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Thursday, January 7, 2021
CONTEXT: SAT Score Inflation over 45 Years
The gradual degradation of an excellent test for no good reason. It gets even worse if you take the expansion of the test-taking pool into account.
— Charles Murray (@charlesmurray) January 7, 2021
The two break points are the major revisions in the SAT in 1994–95 and 2016-17 pic.twitter.com/hqM5lSypng
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS: Vacuum Tubes: Getting Familiar with Getters
More about getters.
THE HAPPENING WORLD: Extracting Personal Information from Large Language Models Like GPT-2
Extracting Personal Information from Large Language Models Like GPT-2 https://t.co/lGwRKbRomj
— Schneier Blog (@schneierblog) January 7, 2021
Original paper on arXiv.
CONTINUITY: Jamie Hyneman Can't Delete His Content from Facebook
Deleting FB has only deleted my ability to log in. I don't mind if people read the stuff I posted, but I don't want to be associated with such a parasite. I'll just trash them on twitter and they can see how they like harvesting THAT data. They might prefer just deleting my page.
— Jamie Hyneman (@JamieNoTweet) January 7, 2021
CONTEXT: 1975 Mainframe CPU Module — Amdahl 470
In the 1970s, I worked right down the street from Amdahl headquarters and across the orchard from Intel's starship. I never imagined such hackery was being perpetrated chez Amdahl. Had I known, I might have applied for a job there.