whowe1's comments

whowe1 | 3 years ago | on: Richard Stallman – The state of the Free Software movement

I always appreciate people that live by their principles but some of this stuff is downright comical! Making other people buy things online for you to avoid using non-free javascript?! Lol

whowe1 | 4 years ago | on: Gay men earn undergraduate and graduate degrees at the highest rate in the US

I think your first sentence sort of debunks your point. If gayness is randomly distributed then we might expect there would be a similar ratio of educated to uneducated gays to that of society at large. The fact that the ratio is instead biased towards more educated overachievers in the gay community indicates that gayness confers some sort of statistical benefit in regards to achievement/education.

whowe1 | 4 years ago | on: Researchers chart path to drastically lower administrative costs of health care

So how do they plan on getting private capitalist enterprise to start implementing reforms that would lower their profits? Because by definition administrative cost to the consumer is profit for the company.

whowe1 | 5 years ago | on: Human use of high-bandwidth wireless brain-computer interface

Neuralink's tech is definitely more advanced, but they haven't gotten it into humans yet and there are still issues with the longevity of the threads inside an actual human brain.

whowe1 | 5 years ago | on: Human use of high-bandwidth wireless brain-computer interface

The steam engine was in use for generations before thermodynamics theory was discovered. So in many cases, it is possible to engineer a technology without fully understand the underlying principles that govern its behavior.

whowe1 | 5 years ago | on: Emily Riehl is rewriting the foundations of higher category theory

I don't think asking someone for coffee is really what she means by "getting hit on"...

whowe1 | 5 years ago | on: Turtle visual cortex is non-retinotopic

Haha. It's cool that you think that.

whowe1 | 5 years ago | on: Turtle visual cortex is non-retinotopic

Do you eat meat?