Thank you!

I have not heard the term “functional illiteracy” before, but I immediately understand it and know more people that it applies to than I really care to admit.

I’m not convinced this feed is healthy for me, but I’ve pinned it and anticipate using it heavily for a while.

Thank you!

How often do they get to check their accuracy? Once an election, right? And a poll two months before an election is basically impossible to check for accuracy. So they try to use other measures of quality other than accuracy. Also, having a model they tweak often gives them something to talk about.

The only positive thing I’ve found with poor US vaccination records is that I can say get a TDaP booster without fuss by saying I don’t remember when my last one was. And yes, I have been told by medical professionals that I don’t need one after cutting myself on rusty metal 5+ years from my last.

I had a lengthy discussion with an old CS Prof of mine back in 2022 about LLMs. His position was “this came out of nowhere,” and mine was “this is the largest incremental improvement I’ve seen in the last 15 years, but it’s still just incremental progress.” In the end, he didn’t believe me.

That’s amazing! Are repeat RTs effective or are they a one-and-done treatment?

Last minimum wage job I worked (years ago), the justification behind nearly every decision the owners made could be described as “misplaced priorities.”