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tcskeptic commented on Preliminary data from a longitudinal AI impact study   newsletter.getdx.com/p/ai... · Posted by u/donutshop
tcskeptic · 2 days ago
The idea that any results of AI productivity enhancements that include data from 2024 are valid is bananas.

I’m not even a programmer — but the step change since late fall 2025 is incredible.

I have a young relative that manages in house product for a financial services company. Programming team of 150 ish. That will be 15 ish by June and they are iterating much more quickly now.

So much cope in this thread. AI is in fact the grim reaper for the median coder. The emerging middle class in India tech hubs is about to get vaporized

tcskeptic commented on Major rule about cooking meat turns out to be wrong   seriouseats.com/meat-rest... · Posted by u/voxadam
mvdtnz · 8 months ago
The resting hysteria in low and slow BBQ has gotten out of control. Many BBQ YouTubers now promote overnight resting, I've even seen some suggesting a two day rest. I'm glad to see some sanity returning.
tcskeptic · 8 months ago
Completely different style and purpose of resting. The long hot rest is for fat and collagen rendering. Nothing like this kind of rest after high temperature grilling or roasting.
tcskeptic commented on Elon Musk-led group makes $97.4B bid for control of OpenAI, WSJ reports   ca.finance.yahoo.com/news... · Posted by u/abrichr
tcskeptic · a year ago
Does this at a minimum set a market value for the attempt to move to for profit? IIRC the new for profit will have to buy the assets of the not for profit at fair market value?
tcskeptic commented on Apple's naming conventions are a mess   medium.com/@spacedawwwg/a... · Posted by u/cashy
tcskeptic · a year ago
Foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
tcskeptic commented on A former slave who became a cowboy, a rancher, and a Texas legend   texasmonthly.com/being-te... · Posted by u/bikenaga
theultdev · 2 years ago
That's your own prejudice coming out. The word boy may have a negative connotation in some usages, but in this case it's referring to literal boys.

The term was used for family and community farms, not for large ranches / plantations.

The fathers and sons would tend to a small head of cattle used to feed their family and the community. They did not and could not afford to own slaves.

Plus the term was used well after Britain outlawed slavery.

tcskeptic · 2 years ago
I think the point being made is that it seems plausible that a term used in Britain to refer to literal boys was repurposed later in a different context to be a demeaning way to refer to an adult man working with cattle in the US.
tcskeptic commented on Common infections can spark psychiatric illnesses in children   economist.com/science-and... · Posted by u/hampelm
anon84873628 · 2 years ago
It's simpler than that. Your thoughts -- the internal monologue deciding what actions to take -- are the result of physical processes in the brain. There is no way those non-physical thoughts are changing the physical processes; they happen after the fact. We have the illusion of being in the driver seat but really we are just along for the ride.

This is assuming you adhere only to what science can prove, and not religious beliefs like the soul.

But yeah, the fact that we are the result of past decisions and outside inputs going all the way back to before we even had consciousness at all is also a nice proof by induction.

tcskeptic · 2 years ago
> There is no way those non-physical thoughts are changing the physical processes; they happen after the fact. We have the illusion of being in the driver seat but really we are just along for the ride.

How can you conclude this with any certainty?

tcskeptic commented on Facial masculinity and beardedness determine ratings of men's attractiveness   onlinelibrary.wiley.com/d... · Posted by u/supriyo-biswas
tcskeptic · 3 years ago
Girls don’t like boys girls like beards and money?
tcskeptic commented on British PCs of the 1980s   arstechnica.com/gadgets/2... · Posted by u/mariuz
tristanb · 3 years ago
I loved my BBC micro. I borrowed a book from a library that gave me a few hundred line of BASIC software I had to type in. It was great.
tcskeptic · 3 years ago
My school got one (in Malaysia). It was the first computer I ever used. Typing BASIC programs in from magazines and saving them out to cassette tape. Good times. It felt magical.
tcskeptic commented on The risks of cleaning with bleach and other disinfectants   nytimes.com/2023/03/21/we... · Posted by u/walterbell
rootusrootus · 3 years ago
A saltwater pool IS a chlorine pool. The difference is that instead of adding sodium hypochlorite from a jug, you add salt to the water and use electrolysis (chlorine generator) to create chlorine gas and hydrogen.

Properly maintained pool water will have the same chlorine level either way. The "chlorine pool" water won't have quite as much dissolved salt, but over time it does build up.

tcskeptic · 3 years ago
Unless you have a way to drip feed chlorine into your pool it absolutely will not have the same chlorine level, unless you are running your sag incorrectly.
tcskeptic commented on “Takumi No Waza” – Japan's famous Green Bell Nail Clippers   one-from-nippon.ghost.io/... · Posted by u/kizunajp
tinza123 · 3 years ago
So the material looks identical with other grocery store clippers. I guess the curved file was slightly nicer? I mean my $2 clipper has served me 2 years without hints of becoming dull anytime soon. I don't understand the appeal of this other than its exotic Japanese background.
tcskeptic · 3 years ago
I own these. The experience using them is substantially better than using grocery store clippers. The cutting edges meet very precisely and firmly so I get a very clean cut with relatively low pressure every time. There is very little "give" in the lever, so with my relatively thick nails, there is never a bend as I apply more pressure.

u/tcskeptic

KarmaCake day1254March 14, 2008View Original