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CallOfTheWilde··on Driverless cars are stuck in a jam
A function being in O(f(x)) means the function grows no more than a (multiplicative) constant factor faster than f(x). So O(1) is a subset of O(n). O is analogous to <=.

The semantics that GGP comment meant to convey are better represented by saying that autonomous cars' driving experience grows with Ω(n) (analogous to >=) or Ɵ(n) (analogous to =).

CallOfTheWilde··on Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions Process
This only applies to the "least elite" UC schools (Merced and Riverside, or perhaps just Merced at this point).
CallOfTheWilde··on One City Saved $5M by Routing School Buses with an Algorithm
I was taught that latitude lines resemble the rungs of a ladder ("lat"-er, I suppose), or alternatively that longitude lines are all equally long.
CallOfTheWilde··on Elsevier cuts off UC’s access to its academic journals
Does that include HTTP requests? :)