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I really recommend this book which probes both natural and lab-leak origin theories https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/58647975-viral

IMHO, it is very likely that lab-leak is the origin, though it does not have definite evidence.

Here is a Bayesian (but somewhat old) analysis from Rootclaim https://www.rootclaim.com/analysis/What-is-the-source-of-COV... giving lab leak over 80% chance.

I didn't quite get why RL was used instead of just collecting same data from labelers and either prompt-tuning, p-tuning or fine-tuning on that.

Not sure what do you mean by "already", but according to the ones we spoke - they are seeing a huge spike in demand this last year (which they correlate with masks and lack of in-person learning in very young kids).

[*] "Masks Can Be Detrimental to Babies’ Speech and Language Development" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/masks-can-be-detr...

Mask mandates and lockdowns have an enormous costs.

* It is estimated that lockdowns killed at least 238,000 kids in South Asia [1]

* In rich parts of the world kids, especially from poor families, suffer from a huge loss in learning. Our school's district (in Bay Area) psychologist said that most of their 3-5 year old suffer from speech and social delays. Try booking speech or ABA therapy for a kid in Bay Area - they are all booked for months in advance.

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56425115

depends on the age group, co-morbidities, and virus variant. Isn't it?

didn't you get a memo. "super booster" is a newspeak for "natural immunity" which is politically irresponsible now. /s

whoever is in charge of Mozilla needs to go. They are no longer "fighting for the user" but virtue signal while doing the same things so-called "BigTech" does.

they are replacing it mostly with gas from Russia. Great idea! /s

why DeepMind's papers all have logos and copyright statements on them and are hosted not on arxiv.org ? This looks so weird.

the University of California system (where I got my Ph.D.) just got rid of standardized test without proposing anything better.The admission is now even more unfair and subjective. First time in a decade I am not donating to my Alma mater. Neither do many others from my class.

Also California recently tried to pass a horrendous Prop 16 to enable outright race and gender discrimination in admission process. Luckily it didn't pass, but the politicians who supported it (Newsom, Harris) are still here to do damage.

did they succeed though? And if yes, did it came at the expense of "actual science"?

An important lesson a parent should teach to their kids is that not 100% of what is taught to them is true and that some stuff taught to them is non-sense/political propaganda. In CA it is CRT, it TX it is Creationism.

But which place will still teach them Algebra?

"Can they get similar talent with draconian social policies like abortion bans? If I suggested moving to Texas my wife would (rightfully) tell me to go fuck myself."

- I am very much against TX's policy on this. However, how many people are affected by this policy Vs how many kids will be denied Algebra in CA now?

It is never 100% all good or bad policies in any place. It is always a mix. Rational people chose what's best for them and their loved ones overall.

>>"Don't think voters will continue voting for those policies now that repercussions being seen and lived."

- I really hope you are right, but I am not expecting this. Unfortunately, average voter (both on the left and right) seems to be willing to reject realities of cause->effects if they conflict with their identity.

with Tesla, SpaceX, Samsung and other tech investing this heavy in Texas, when/will it surpass CA as a tech powerhouse of the future?

we have two kids: 4 and 7 and live in the Bay Area. And at this point every other parents we know of with kids of similar age are either private school, homeschool or are moving/have moved to Texas/Florida.

what a shame. vote all those clowns out.

Isn't their data also showing that Moderna is the most effective vaccine at preventing deaths?

apparently China chose to lead the future.

"risk-free rates of return" - typically means "losing value via inflation"

that media coverage though ...

"Nuclear waste is difficult to deal with."

This is false. It is easier and safer to store the waste from modern nuclear power plants than waste from production and used solar panels (which are conveniently outsourced to China now due to poor env regulations there)

wind and solar are heavily subsidized and nuclear is, arguably, over regulated despite being statistically the safest source of energy (as measured in deaths / twh)

no one is asking for 100% nuclear. Sure, when sun shines solar makes sense. But it can't satisfy all the needs all the time. Look at California - we are closing our nuclear and buying more electricity from Utah where it is generated using coal and gas. You can't outsource climate change.

being anti-nuclear at times of climate crisis is a moral and intellectual equivalent to being anti-vaccines during the pandemic

Intellectually being anti-nuclear is the same position as being anti-vaccines (talking not only about COVID here) and anti-GMO.

this is a good point. Everybody keep saying that US had a small inflation in the last 2 decades. Yes, prices of eggs/milk maybe didn't go up to0 much. But what about prices of child care, education, housing, health care, retirement. Yes all these have many factors behind their cost rise, but money printing just can't be ignored here.

we need one to run for President in USA in 2024

why would it put you out of job? Wouldn't it just become one of the tools you use?

Very few people regret on their deathbed that they simply did not work hard enough. What they typically regret is not trying things and not spending time with family. Yes, trying things could mean work very hard, like starting a startup but it also often means not backpacking in Europe, not sailing around the world, not opening their own bakery, etc.

I am an engineering manager at Bay Area tech company and I love WFH. We have on-boarded lots of new employees and interns remotely and while there are difficulties the benefits seems to prevail.

Actually, I don't have anyone who is physically in California (I am the only one on my team who is physically there).

EDIT: list of WFH benefits (not complete): no commute (this is huge for some), ICs tend to do more focused work, ability to hire talent globally, giving option to people to live where they want to live (vs work), less seasonal colds, etc.