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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • In a statical job applying world, if everyone had a ln equal chance of landing a job (which isn’t the case, but it makes the math easier), you would, on average, have to apply to as many positions as the average number of applicants that apply to the positions your are applying to.

    So if each TRUE job opening has 10 people apply to it, you have to apply to 10 jobs (plus a bunch of false postings) to get a job.

    If each true job opening has 10,000 people apply to it, you have to apply to 10,000.









  • Kids who use ChatGPT as a study assistant do worse on tests

    But on a test afterwards, these AI-tutored students did no better. Students who just did their practice problems the old fashioned way — on their own — matched their test scores

    Headline: People who flip coins have a much worse chance of calling it if they call heads!

    Text: Studies show that people who call heads when flipping coins have an even chance of getting it right compared to people who do the old fashion way of calling tails.





  • I had an old car whose engine would die if it didn’t get gas, so you would always be giving it a bit of gas at all times. When you came to a stop, you had to push slightly down on the gas and all the way down on the brake, otherwise the engine would shut off.

    Also would allow you to take the key out of the ignition while the car was running and it would keep running so you could unlock house doors with your keys. My parents actually sent it into the shop to “fix” that. I still don’t know why they spent money to get rid of a feature. Were they afraid I would leave it on without the keys? The engine would just die without someone to push down on the gas petal.