alex williams
@atwilliams.bsky.social
macroeconomist and computer user at http://www.common-wealth.org, editor at www.continuousvariation.com, fellow at stanford, partisan of the republic of letters
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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while being the most French model yet, they had to rationalize why it wasn’t trained on French
but fr imagine being able to do ablations on THE ENTIRE end-to-end training process. you’d learn so much
but fr imagine being able to do ablations on THE ENTIRE end-to-end training process. you’d learn so much
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
while being the most French model yet, they had to rationalize why it wasn’t trained on French
but fr imagine being able to do ablations on THE ENTIRE end-to-end training process. you’d learn so much
but fr imagine being able to do ablations on THE ENTIRE end-to-end training process. you’d learn so much
isn't being interpolated by a machine just a longer way of saying being proletarianized
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
isn't being interpolated by a machine just a longer way of saying being proletarianized
Area Man Routes Flight Transfer Through London Underground
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Area Man Routes Flight Transfer Through London Underground
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oh wait omg i didnt realize whomst this was!
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
oh wait omg i didnt realize whomst this was!
see what i mean? the 488 has no champions; i made most of my tape music on it, and one record for an actual band o mine
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
see what i mean? the 488 has no champions; i made most of my tape music on it, and one record for an actual band o mine
delaware valley culture forever
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
delaware valley culture forever
oh thats a GREAT point tbh
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
oh thats a GREAT point tbh