually write all the prose yourself.

And I guess that just like with code, sometimes you have to hand craft something to make it truly good. But that’s probably not true for 80% of the story/code.

sram1337 · 6 months ago
I would love to read some of this. Where do you find AI generated fiction?
sram1337 commented on Dicing an Onion, the Mathematically Optimal Way   pudding.cool/2025/08/onio... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
sram1337 · 6 months ago
In my opinion there is no such thing as too much dork time. This post is fun, just like cooking. The onion-inspired font for the section titles is fun. The interactive graphs are fun. Also vibe coding is fun.

What was the point of this judgmental comment?

sram1337 commented on Offline.kids – Screen-free activities for kids   offline.kids/... · Posted by u/ascorbic
sram1337 · 6 months ago
Some context from the dev's blog (https://highrise.digital/blog/building-offline-kids-a-direct...

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"Within the last few weeks, Mark and I have built and launched Offline.Kids.

It’s a website to help parents reconnect with their kids and for kids to reconnect with the world around them.

Offline.Kids is directory of screen-free activities for all ages. Each activity is categorised so that parents can find appropriate activities for their situation.

For example, you can find:

quick, clean activities for a 6 year olds outdoor kids activities that take 1-2 hours low energy indoor crafts We built the site off the back of our new directory landing page plugin (catchy name still in progress!). It instantly creates thousands of SEO friendly landing pages for the activities. It’s early days, but Google is successfully indexing the pages and we’ll see how the rankings change over time.

So, if you’re looking for screen-free activities for your kids, check out the website, and share with anyone you think might find it useful!"

u/sram1337

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