Zum Thema gab es gestern auch einen Artikel in der NYT, aber mit einem etwas anderen Grundtenor:
There are reasons to believe the record-low U.S. birthrate could be only temporary as today’s young women postpone pregnancy.
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Kann man auch zeigen, dass die Gaskraftwerke zu diesen Zeitpunkten nicht einspeisen?
Econ research in 🇩🇪, 🇦🇹 and 🇨🇭 is thriving in recent years.
I'll most certainly submit a paper to the open conference of the VfS, 13-16 Sep 2026 in Innsbruck, deadline March 1. You?
Hier sprichst du genau den zentralen Denkfehler an. Die Frage sollte nicht lauten: „Was bringt Latein?“, sondern vielmehr: „Was bringt Latein im Vergleich zu einer alternativen Verwendung der zur Verfügung stehenden Schulstunden?“
👇 This is how many academics (especially as referees) read papers. So it’s worth keeping in mind when writing research articles.
The key is to earn the reader’s attention after the abstract and intro and make them want to go deeper.
Ist das ein Zurückrudern? Von „I don’t rule out military force“ zu „we will tariff you“ zu „we will remember“.
I imagine myself as a future historian, trying to make sense of our time through the documents left behind by the supposed leader of the free world, voluntarily chosen by the people of the most powerful country on earth.
This is basically giving all countries a strong incentive to acquire nuclear weapons. The US is turning its long-standing policy of limiting nuclear proliferation upside down.
Ethical collapse, yes. But it’s not she who was debased. By making this gesture for the good of her country (even if it might not change anything), she elevated herself and made him look astonishingly small and pitiful at the same time.
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Freue mich auch sehr auf die Aufnahme. Hoffentlich hat die Folge einen positiven Effekt 😉
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Americans can’t agree on anything these days — not even the fundamentals of civilization.
Half the country thinks pineapple belongs on pizza. 😵💫
Max Roser oder Dina Pomeranz
Ist leider viel zu lang.
There is definitely still room for improvement and I tweak my instructions constantly. But explicitly telling ChatGPT to cut the BS makes a big difference.
Glücklicherweise lässt sich dieses Verhalten von LLMs weitgehend abstellen, indem man entsprechende Instruktionen gibt.
Folgende Systemanweisungen machen ChatGPT als nüchternes Werkzeug für mich deutlich nützlicher.
Next year, we will host the VfS Annual Meeting in Innsbruck. I look forward to seeing many of you on our beautiful campus in the Alps. #VfS_Conf2026
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Faszinierend, wie sich die Namensvielfalt gesteigert hat - vor allem bei den Buben. 1984 (fast mein Geburtsjahr) hatten fast 50% der Buben einen Namen aus den Top-10. Heute machen die Top-10 nur mehr knapp 15% aus.
Andreas war in den 80ern natürlich ganz vorne dabei 😄.
Over the past year, I received reimbursements from institutions in various EU countries. Similar small sums, wildly different levels of paperwork. Here’s my Euro-bureaucracy ranking (1 = most paperwork pain):
🥇 France
🥈 Germany
🥉 Austria
4️⃣ Spain
5️⃣ Luxembourg
6️⃣ Denmark
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Flood the zone with shit.
Scheint, als käme er vom Epstein-Thema nicht los. Jetzt inszeniert er offenbar das nächste Aufregerthema – wohl in der Hoffnung, davon abzulenken.
Call for Paper #migrationresearch
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Angrist’s 1990 paper on the Vietnam draft lottery shows that veterans earned less over their lifetimes.
Angrist, J. D. (1990). Lifetime Earnings and the Vietnam Era Draft Lottery: Evidence from Social Security Administrative Records. American Economic Review, www.jstor.org/stable/2006669
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