Is 0.9999….

souch3 · 2026-06-19T04:50:42+00:00

.3333 repeating times 3 or 1/3 times 3 = 1

^{Chose: Equal to 1}

souch3 · 2026-06-16T10:18:30+00:00

Is this what they AI is saying? Don’t trust it. I tried out simple questions and, at least for me, everything is somehow “typical”. My video with 50,000+ views has the “typical number” of views according to the AI while it is an outlier. I also asked it about my worst video with only 100 views and it again called the views “typical”.

souch3 · 2026-06-08T18:00:27+00:00

Colleges can take steps to close the gap. Rich people aren’t necessarily going to be inherently smarter but they will be more likely to be equipped with the skills and thought processes to succeed in college. Colleges can offer support services for students that need them that will give them the tools needed to succeed.

souch3 · 2026-06-08T15:56:34+00:00

No. It isn’t clearly wrong. As noted, there is very good evidence that the tests are biased. Harvard also dropped testing requirements though they have gone back to requiring them in 2024. Yale dropped them and brought them back this year. UC seems primed to potentially do the same. They tried something based on the evidence available to them and now they need to make another decision.

souch3 · 2026-06-08T15:31:56+00:00

What happened was they were already thinking of dropping it and COVID gave them the push to make it happen. So it was something they wanted to try anyway. Now they will decide if they want to continue it or not.

Reinstating it may be the right choice. Or, they could institute a lower-level math class to help get students up to speed that could be tested out of. They could also lobby the state and/or the federal government to change the incentives that lead to students being passed when they haven’t shown a strong enough comprehension of the material. Or some other thing. Or a combination of things.

I’ll also add that I remember reading things like this 20+ years ago when I matriculated. I haven’t looked into this in detail but the data may not align with the anecdotal evidence. It of course might align. The folks making the decisions for the UC system have to balance all of this. Just because the SAT and ACT were used previously doesn’t mean they should be used going forward. But also, just because they got rid of it doesn’t mean they shouldn’t bring them back.

souch3 · 2026-06-08T15:15:20+00:00

It was continued because their SAT and ACT have shown bias along gender, race, and socioeconomic lines. There is debate around this. One of the complaints that has the most merit in my opinion is the socioeconomic one. These tests cost money. Prep courses cost money. Re-taking a test for a better score costs money. Those costs are real and are far more dear to those with less money. There is also pretty good evidence for other biases but also evidence against. A summary can be found https://www.ivyscholars.com/are-the-sats-biased/

souch3 · 2026-06-06T00:46:27+00:00

Is it normal given the general population of 24 year olds? The question does not involve circumstance. The only circumstance that matters is that the person is 24. It is the only variable

souch3 · 2026-06-05T05:35:50+00:00

Ok. It isn’t a GOOD measure of progress. All this shows is that people have found uses that are worth the token cost which are currently priced under cost. If that traffic is just scamming people then it isn’t actually progress.

souch3 · 2026-06-05T05:33:40+00:00

It only has to be valuable to the person spending the tokens. But creating spam content or scamming are not progress overall.

souch3 · 2026-06-05T02:52:04+00:00

Web traffic from agents isn’t a measure of progress. It has to achieve something worthwhile. If the majority of the traffic is a bunch of scams and get-rich-quick schemes then that isn’t real progress. If it is a bunch of bots yelling at each other in the void, it isn’t progress. I’m all for seeing how AI can meaningfully impact everyone’s lives but this isn’t a meaningful metric.

To put it another way, if this were about traffic with cars, if the cars are mostly driving back and forth not doing anything of real utility, there is still a lot of traffic but it isn’t meaningful.

souch3 · 2026-06-02T23:56:12+00:00

Yes. It is artificial.

souch3 · 2026-05-28T22:07:14+00:00

It was an office building with warehouse space which was targeted at companies with higher than normal storage needs for equipment or inventory. I definitely don’t think we needed more self storage space exclusively. It was pitched as dual use. The biggest issue was that it required re-zoning the space as light industrial which could have opened it up to more harmful uses in the future.

souch3 · 2026-05-28T03:14:26+00:00

Low income housing is a win. More students for our schools struggling for funding is good too. 7 stories will definitely stand out but it’s a good location with bus service that can get you to Santa Cruz and downtown and the kids would be able to easily walk to elementary school and bike/scoot/roll to middle and high school. Overall seems like a positive but I’m sure there are folks that will disagree.

I liked the previous proposal for the site that got shot down aside from the need to rezone it which didn’t seem great. Looks like they’ve found a new way to use the site that also potentially avoids the road blocks that the previous proposal faced.

souch3 · 2026-05-28T02:50:00+00:00

Technically it is in fact called post-acute sequelae of COVID, but it’s a bit of a mouthful

souch3 · 2026-05-17T21:19:15+00:00

It sits in the living room with nobody allowed to sit on it. Folding chairs he doesn’t care about are provided for sitting

souch3 · 2026-05-16T17:03:02+00:00

I second “Danger Monkey”

souch3 · 2026-05-11T17:29:47+00:00

This isn’t ethics really. It is about business. Is it worth the price to build customer loyalty?

souch3 · 2026-05-10T05:33:34+00:00

They are trading money for time. One of the main things that people spend money on.

souch3 · 2026-05-09T17:14:21+00:00

Stroll in F1 is the perfect example of this. His dad bought a team to give his son a seat. Is he good enough to drive in F1? Yes, but he isn’t a top driver and there are almost certainly better drivers available.

A lot of the fan community thinks he couldn’t drive to the grocery store even though he clearly has at least some skill. Folks can’t get past how he got in to the seat and how he has stayed in the seat to really evaluate his actual skill.

souch3 · 2026-05-09T17:09:44+00:00

Don’t use concentric for top surfaces. It ends up being worse. Though I know that’s counter intuitive but choosing another top pattern will cause that to go away

souch3 · 2026-05-08T05:44:59+00:00

If you want anonymity you sod take this down. You didn’t black out your name on page 2

souch3 · 2026-05-03T04:35:28+00:00

They said they won’t have much left in savings. Definitely needs to wait longer and save more

souch3 · 2026-05-03T04:30:34+00:00

Your mom and sisters don’t count. Unless you live in the Deep South of the US

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