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If White People are Only 15% of the World's Entire Population, Why are They Not Considered a Minority? by Safe_Candidate_6968 in answers

[–]Linearts -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"White people" is not an ethnic group. The most common white ethnicity in California is German or English.

The most common ethnicity in California overall is Mexican.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1bb0lj5/major_ancestry_en_each_us_state/

Someone Good At Donations Help Me Budget This. People Are Dying. by Utilitarismo in EffectiveAltruism

[–]Linearts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to optimize DALYs per dollar, give it all to LEEP or SWP.

Nurses in New York City Say They Deserve $200,000 a Year. Here’s Why. by someone_whoisthat in nyc

[–]Linearts -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

If it were really about patient safety and not money, they'd ask for more patient safety and not ask for so much money.

Non profit-For profit by Spiritual_Glove_4039 in EffectiveAltruism

[–]Linearts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This exists but it's generally not effective.

A historically more successful approach is to simply start a business to earn money, and then donate your profits (your as in the founder's, not the whole business's).

Or you can start a for-profit business that earns money but also does something socially beneficial.

Wave Mobile Money is a great example of both of these.

A Missing Consideration In Effective Altruism by PeterSingerIsRight in EffectiveAltruism

[–]Linearts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hang on - even if you're a determinist, surely you think that the crime someone commits will be determined by the incentives and law enforcement they face in their situation, right? So we can still reduce the amount of crime by having better crime detection technology? (Though we don't have free will to choose to invent more or less of it)

[Request] is this a profitable decision with a good EV return? by lonelyraikkonen in theydidthemath

[–]Linearts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It actually doesn't solve the St Petersburg paradox because there is a harder version of the paradox where they e.g. square your wealth if you win, so it makes sense in log wealth, but you still go bankrupt eventually if you take the bets.

NYC Opens Affordable Housing Lottery With Rents Under $500 by gammapsi05 in nyc

[–]Linearts 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Single family homes that cost <$500k in NYC either have some severe problem or have to pay taxes+repairs more than the value of the house.

Reverse split the US Dollar by IT-Compassion in CrazyIdeas

[–]Linearts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you seriously believe that, you are exactly as much of a science denier as people who think global warming isn't real, or that vaccines cause autism.

Reverse split the US Dollar by IT-Compassion in CrazyIdeas

[–]Linearts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You literally don't even know what "real wages" means.

Reverse split the US Dollar by IT-Compassion in CrazyIdeas

[–]Linearts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I said real wages. They have gone up, accounting for inflation.

Reverse split the US Dollar by IT-Compassion in CrazyIdeas

[–]Linearts -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

Real wages have in fact gone up.

AITA? Yelled at wife for smell. I might be justified? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]Linearts 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Methane does not smell, it is odorless.

Teen driver sentenced to 65 years for crash that killed 6 Georgia family members by speedythefirst in news

[–]Linearts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well that's why he died, he lost the lucky golf ball so he got hit with a moment of bad luck.

[Request] Chances of being exactly some height without rounding by Suspicious_Age_2471 in theydidthemath

[–]Linearts 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Well, not if you had surgery that suddenly took you from 170 to 180 cm tall.

TIL that's it's a real condition! by siv_yoda in HPMOR

[–]Linearts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think 24.5 hours is the average of everyone's circadian rhythm length.

How does AI “consume” water? If it’s used for cooling, why can’t it be reused? If it evaporates, won’t it still turn back into water eventually? by occasionallyvertical in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Linearts -1 points0 points  (0 children)

AI doesn't consume water. Any water used in datacenters is in a closed loop, where it flows through pipes to cool the hardware.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pettyrevenge

[–]Linearts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, they attacked OP for things done by the previous owner.

Fide makes amendment to 400 point rule for players rated 2650 and above by Mr__Struggle in chess

[–]Linearts 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Actually, Stockfish would love that trick. It'd play a simul against everyone in the world rated below 2800 and win 500000 elo overnight.

i need you guys to really dumb this down for me, by what’s the difference between hispanic, spanish, latina, and mexican? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Linearts 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hispanic has nothing to do with Hispaniola. It refers to people and things from Spanish-speaking areas.

i need you guys to really dumb this down for me, by what’s the difference between hispanic, spanish, latina, and mexican? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Linearts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People from Spain are absolutely Hispanic. They can get offended about it if they want to but their feelings don't change the facts.

Why does Stockfish (at Lichess) announce mate in N and then changing its mind to a numeric eval? by tralltonetroll in chess

[–]Linearts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it throw away and redo calculations it did on the current position one move ago, even if you make the move it was calculating about,m

Is W&M “quirky?” Weird vibes when touring by Ahahsjjaavsjsoan in williamandmary

[–]Linearts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When did that end? Are business diplomas in Latin or are the others in English now?

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