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Is there a statistic for anything that proves causation? I’m trying to think how you would do that as a number and not a logical argument

I suppose "studies" or something similar might have been a better word.

He’s not saying there is a hard wall he’s saying there’s a point where we’ll need new techniques or technologies not just refine the current one. Less of a hard barrier like the speed of light than an innovative one like creating artificial ammonia to make industrial amounts of fertilizer to support increasing crop amounts

No, Graydon Hoare took one look at the config code, went “fuck this” and decided to create a new language instead.

The Miracle of the House of Brandenburg is the closest example I can think of

Until the school assigns online homework, homework that takes 3 hours a night


I didn't say no computer/internet access. They could do their homework on a computer in a common room.


I predict by the very next semester students still be weaponizing Reasonable Accommodation requests against any further attempts at this


Universities are rapidly becoming useless as a signal of knowledge and competency of their graduates.


Uber for squatter kickers


Time to employ Van Eck phreaking, Morse code, and a chess aiding device


As someone who did well in Calculus and had engaging instructors I’m not sure I’d call any of the textbooks well written. That being said I doubt AI’s ability to be enlightening to any student tackling PDEs or vector calculus


Wait! The ending is improved in the new version!?


No more dead ghosts guiding Adam from the astral plane.

Not that it is top-notch, mind you, but much more coherent.

The book was heavily edited into a more straightforward and logical narrative. The original sometimes felt like a collection of different stories from the same universe, now it’s more linked and warranted.


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