Links for 2022-02-15
A five-sigma discrepancy: Latest experimental data compounds the Hubble constant discrepancy https://mathscholar.org/2022/02/latest-experimental-data-compounds-the-hubble-constant-discrepancy/
Notation as a Tool of Thought https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/tot.htm
Terrence Tao on some desirable properties of mathematical notation https://mathoverflow.net/questions/366070/what-are-the-benefits-of-writing-vector-inner-products-as-langle-u-v-rangle/366118#366118
Ancient Programming Language Is Way More Common Than We Thought: "A report by enterprise software provider Micro Focus found that more than 800 billion lines of COBOL code are in daily use worldwide..." https://www.techradar.com/news/this-ancient-programming-language-is-way-more-common-than-we-all-thought
Generating Training Data with Language Models: Towards Zero-Shot Language Understanding https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.04538
“Like us, GPT-3 has its own form of fluid and crystalline intelligence. The crystalline part is all of the facts it has accumulated and the fluid part is its ability to make logical deductions from learning the relationships between things.” https://andrewmayneblog.wordpress.com/2022/02/10/smart-than-you-think-crystalline-and-fluid-intelligence-in-large-language-models/
Today, global average income/person is about $15K. In 2100, because of growth, it will be $71,200, if there was no global warming. Because warming creates damages, the actual income will be $68,400 or 4% less. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257%2Fpol.20170046
The Best Proof that the Earth Spins https://profmattstrassler.com/2022/02/07/the-best-proof-that-the-earth-spins/
“Thanks to the treatment process at Orano la Hague, 96% of recyclable material contained in spent fuel can be recovered to produce electricity again.” https://youtu.be/V0UJSlKIy8g