the_sleaze9 (u/the_sleaze9)

the_sleaze9 commented on I rewired my brain to become fluent in math (2014) nautil.us/how-i-rewired-m... · Posted by u/ColinWright

wuliwong · 2 years ago

> After all, I’d flunked my way through elementary, middle, and high school math and science.

I have to question the veracity of this sentence. How could they possible keep progressing to the next grade if they keep failing math and science? I'm sure it is hyperbole but this doesn't seem like a great way to start off an article like this.

the_sleaze9 · 2 years ago

D's get degrees

the_sleaze9 commented on The death of the 60/40 portfolio lynalden.com/april-2024-n... · Posted by u/ilamont

lvl102 · 2 years ago

Wouldn’t it be more economically and fiscally efficient to…pay people after retirement by printing money on demand? It’s effectively what we are doing except we now introduced a bunch of middlemen (Wall Street) and funnel retirement money into vehicles for the rich. Current system makes no sense to me.

the_sleaze9 · 2 years ago

You mean like social security?

the_sleaze9 commented on This is a teenager pudding.cool/2024/03/teen... · Posted by u/gmays

A_D_E_P_T · 2 years ago

> If you actually take the percentage, it's like 30-50% more likely to have the worse outcome the worse your adverse background gets.

I realize that this is a taboo subject, but how much of that is nature and how much is nurture?

Low IQ is associated with worse life outcomes, and it's not exactly a problem you can fix by throwing money and resources at it.

the_sleaze9 · 2 years ago

Do you have a source for the claim "Low IQ is associated with worse life outcomes"? I've never seen one.

In fact it is EQ - emotional intelligence - and not IQ that predicts positive life outcomes most strongly.

the_sleaze9 commented on Research into why some people have a better sense of direction knowablemagazine.org/cont... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar

senkora · 2 years ago

This is why I love doing long runs in the city. It helps me connect all the little islands in my mind together.

the_sleaze9 · 2 years ago

I got a great tidbit a long time ago, whenever you move to a new city and want to get to know it, start training for a marathon. You'll know every nook cranny and hole-in-the-wall in no time.

the_sleaze9 commented on School absences have ‘exploded’ almost everywhere nytimes.com/interactive/2... · Posted by u/wallflower

mhitza · 2 years ago

> Shorter days unfortunately interferes with school’s role as state-provided daycare for working parents.

If that would be the intent, arcade cabinets, open play fields, parks and other social areas within school grounds would be the way to go.

My understanding is that the current school "format" was developed during the industrial revolution stage, and its meant to instill into kids that schedule and "lifestyle". Which to many extents hasn't kept up with the way society is evolving.

More funding into schools would help (which countries contribute significantly to education anyway?), but also by helping kids develop and learn in what they have an interest. Instead of the currently standardized boring circula. And the sometimes insane hours.

On that note, during highschool I had days where I've had up to 7 different classes a day. At least when you go to work, even if it's 8 hours, I (and maybe you as well) got to slack at least 1 hour a day in the morning, or even in the afternoon after the 1 hour lunch break.

the_sleaze9 · 2 years ago

As I understand it, USA is one of the highest funded education systems in the world. Funding for education even outpaces USA's um.. robust defense spending.

The trick is to look into total funding - beyond federal funding and into state funding.

I strongly agree that education in the internet age needs to evolve. I would love to see an education system centered around critical and entrepreneurial thinking, financial literacy, Cognitive Behavioral thinking tools. If you give kids something worthwhile they'll use it and come back for more.

https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/how-is-k-12-education-fun...

the_sleaze9 commented on ADHD Productivity Fundamentals 0xff.nu/adhd-productivity... · Posted by u/hxii

clamchowderz · 2 years ago

interesting. Like "I've started a 5 min timer and I will use this time to work on organizing documents for a package." or setting an alarm to remind themselves to set a timer for task?

the_sleaze9 · 2 years ago

Ah yes, an alarm to remind themselves later when they're in a position to take a action

the_sleaze9 commented on ADHD Productivity Fundamentals 0xff.nu/adhd-productivity... · Posted by u/hxii

the_sleaze9 · 2 years ago

I know several very high productivity - as in ultra-productive, super human level with the compensation to match - people that use timers. Everything they want to follow up on they toss into a phone timer. When it goes off they deal with it. Whether that's putting it into a formal calendar whatever. Pretty no-muss no-fuss solution.

the_sleaze9 commented on The Reddits ycombinator.com/blog/the-... · Posted by u/sandslash

lee-rhapsody · 2 years ago

I can't understand the appeal behind Discord for general communities. Everything is one giant persistent group chat--there's no discrete threads or posts to search, at least not in the servers I'm in. Sad that so many companies are opting for Discord for building communities.

the_sleaze9 · 2 years ago

I've tried multiple times to use discord, and the fundamental blocker for me seems to be in it's name. Every one feels just like a private slack channel for a company I don't work for. Discordant.

To say that product is going to replace twitter is -imo- just wrong.

the_sleaze9 commented on Operations begin to de-ice Euclid’s vision esa.int/Science_Explorati... · Posted by u/N19PEDL2

7thaccount · 2 years ago

You can fix most problems by inverting the field polarity ;)

the_sleaze9 · 2 years ago

Enhance!