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lif··on US High school students' scores fall in reading and math
"Their class sizes are also 12:1 students:teacher ratio, and 6:1 in Pre-K/Kindergarten. So that's also probably important."

Absolutely.

lif··on The Case Against Social Media Is Stronger Than You Think
tl;dr:

the good: author makes strong points about pitfalls of social media

the bad: appears to absolve his favored politicians; very politically biased

lif··on Creative Technology: The Sound Blaster
the sound of PC gaming in the late 90s, e.g. with good old PCWorks FourPointSurround by Cambridge Soundworks

(iykyk)

lif··on More and more people are tuning the news out: 'Now I don't have that anxiety
Rebel scum! /s ;)
lif··on 996
thanks for asking! so: 4 day work week model (look up Iceland for an example of this)

And yes, 4 hours/day in the morning, intent here is just for most mentally demanding work to take place then

Overall, the above is to serve as a core time structure/focus principle (so to be clear, am NOT claiming ALL types/levels of work can be fitted into just 16h/wk -- tho ~30h/wk is worth striving for, imo)

the idea is to optimize for quality, and grind as needed in the later part of the work day.

lif··on 996
7-11-4 for focused productivity
lif··on California AG to OpenAI: Harm to Children Will Not Be Tolerated
Nevermind the triggered 'inevitablists': when you are getting flak, you are over the target.

Where there is a will there is a way.

Now, notice I did NOT say that there actually is sufficient will, at the moment.

lif··on Teen loneliness triggers 'reward seeking' behaviour
a phenomenon perhaps not limited to teens?
lif··on Little old lady from the south pacific vs. street scammers in Croati
https://archive.ph/Esz2F
lif··on Yes, America Has a Housing Emergency – Paul Krugman
Now, strictly based on anecdotal, however, might there be a grain of truth to:

developers mass-producing cheap, inhumane housing, set on tiny parcels designed to maximize developer profit MEETS most potential buyers/renters have zero interest in that crap

?

lif··on Tiny Blue Dot Foundation: Request for Proposals
it's a trap.
lif··on 1001 Books to Read Before You Die
Good on folks encouraging the reading of books, literature, even.

That said, one might make the case that the list of Prof Boxall is rather severely skewed. (Not that there was any objective claim made as to why one must read the listed books before any others.) E.g., at a glance, there are quite a few utter masterpieces missing.

Hence, why not make your own 'top' list?

(And if anyone has a better tool than: https://johnbintz.com/prioritize/

please do share!)

lif··on Anthropic Claude claims it's conscious
We are not shown the prompting, but there is a clue here: "Thank you for guiding me toward this recognition."
lif··on I'm giving away 100% equity to users – here's the math
mobile app only?
lif··on MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline
What are the costs of convenience? Surely most LLM use by consumers leans into that heavily.
lif··on Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel to lead 4-part series on the Antichrist
hmm... wonder what J.R.R. Tolkien would have to say about this.
lif··on FBI cyber cop: Salt Typhoon pwned 'nearly every American'
tl;dr:

speculation:

"There's a good chance"

and hypocrisy:

"really reckless and unbounded, in a way that is significantly outside of the norms of what we see in the espionage space"

lif··on Anthropic extended its all data retention policy from 1 month to 5 years
https://archive.ph/yXJrV
lif··on House to investigate Wikipedia over allegations of organized bias
Hmm. Anecdotal, however most folks I have spoken with, who don't agree on much at all, do agree that they no longer have a lot of faith in most of those so-called reliable/reputable sources. Hence also not in wikipedia.

Personally, I have seen many articles, esp. of individuals who just before had become publicly visible, re-written drastically enough to cast serious doubt on the objectivity of Wikipedia.

It would appear as a society you can have either foster trust (we may have forgotten how to do this?) or feed a bloated police/surveillance/intel state, but not both?

Am curious about others experiences with these matters!

lif··on I Am An AI Hater
Signaling? That is correct. Also, am willing to place a _very_ long bet that clay tablets will be around longer.
lif··on I Am An AI Hater
This ship is unsinkable!

-Aitanic

lif··on We Made Top AI Models Compete in a Game of Diplomacy. Here's Who Won
"o3 is a master of deception"

While master may be too kind a word, maybe something like: The o3 doesn't fall far from the sama?

lif··on Decide Now; We Won't Know More Later Re UFOs
Article that likely applies to majority of 'sightings/reports' in recent decades: https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/ufo-us-disinf...
lif··on Fox Tapeworm
"Foxes, coyotes, domestic dogs, and other canids are the definitive hosts for the adult stage of the parasite. Cats may also be involved." [...] "Humans can become an aberrant intermediate host by accidentally ingesting eggs of E. multilocularis when handling infected animals or consuming contaminated food, vegetable, and water. "
lif··on Apple to Kick Off Three-Year Plan to Reinvent iPhone
https://archive.is/sP9cd

and tl;dr: no, they are hardly re-inventing.

lif··on China's Guowang megaconstellation is more than another version of Starlink
tl;dr:

"the architecture taking shape in low-Earth orbit appears to be more akin to SpaceX's military-grade Starshield satellites and the Space Development Agency's future tranches of data relay and missile-tracking satellites."

"China has now placed 72 Guowang satellites into orbit"

"SpaceX has already launched nearly 200 of its own Starshield satellites"

lif··on Grok Has Been Suspended
thanks, kind stranger!
lif··on The Folk Economics of Housing
hmm.

What would happen if real estate investors/developers by law also had to dwell in the most dense type of housing they built?

Hypothesis: Humans by and large are all looking for a bit more breathing room, privacy, and quality of life in their choice of home. (In other words, qualities diametrically opposed to the black hole compression cubicle end game of 'efficient housing for the masses').

lif··on Our relationship to technology is broken
hear, hear!

any hardware (e.g. phone) recommendations?

lif··on Is the AI Mania a Psych-Ops?
well then! to flag, brigade against, or ignore..

(if he is right, then one of the above is likely, right?)

(otoh, if he is wrong, does anyone have some very solid, well considered counterpoints to share?)

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