Davidp00 | 1 year ago | on: 4o Image Generation
Not when I tried https://i.imgur.com/1cPaXn5.png
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Davidp00 | 1 year ago | on: Military grade sonic weapon is used against protesters in Serbia
Given the correction, can you edit your initial comment?
Davidp00 | 1 year ago | on: Fake CV lands top 'engineer' in jail for 15 years
>He had started working at Prasa 15 years earlier, shooting up the ranks to become chief engineer, thanks to his fake qualifications.
This is the bit I find remarkable. He actually did the job for 15 years and moved up to chief engineer.
Was he actually a good engineer or did his performance not matter at all for his career progress?
Davidp00 | 8 years ago | on: Blasphemy laws are an offense against free speech, and they're spreading
Wikipedia - hate speech laws by country
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech#Hate_speech_laws_b...
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Davidp00 | 9 years ago | on: In Just 5 Moves, Grandmaster Loses and Leaves Chess World Aghast
She resigned
Davidp00 | 9 years ago | on: On Digital Minimalism
Being able to fit all my possessions in a backpack is something I think about.
Can you go in to more detail on the stuff you own?
In what kind of climate do you live in? It seems a lot easier to not have a lot of stuff when you don't have to have cloths for multiple seasons.
Davidp00 | 9 years ago | on: Tips for Success in Undergraduate Math Courses (2002)
Do you have a link to that study?
I remember seeing a study that showed that people who take notes on paper do better vs people who take notes on a laptop. People who didn't take notes(or take very few) weren't mentioned.
Davidp00 | 9 years ago | on: John Horton Conway: the world’s most charismatic mathematician (2015)
There were a few videos on numberphile with him. Here is a playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIL8XA1npoN... (5 videos totalling about 40 minutes)
Davidp00 | 9 years ago | on: Show HN: Code2flow – easy flowcharts with no mouse, no dragging and no hassle
Looks cool!
Can you share a really complex flowchart that uses most of the options?
Davidp00 | 9 years ago | on: Brain training exercises might just make you better at brain training exercises
The problem with the authors principles is that they are based on a study[0] that has failed to replicate and was faulty to begin with[1].
[0] Susanne M. Jaeggi, M. B. (2008). Improving Fluid intelligence With Training on Working Memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0801268105
[1] Courtesy of it_learnses: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brain-training-do...
Davidp00 | 9 years ago | on: Brain training exercises might just make you better at brain training exercises
Now that I reread the article I see that you are right. The authors whole argument depends on the Jaeggi study which has not been successfully replicated after multiple attempts.
Davidp00 | 9 years ago | on: Brain training exercises might just make you better at brain training exercises
I agree that according to the article you linked it seems that the Dual-N-Back game is no different than any other brain training game which seems to differ from the authors view on it.
However, I don't think that debunks the main points of the authors article (the last 3/4 of the article).
Davidp00 | 9 years ago | on: The Math Myth
>I can tell from personal experience that I only properly understood simpler mathematics when I started learning more complicated one.
That's interesting, I have similar experience. Maybe that just means we didn't learn the original material well enough?
Davidp00 | 9 years ago | on: The Math Myth
>Those that went into finance make consistently much more than the others
Hm, I would never have guessed that. Does anyone have any data on this?
The top 1% sure, but the average and median also?
Davidp00 | 9 years ago | on: Stoned drivers are safer than drunk ones, new federal data show
From the article
And after adjusting for age, gender, race and alcohol use, drivers who tested positive for marijuana were no more likely to crash than who had not used any drugs or alcohol prior to driving.
Davidp00 | 10 years ago | on: Why You Can’t Lose Weight on a Diet
If we're strictly talking about weight loss then eating the right stuff is not important at all.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.profes...
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