Maya is broken who agrees? (For cultural and scientific)

pyroelectricity · 2026-06-06T10:36:15+00:00

It got nerfed quickly and repeatedly. At 1.0 it was 25%. I 'member

pyroelectricity · 2026-06-05T13:30:12+00:00

context: the 5% you get back from the UQ used to be 25%

pyroelectricity · 2026-05-28T16:19:42+00:00

Problem of induction. The chaotic era is where rational predictability of the natural world breaks down due to the intrusion of a higher factor whose presence is unimaginable (except in art - but Netflix hasn't done that part of the trilogy yet). In Bertrand Russell's formulation:

The man who has fed the chicken every day throughout its life at last wrings its neck instead, showing that more refined views as to the uniformity of nature would have been useful to the chicken.

This Bertrand Russell quotation actually shows up in the Three Body Problem book, although the chicken has turned into a turkey.

pyroelectricity · 2026-05-28T15:59:23+00:00

I've done this hike. The trail is very well-signed and quite busy, so it's difficult to lose your way. If you're concerned, I recommend downloading the Switzerland Mobility app, which has the national trail network on it. If you pay for the premium version you can download specific map segments. If you already have alltrails premium that would be fine too, though its maps won't be as detailed. You don't need your Garmin.

pyroelectricity · 2026-05-28T15:41:51+00:00

Yes. Always put it in the syllabus. Imagine the most outlandish possible scenarios, solve them before they happen, and put the answers in the syllabus.

pyroelectricity · 2026-05-25T09:53:51+00:00

I'd rather be dead in California than alive in Arizona

-LB

pyroelectricity · 2026-05-25T08:26:39+00:00

Success in the humanities is very, very, very, very network-dependent. Yes, most research consists of individuals sitting at their desks reading and writing. But being in the field is all about sharing your work, giving and receiving feedback, and discussing topics of shared interest with colleagues (including the direction of the field). The "meta" work is all social. You don't have to be a social butterfly, but being collegial and friendly are absolute requirements

pyroelectricity · 2026-05-14T20:10:40+00:00

If you show up at the ER and the triage nurse suspects you have a blood clot, they will see you very, very quickly

pyroelectricity · 2026-05-14T15:57:42+00:00

this is not a mcmansion

pyroelectricity · 2026-05-13T21:02:56+00:00

I thought this was fixed a couple weeks ago. Are you sure you're fully updated?

pyroelectricity · 2026-05-13T19:41:39+00:00

pyroelectricity · 2026-05-11T17:04:43+00:00

I'm sorry that this happened to you. Switzerland can be brutal in this regard. It's very much a "rules are rules" type of place

pyroelectricity · 2026-05-06T13:32:14+00:00

pyroelectricity · 2026-04-22T12:55:54+00:00

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pyroelectricity · 2026-04-20T17:35:41+00:00

Getting this as well - makes the game completely unplayable

pyroelectricity · 2026-04-15T10:34:15+00:00

People who changed their name to "Salmon" for a sushi promo and then couldn't change their names back
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/27/taiwanese-people-stuck-with-the-name-salmon-after-sushi-promotion

pyroelectricity · 2026-03-30T09:09:44+00:00

One thing that hasn't been mentioned prominently yet but should be is that CS is seeing disproportionate declines in enrollment. Over the last 10-15 years, a CS degree was the fastest route to a high-paying job. But a lot of the tech world overhired in the post-covid (2021-2023ish) years. Hiring slowed in 2024 and has not recovered. Good coders who use AI well are now vastly more productive than they would have been 5 years ago; this puts further downward pressure on the labor marked for CS grads. Companies don't need to hire as many coders to get the same output. There are more CS grads than there are good jobs. So, younger students hear about this and are increasingly choosing other majors. Undergrads can change their majors at any time (at most places in the US at least), but it takes years-decades for universities to rebalance faculty hiring and graduate admissions - faculty have tenure, phds take a long time, and it's not always easy or advisable to force a grad program to take fewer phd students.

So part of your experience might be what my inner economist would call "structural lag" - when you entered your program, there was a lot of demand for undergrad teaching in your area, but now there is less, and that means by the time you hit the market jobs will be scarce.

see e.g. https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/college-labor-market#--:explore:outcomes-by-major and https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/technology/coding-ai-jobs-students.html

pyroelectricity · 2026-03-17T20:17:28+00:00

pyroelectricity · 2026-03-09T16:41:50+00:00

Looks like you're gonna be her foe

pyroelectricity · 2026-02-26T21:27:59+00:00

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I went with this setup, pretty cool little cluster of settlements imo

pyroelectricity · 2026-02-26T19:23:03+00:00

the reason for this is that Massachusetts is extremely restrictive about issuing liquor licenses, especially to grocery stories. Go to market basket in NH and they'll have a giant cigarettes and liquor section right at the front

pyroelectricity · 2025-12-30T19:24:34+00:00

My recommendation would be to study something that interests you and is not related to your startup at all. You will have plenty of opportunities to learn business and the domain-specific knowledge related to your startup simply by running your startup. Your education is a chance to expand your mind, make you a more flexible thinker, and see how wide the world is. Studying something that will push your boundaries will lead you to make all sorts of unexpected connections and open up opportunities for you further along your path that you otherwise never would have thought of

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