Favorite Rejects 2022-12-05

Zack Korman @ZackKorman

Unlike most people on Twitter, I’m actually using GPT3 in a production system. The mistake people are making is they are asking “how can I use this to automate a smart person’s job”, when they should be asking “what would I do if I had unlimited dumb people”

Emma van Inwegen @emmavaninwegen

CVS is being sued for asking customers to donate to the American Diabetes Association when they check out. Those donations are in fact *not* sent to the ADA, but instead reimburse the CVS for a legally binding obligation of $10M that CVS promised earlier

lawstreetmedia.comCVS Sued Over ‘Fraudulent’ Donations to American Diabetes Association - Health

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

It’s just true whether with the original laptop or with the meta-story of files about the laptop that if you want major mainstream outlets to cover your stuff, you’re going to need to make the stuff available to them.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn

“The New York Times requested copies of the documents from Mr. Musk, but did not receive a response” Musk et al complain about journalism but want media to repeat their claims w/o verification or context. So much for transparency. https://t.co/QviD4X5YLJ https://t.co/ZG8fAkXcEY

Timothy B. Lee @binarybits

This is an interesting overview of the nuclear waste situation.

worksinprogress.substack.comA tale of two particlesNot all radioactivity is risky or harmful

Stefan Schubert @StefanFSchubert

% of the population of EU countries living in households where the total housing costs represent more than 40% of disposable income (Eurostat via FT, 2021 or latest available data) ft.com/content/a098a1…

Brian Gawalt @bgawalt

One thing that's left unsaid in this article, and the policy announcement it links to, is that you can turn "I have a high score on Stack Overflow" into money. Especially on freelancing clearinghouses, you can point to a high score as a short circuit through a hiring process.

The Verge @verge

AI-generated answers temporarily banned on coding Q&A site Stack Overflow https://t.co/nPXJ2rdbv3 https://t.co/Hfg5ihUAae

Blake Allen @Blake_Allen13

In just the past week: - Interracial/Gay marriage protections passed - Bipartisan Agreement on RAWA - Bipartisan Agreement on the NDAA - Bipartisan Agreement on SAFE+ - Bipartisan framework for limited immigration reform - Potential addition of permitting reform

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Is it just trolling to think this might be better for everyone? https://t.co/Vhldjef75E

Cristiano Lima @viaCristiano

🚨 This is big: Meta is threatening to remove "news from our platform altogether" if Congress passes JCPA https://t.co/pdSZ7b2sTc

David Beckworth @DavidBeckworth

Delighted to get @Noahpinion back on the show this week. We cover China’s economic outlook, Fukuyama’s end of history, overproduction of elites theory, and more! (1/3)

directory.libsyn.comNoah Smith on the Future of the Chinese Economy and the Climate of Social Change in the USNoah Smith is a former columnist for Bloomberg and is now a popular writer at his own Noahpinion Substack. Noah is also a returning guest to the podcast, and rejoins Macro Musings for a wide ranging discussion on some of the recent issues he’s been covering on his Substack, including China, social c…

Joey Politano 🏳️‍🌈 @JosephPolitano

America is losing some of the smartest people on planet earth because of our terrible immigration system.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ @PranavDixit

Foreign workers on H-1B visas have fueled Silicon Valley's growth for decades. But this year's mass layoffs could force thousands of them to leave the country unless they can find new jobs quickly. I spoke to many of them about their lives right now. https://t.co/K27sguKh3m