dynomight

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I blog at https://dynomight.net where I like to strain my credibility by claiming that incense and ultrasonic humidifiers might be bad for you.

Counterintuitive effects of minimum prices

dynomight24 Jan 2025 23:05 UTC

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Arithmetic is an underrated world-modeling technology

dynomight17 Oct 2024 14:00 UTC

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Nursing doubts

dynomight30 Aug 2024 2:25 UTC

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Datasets that change the odds you exist

dynomight29 Jun 2024 18:45 UTC

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Thoughts on seed oil

dynomight20 Apr 2024 12:29 UTC

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Using axis lines for good or evil

dynomight6 Mar 2024 14:47 UTC

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 Are language models good at making predictions?

dynomight6 Nov 2023 13:10 UTC

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Can I take ducks home from the park?

dynomight14 Sep 2023 21:03 UTC

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I still think it’s very unlikely we’re observing alien aircraft

dynomight15 Jun 2023 13:01 UTC

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Why it’s bad to kill Grandma

dynomight9 Jun 2022 18:12 UTC

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Creative nonfiction training exercises

dynomight4 Apr 2022 16:17 UTC

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Observations about writing and commenting on the internet

dynomight15 Feb 2022 0:02 UTC

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[Question] Why has the replication crisis affected RCT-studies but not observational studies?

dynomight3 Sep 2021 21:43 UTC

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Factors of mental and physical abilities—a statistical analysis

dynomight17 Aug 2021 20:42 UTC

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Alcohol, health, and the ruthless logic of the Asian flush

dynomight4 Jun 2021 18:14 UTC

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The irrelevance of test scores is greatly exaggerated

dynomight15 Apr 2021 14:15 UTC

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Poll: Any interest in an editing buddy system?

dynomight2 Dec 2020 2:18 UTC

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Simpson’s paradox and the tyranny of strata

dynomight19 Nov 2020 17:46 UTC

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It’s hard to use utility maximization to justify creating new sentient beings

dynomight19 Oct 2020 19:45 UTC

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Police violence: The veil of darkness

dynomight12 Oct 2020 21:32 UTC

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