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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.