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New comment by DonutATX in "Citing 'severe' math deficits, UC faculty demand a return to SAT tests for STEM"

DonutATX — Thu, 28 May 2026 15:11:37 +0000

I suggest you glance at the novel Ananthem by Neal Stephenson. The core plot device is about "universities" stripping all worldly items away from the students, so they are left with simple clothes and chalkboards. Fascinating topic, well executed by Neal. One of my favorite books.

New comment by DonutATX in "Disagreement among frontier LLMs on real-world fact-checks"

DonutATX — Thu, 28 May 2026 14:50:11 +0000

Why did they exclude Grok? Given the published philosophical differences in how Grok is trained, it would provide an interesting data point.

You can argue all day about those differences, but missing this opportunity to observe them in an objective way is disappointing.

New comment by DonutATX in "How long until AI automates all cognitive labor?"

DonutATX — Thu, 28 May 2026 14:45:31 +0000

Which humans? "Humans" are not fungible objects, no matter what the gray-wool-suit set says. The LLMs are already replacing human workers on the bottom of the food chain. Are they perfect? No. Are the humans they are replacing perfect? No. At that point it becomes about tradeoffs.

If AGI is "better at every human at everything" that is ASI, which is a different breed of cat.

New comment by DonutATX in "Big Calculator: How Texas Instruments Monopolized Math Class"

DonutATX — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 22:53:27 +0000

What I fail to understand is this teachers assumption of financial responsibility for an expense outside their contract. What kind of union are they running? Seriously, if all of the teachers simply refused to purchase mandated equipment for their students, the district would either have to assume that responsibility, or change policy. By "doing the best for the students", the teacher allows the district to go unaccountable for their decisions, perpetuating the problem.

I love teachers, family is full of them, and maybe they shouldn't allow themselves to be used so ruthlessly by the state?

New comment by DonutATX in "Aggressively Stupid: The Story Behind After Dark (2007)"

DonutATX — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 21:00:23 +0000

Oh man, these were cash cows. $24.99 for the one my company did, it came on three floppy disks. But, if you had our games installed, it would use their art resources for more screensavers!

http://www.old-games.com/download/5742/origin-fx

New comment by DonutATX in "Show HN: Painless1099 – automated self-employment taxes"

DonutATX — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 21:58:48 +0000

Save 50% of everything you earn as a 1099er. How hard is that?

New comment by DonutATX in "Can You Fall in Love with Someone Through Text Message?"

DonutATX — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 15:15:21 +0000

LOL, my teen did several times.