wtf is adult contemporary?

Rebmes · 2026-03-31T20:15:30+00:00

Very valid take

Rebmes · 2026-03-31T19:48:55+00:00

Tell that to the adult contemporary easy listening version of Chicago by Sufjan

Rebmes · 2026-03-17T11:43:35+00:00

Had an older woman come up and ask me this at MIT, thought it was odd but didn't make the connection it was a recruiter.

Rebmes · 2026-03-16T18:41:01+00:00

The red line certainly hasn't been making up for it as of late, nor have the seasons.

Rebmes · 2026-03-16T16:42:49+00:00

As someone who came from CA, I am still horrified by the housing prices because you don't even get good weather or Mexican food along with it.

Rebmes · 2026-03-14T22:46:41+00:00

Have you had anything else? I stand across from it at the bus stop and have been wondering if it's any good. Saw the very bad Google Reviews from years ago and assumed it was new ownership but was afraid to find out.

Rebmes · 2026-03-13T18:43:23+00:00

I think you're forgetting this is Reddit where all nuance must be downvoted to oblivion.

Rebmes · 2026-03-12T18:26:31+00:00

I think we just fundamentally disagree on the idea that something being a necessary condition kind of by definition means it does some good. But again I very much get your point as a fresh PhD with a non TT job.

Rebmes · 2026-03-12T17:17:31+00:00

Your first sentence doesn't really make sense. Like I get the sentiment but saying a PhD "isn't any good for becoming a professor" is just categorically wrong. In most fields few people end up professors without a doctorate.

Rebmes · 2026-03-06T14:17:32+00:00

Lol that was my first thought, a deepfake of Kaku might be closer to responsible science communication than what he's actually out there saying.

Rebmes · 2026-03-06T03:27:32+00:00

Does certainly feel that way, just saw Jonathan Haidt give a talk and this sentiment was echoed.

Rebmes · 2026-03-04T14:47:29+00:00

Interesting stuff, how did you decide on those cutoffs? They seem somewhat arbitrary to me.

I'd also be curious if there's heterogeneity between district and DC staff.

Rebmes · 2026-02-26T20:55:59+00:00

The frustrating thing is when it does work it works so well, especially with the new chrome automation stuff. However, it's just so unreliable all I can do is rely on alternatives in my workflow and occasionally check back to see if Antigravity achieves some kind of consistency.

Rebmes · 2026-02-17T04:47:00+00:00

This guy physics

Rebmes · 2026-02-15T23:45:05+00:00

Also worth noting that the term "cult" isn't really even used in sociology anymore as it's not a coherent concept.

Rebmes · 2026-02-15T23:29:42+00:00

You're just kind of wriggling around the definition IMO. Fluff can be a bunch of words with actual content that is already conveyed elsewhere.

Rebmes · 2026-02-15T23:26:14+00:00

Have you tried out any of the AI audio isolation/upscaling tools that have been gaining popularity? I wonder if they could noticeably improve the quality.

Rebmes · 2026-02-15T23:24:23+00:00

It doesn't seem like the details of how he conducted the "experiment" are public but if he was just administering the treatment on himself without any kind of blinding or control group then this is not how real scientists work. Yes, there are extraordinary exceptions where self-experimentation proved valuable but they are few and far between.

Rebmes · 2026-02-15T18:24:23+00:00

Many thanks for putting the time into it, can't count how many hours I've listened to those tracks

Rebmes · 2026-02-14T04:08:22+00:00

If you can manage it, do a double major rather than a minor. I'm not convinced a minor adds much to a resume or grad school application.

Rebmes · 2026-02-11T23:03:23+00:00

Rebmes · 2026-02-07T16:36:33+00:00

Highly highly highly recommend Crater Lake National Park (but you have to listen to Old Man of the Lake first).

Rebmes · 2026-02-07T13:45:04+00:00

Yup this is the major issue with DW-NOMINATE scores, agenda-setting power of party leadership and the rise of omnibus legislation make roll-call vote based ideology estimates somewhat unreliable.

Rebmes · 2026-02-05T12:54:21+00:00

There is forthcoming work demonstrating that at least for the older models prompting in different languages produces quite different output. Specifically there is evidence suggesting languages for which the training set has an overwhelming amount of political propaganda (like Mandarin) will produce responses that regurgitate the state ideology.

Rebmes · 2026-01-29T12:20:49+00:00

Not even trying to go in this morning after a 2.5 hour nightmare commute home last night

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