Leary

3,367 karma · joined July 19, 2018

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Leary··on Ask HN: Does YC use AI to screen applications?

sam altman once said in an interview that YC has an AI tool that reads applications and produces a score, and that score matches pretty well with their human evaluations. I don't know if they only rely on that score though.

Leary··on Why general artificial intelligence will not be realized (2020)

"causal knowledge is an important part of humanlike intelligence, and that computers cannot handle causality because they cannot intervene in the world"

wait until the author discovers robots

Leary··on The entertainment value curve: Why TikTok is on fire and Quibi isn’t (2020)

People had no qualms with the name when millions installed Quibi for free trials during the start of Covid, the problem is they didn't want to pay for it.

Leary··on Alcohol is never good for people under 40, global study finds

I just read the study, that's not what it says. The minimum risk seems to be 1-5g per day for young people, not 0.

Leary··on U.S. News pulls Columbia University from its 2022 rankings

One thing is closer interaction with faculty. Crucial if you want to apply for grad school and need letters of recommendation.

Leary··on Melvin Capital, hedge fund torpedoed by the GameStop frenzy, is shutting down

Gabe will hide out in a buyside firm for a couple of years before making a grand come back and raise another fund.

Leary··on Monkeys Love Their Alcohol

If you give a baby human a box of strawberries, they'll only eat the sweeter tips and discard the rest.

Leary··on People who decide what becomes history

https://www.livius.org/sources/content/oriental-varia/a-cont....

Leary··on Ask HN: How do you deal with existential crisis?

Feeling empty is nothing wrong. It is a sign you have a proper understanding of the world. Rather than trying to escape it, examine the nature of the feeling and go from there.

Leary··on Facebook paid Republican strategy firm to malign TikTok

Regardless of what people think about Facebook or Tiktok, this kind of behaviour is anti competitive.

If Facebook did this to Tiktok, you can bet it tried similar tactics against Snapchat.

Leary··on US scientist falsely accused of hiding ties to China speaks out

The FBI lied in order to try to get convictions [1].

[1] https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2021/06/14/federal...

Leary··on China asked Russia to delay war until after Olympics, Biden officials say

What incentive does a journalist have? Do they have an incentive to publish a story that is sensational when the story could be either true or false?

Leary··on YouTube ranks “wholesome and funny” comments higher?

Maybe they overweighs downvotes, thus pushing only uncontroversial comments up.

Leary··on Rome: Decline and Fall? Part II: Institutions

Would love to see more analysis of the external reasons for Rome's decline. Namely, who were the people who could vigorously challenge Rome?

Leary··on Why Quantum Mechanics?

Because we're in a simulation. And they used a quantum computer to run it.

Leary··on No amount of alcohol is good for the heart, says World Heart Federation

When they say the evidence is clear, you have to ask, where's the evidence? Did they have a randomized control trial I don't know of?

Leary··on Ask HN: Signs as an Employee of a Failing Startup?

Is what you're working on core to the startup's business? Any idea on what the burn rate of your company is? Any problems getting revenue or further funding?

Leary··on Alcohol should have cancer warnings, say researchers pushing to raise awareness

Is there a scientific consensus on 0.1g-7g/week of alcohol causing cancer? I know there are studies that exclude former drinkers in the reference group that purport it, but it's not clear to me.

And I have not seen studies that show <7g/week of wine drinking causing cancer.

Leary··on Steam has been banned in China

https://twitter.com/Stutsies/status/1474748979326111751?s=20

Looks like it's a DNS attack, not a ban.

Leary··on Water drinking acutely improves orthostatic tolerance in healthy subjects (2002)

I'm young but this happens to me sometimes in the evening when I experience caffeine withdrawal.

Leary··on TikTok overtook Google as the most visited website in 2021

Trump tried it, but the court ruled he didn't have the power to ban an app.

Leary··on Show HN: Metaheads, a search engine for Facebook comments in the US

Great project! One thing I'm sure a lot of people would find useful is a "top comments" page that shows what the most popular/ trending topics are.

Or is it possible to find what sort of news articles are the most popular? I often hear both side of the political spectrum saying Facebook is biased. Would be cool to see if it was true.

Leary··on Yo mama's mama's mama's mama: our understanding of human origins

I didn't know claiming a genetic component in explaining differences in racial averages for IQ is scientific racism.

Leary··on US sanctions drone-maker, DJI

You know your product is good when the US sanctions you, they don't ban all of your products from imports.

Huawei could learn something from DJI.

Leary··on Importance of muscle mass, strength and cardiorespiratory fitness for longevity

There's also usually a big difference in all-cause mortality between no exercise at all vs. a tiny bit every week.

Leary··on The Weirdness of Government Variation in Covid-19 Responses

Name one person who died from Covid in China in 2021. You can't.

Leary··on Huawei CFO Wanzhou Meng Admits to Misleading Global Financial Institution

Shame on the US for misusing the law to achieve its geopolitical objective of handicapping Huawei. Funny how HSBC, the bank that Meng supposedly defrauded, never said they were misled.

Leary··on Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig detained in China 3 yrs on way home

Couple of Canadian spies for the Princess of Huawei? Sure thing!

Leary··on Taiwan Navy launches 'carrier killer' with 28 missiles

"carrier killer" with a 220 nm anti-ship missile. xD

Leary··on Japan finds stainless steel particles in suspended doses of Moderna vaccine

Magneto is that you? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAcs2uROaoI

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