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frogpelt··on Opus 5 is currently #1 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Leaderboard
They are tied for first using the Google-proof question and answer benchmark: https://artificialanalysis.ai/evaluations/gpqa-diamond

Maybe that's their only goal?

frogpelt··on Apple Just Lost Me
I didn’t like it at first. Now it doesn’t bother me.
frogpelt··on How far back in time can you understand English?
I came here to post the same video. I couldn't understand it until 1600-ish. My wife immediately recognized swinu as pigs early in the video.
frogpelt··on Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down
I know you’re downvoted but every time I read a story like this I get the feeling it’s mostly fiction.
frogpelt··on Nearly a third of social media research has undisclosed ties to industry
Before there was social media there was click bait headlines from supposedly reputable news agencies.

Social media gave people easy ways to engage and share. And it turns out what people engage with and share is click bait/rage bait.

So maybe not technically inherent but a natural consequence of creating networks for viral sharing of content.

frogpelt··on 10 years of personal finances in plain text files
I’m fairly certain it’s Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty
frogpelt··on Growing up in “404 Not Found”: China's nuclear city in the Gobi Desert
FYI, 418 is the HTTP status code that means the server is a teapot.
frogpelt··on The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora
Fun fact: Krusty now owned by Disney.
frogpelt··on Trump pardons convicted Binance founder
It answers the question posed. Unless you think only morons have opinions that differ from yours.
frogpelt··on US Junk Bonds Post Worst Losses in Six Months, Spreads Widen
The train of thought is 1. The economy is making me nervous. 2. You're right to be nervous. 3. Then what are your short positions, since you're so smart?

Non-sequitur.

frogpelt··on Researchers find evidence of ChatGPT buzzwords turning up in everyday speech
I actually use the em dash. I learned it from Butterick’s practical typography years ago.

https://practicaltypography.com/hyphens-and-dashes.html

frogpelt··on Don't force your kids to do math
Maybe it wasn't the math, but the abuse.
frogpelt··on Cozy video games can quell stress and anxiety
Yeah… but if you had to rip heads off of demons in your day job you might not feel that way.
frogpelt··on Full Text Search of US Court records
There are a lot of Subways and many times they are in strip malls and gas stations. That could be an explanation. Can’t explain the bologna part.
frogpelt··on The hardest working font in Manhattan
I know it was a long essay and I skimmed most of it myself. But the author definitely mentions this and even has a picture from the 1895 book you linked to.
frogpelt··on Younger cannabis users have reduced brain function, finds largest study yet
If you’re looking controlled study results you could refer to the post.

If you want to provide your own anecdotal evidence to refute the parent comment, fire away.

frogpelt··on Why is homeschooling becoming fashionable?
Homeschooling is another way to protect your kids from social media. If they aren't subjected to forced hang outs with kids who are all on social media, it becomes much easier to control their access to it (or rather its access to them).
frogpelt··on Bankruptcy judge rejects sale of Infowars to The Onion
These kind of comments don’t help any discussion.
frogpelt··on Americans React to UnitedHealthcare CEO's Murder: 'My Empathy Is Out of Network'
Ah yes, Baader-Meinhof. The namesake of one of my favorite phenomena: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion
frogpelt··on Mechanical Engineer creates instruments for his one-man metal band (2022)
It's not industrial or metal but here's an obligatory link to Wintergatan's Marble Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q
frogpelt··on Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics
Until there’s a great revival/revolution. Then we start over.
frogpelt··on How economical is your local Taco Bell?
Can’t tell if serious.

Everything has an app. And pretty soon everything will have an “AI”.

frogpelt··on How economical is your local Taco Bell?
Very well done. When I was color blind I just picked all 3s to get through level as quickly as possible.
frogpelt··on Lottery Simulator (2023)
You were due for a big win.
frogpelt··on Asking the wrong questions (2017)
You’ve given me an idea: tiny houses that move on rails… the trains are the houses!
frogpelt··on Rethinking Exercise: How Too Much Can Speed Up Aging, According to Finnish Study (2023)
But if it says “eat more pie”, don’t listen.
frogpelt··on Wells Fargo worker found dead at her desk four days after clocking in
I hear you. I think this story says more about a particular organization and/or individual’s role than it does RTO in general.
frogpelt··on The Marshmallow Test does not reliably predict adult functioning
I think in general, those divisions do exist.

People who lean right, tend to think movement from lower classes to higher classes is possible with hard work and that a person’s starting point doesn’t matter as much.

People who lean left tend to think where you start is the biggest predictor of where you will end up regardless of how hard you work. Hence the reasons one side favors the social safety net more than the other side does.

That has been my observation at least.

frogpelt··on The Marshmallow Test does not reliably predict adult functioning
I agree. There very clearly is a causation link between certain behaviors and long term success. Household income is something people have direct control over. I can go out and immediately cut mine in half tomorrow if I choose to. Doubling it would be harder but i imagine I could do that too if I took the appropriate actions.
frogpelt··on Boeing Is the Canary in the Trickle-Down Coal Mines
The author quotes a different article multiple times throughout. Here’s the source article: https://democracyjournal.org/arguments/what-really-wrecked-b...
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