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New comment by plutomeetsyou in "Codex Micro"

plutomeetsyou — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:32:22 +0000

Someday my kid is going to ask me why we need 79 keys on a keyboard if we only use "accept" and "accept all".

New comment by plutomeetsyou in "Sleep regularity is a stronger predictor of mortality risk than sleep duration (2023)"

plutomeetsyou — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:46:51 +0000

> Adjusted R2 values for each model were 0.085 (linear), 0.118 (quadratic), and 0.125 (cubic)

I get the study design is not causal and all, but this R^2 looks very underfit for a study that claims a stronger predictor?

New comment by plutomeetsyou in "U.S. science is in chaos"

plutomeetsyou — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:20:22 +0000

tbf I don't think Chinese citizens are faring any better than the West reporting on the ground, it's also possible there are numerous problems coalescing at the same time for humanity on a global scale.

New comment by plutomeetsyou in "Can I Buy Your KV Cache?"

plutomeetsyou — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:01:47 +0000

convert this question to KV cache and give it to your agent

New comment by plutomeetsyou in "A message from President Kornbluth about funding and the talent pipeline"

plutomeetsyou — Thu, 14 May 2026 15:30:09 +0000

Since this is the first comment that emphasizes research which most are conflating with graduate school in general. I think that is the salient effect of the funding cut, which affects research (PhDs) more than cash cow coursework programs such as Masters, MBAs, and JDs. Most are forgetting that US global position Post-WWII comes primarily from basic research -> applied research pipeline; Silicon Valley alone did not endow us with the internet, satellite, rockets, etc.

New comment by plutomeetsyou in "A message from President Kornbluth about funding and the talent pipeline"

plutomeetsyou — Thu, 14 May 2026 15:23:04 +0000

Isn't that the entire incentive structure for international PhD graduates already (at least on the private industry front)?

New comment by plutomeetsyou in "Googlebook"

plutomeetsyou — Tue, 12 May 2026 18:21:22 +0000

supposedly macbook pro's M-series are quite adept for gamers these days.

New comment by plutomeetsyou in "The Theory of Interstellar Trade [pdf] (1978)"

plutomeetsyou — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:56:51 +0000

SpaceX and Rocket Lab are among the companies that can accelerate the addition of Interstellar Trade as a subfield of economics, perhaps even within the average life span of a Gen Millennial person.

New comment by plutomeetsyou in "Hospital at centre of child HIV outbreak caught reusing syringes in Pakistan"

plutomeetsyou — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:30:47 +0000

or the lack of education is the cause of such denial of science.

New comment by plutomeetsyou in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026)"

plutomeetsyou — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 04:40:50 +0000

Location: Seattle, WA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Python (PyData), Java, PostgreSQL, Linux, Bash, Tableau, R, Causal Inference(A/B Testing), Statistical Modeling, AWS, Spark.

Email: gavinqu1 [at] gmail.com

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o0kxpqVKt8EbIfWEpsje7vo2Hy1...

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Hi, I'm Gavin and I am looking for analytics and developer roles, I'm willing to learn new technologies and adapt quickly to different industries. Looking forward to connecting with great founders and startups who can utilize my background in economics research and data science.

New comment by plutomeetsyou in "Prism"

plutomeetsyou — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:11:17 +0000

Economists definitely use LaTeX, but as a field, it's at the intersection of applied math and social sciences so your point stands. I also know some Data Scientists in the industry who do.

New comment by plutomeetsyou in "How our noisy world is seriously damaging our health"

plutomeetsyou — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 19:44:43 +0000

sounds like a homestead in the mountains could be one of the solutions.

New comment by plutomeetsyou in "Chinese scientists unveil aerial/terrestrial robot prototype for Mars"

plutomeetsyou — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 18:44:37 +0000

Might as well start colonizing Jupiter's moons, we can start with Ganymede, IO, then Callisto - the official name for it can be "The Rim".

New comment by plutomeetsyou in "The Loneliness Epidemic Is a Security Crisis"

plutomeetsyou — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:27:03 +0000

MI is not a tiny island but I see your point, especially over the last 20+ years of living there. However, wealthy people buying multiple mansions around the world and letting them sit there idle is also a story as old as time.

New comment by plutomeetsyou in "Unemployed office workers are having a harder time finding new jobs"

plutomeetsyou — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 05:57:07 +0000

I've been in the same boat for the past 4 months since graduating from a master's program and I have friends that has been laid off for almost 10 months. WSJ hits close to home today: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavinqu/

New comment by plutomeetsyou in "Raw milk recalled for containing bird flu virus, California reports"

plutomeetsyou — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 21:11:29 +0000

Now, how am I supposed to source my raw milk for my family of four?

New comment by plutomeetsyou in "Wealth Distribution in the United States"

plutomeetsyou — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:44:52 +0000

Even with those fluctuations, you can live (more than) comfortably with those $100 billion (probably). Unless you're being sarcastic

New comment by plutomeetsyou in "Zero calorie sweetener linked to blood clots and heart disease, study finds"

plutomeetsyou — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 03:31:54 +0000

n = 10, these links probably warrant more research and a larger cohort.

New comment by plutomeetsyou in "Fossil hints that Jurassic mammals lived slow and died old"

plutomeetsyou — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 04:05:12 +0000

Is it possible due to the more oxygen rich environment during the jurassic era?