Maxwell Peterson

Cheap Model → Big Model design

Maxwell Peter­son’s High­lighted Posts

Prac­ti­cal use of the Beta dis­tri­bu­tion for data analysis

The me­dian and mode use less in­for­ma­tion than the mean does

Towards try­ing to feel con­sis­tently energized

[Question] Are there any pre­ven­tive steps some­one can take af­ter be­ing ex­posed to strep throat?

[Question] Is there a good way to read deep into LW com­ment his­to­ries on mo­bile?

Maxwell Peter­son’s Shortform

Ac­ti­vated Char­coal for Han­gover Preven­tion: Way more than you wanted to know

Find­ing the Cen­tral Limit The­o­rem in Bayes’ rule

[Question] How should an in­ter­viewer eval­u­ate man­age­ment skills in a can­di­date?

An anal­y­sis of the Less Wrong D&D.Sci 4th Edi­tion game

[Question] How should dance venues best pro­tect the drinks of at­ten­dees?

[Question] What weird treat­ments should peo­ple who lost their taste from COVID try?

[Question] For re­duc­ing caf­feine de­pen­dence, does daily max­i­mum mat­ter more, or does to­tal daily in­take mat­ter more?

[Question] Are there rea­sons to think mix­ing vac­cines is dan­ger­ous?

[Question] What is the best chem­istry text­book?

[Question] How can I pro­tect my bank ac­count from large, sur­prise with­drawals?

Use con­di­tional prob­a­bil­ities to clear up er­ror rate confusion

Net­flix’s “Start-Up” and sincere work dramatization