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New comment by alanchen in "Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost"

alanchen — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 06:37:56 +0000

I encourage everyone to read how Economists think about education: Spencer’s Job Market Signaling paper.

https://www.sfu.ca/~allen/Spence.pdf

It’s not just about learning skills, but it’s a natural and rational mechanism to filter talents.

New comment by alanchen in "Tailscale Peer Relays"

alanchen — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 19:43:53 +0000

Any reason this is not supported on iOS/tvOS devices? Would love to make it work on my Apple TV!

New comment by alanchen in "Kids who get smartphones earlier become adults with worse mental health"

alanchen — Mon, 15 May 2023 16:09:25 +0000

> We must also always consider that there could be “third variables” that cause both of the first two variables to rise. In this case, one plausible confounding third variable is permissive parenting. Perhaps permissive parents (in each country) simultaneously do two things: they give their kids smartphones at very young ages, and they also give them few boundaries and little structure, which then interferes with development and produces struggling young adults.

From the original article. I wonder if this variable is controlled, how much of the correlation will be gone.

Congressedits on Mastodon

alanchen — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 17:39:34 +0000

Article URL: https://botsin.space/@congressedits

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33845333

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New comment by alanchen in "App Store doesn't accept “too simple” apps"

alanchen — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 23:16:47 +0000

F* App Store, let's make side-loading a legal requirement.

New comment by alanchen in "Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing"

alanchen — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:00:50 +0000

I think https://privacy.com is close to that. You get a virtual credit card number for every single service that you sign up for, and you can simply disable them in a centralized place.

It works on the web but it is still a hassle to use on mobile. I imagine Apple can potentially do this using Apple Card, but I don't think this is going to happen any time soon.