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The Mirage of the Gifted Child

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/gifted-talented-intelligence-public-schools-testing.html
3•apparent•2h ago

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sameers•57m ago
https://archive.ph/tv9ju
AlphaEsponjosus•14m ago
I find amusing the: "IQ is inherited/its geneticslly related" argument. If you study all the factors that shape an individual (socio-economic status, environment, dietary habits, etc), you can see the impact those factors have on an individual. For instance, if toddlers consume excesive sugar around 3 years old, it has been observed that around 8-9 years they have lower IQ than their peers that have a more healty diet. Not just that, we now know about the microbiota-gut-brain axis, and we know how our mood affect our performance in everything we do.

If individuals are exposed to different environments, there are likely to learn more things. This is only possible if you have the means (usually money) to acces those new and different environments.

What about Quality of life? If you struggle to meet your basic needs, then its more likely that you will strugle in everything else.

If you present this facts to people, most of the time they would agree. But if you use this information to discuss IQ, a lot of people, including experts, would dismiss them in favor of the genetics argument.

The article does a good job debunking the myth, however, as the article says, the issue is systemic and I think that it can't be solved because it is not about the intelligence of individuals, we need to solve the issues related to the factors that affects an indivdual. Intelligence is a subproduct of an individual's development. And this makes feel less special to people that have some social privileges.

Quadratic funding democratizes allocation by rewarding projects w/ broad support

https://internetfreedom.torproject.org/funding-distribution/
1•Cider9986•1m ago•0 comments

Firefox for Android's Play Integrity check hits custom ROMs

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/mozilla-firefox-android-google-play-integrity
1•akagusu•2m ago•0 comments

Copyright – Right Answer for Open Source Code, Wrong Answer for Open Source AI?

https://opensource.org/ai/webinars/copyright-right-answer-for-open-source-code-wrong-answer-for-o...
1•totetsu•6m ago•0 comments

Ignore what everyone else is doing

https://briandouglas.ie/developer_noise/
4•inventor7777•9m ago•0 comments

Livestreaming Trilemma: HLS, WebRTC, MOQ

https://swmansion.com/blog/livestreaming-trilemma-hls-webrtc-moq/
1•aloukissas•9m ago•0 comments

79% on LongMemEval: How We Beat Full-Context GPT-4 with a Local SQLite Database

https://medium.com/@vektormemory/79-on-longmemeval-how-we-beat-full-context-gpt-4-with-a-local-sq...
1•vektormemory•9m ago•0 comments

Dealership revoked offer to buy back customer's BMW, blaming wayward AI chatbot

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/ai-chatbot-bmw-dealership-9.7230226
1•pseudolus•11m ago•0 comments

How We Automated Technical Implementation

https://antimetal.com/blog/how-we-automated-technical-implementation
1•herbertl•11m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: What computer are you using for AI coding tools?

1•willsmith72•13m ago•2 comments

State of Brain Emulation Report 2025

https://brainemulation.mxschons.com/
1•jonnonz•13m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Bit Flip – Daily Coding Questions

https://www.olukayode.tech/goodies/bit-flip
1•zt4ff•13m ago•0 comments

What's New in WeatherMesh-6

https://windbornesystems.com/blog/introducing-wm-6
3•tomeraberbach•14m ago•0 comments

Raress96/Dolby-Atmos-encoder: PoC Dolby Atmos encoder

https://github.com/raress96/dolby-atmos-encoder
1•xbmcuser•20m ago•0 comments

ShinyHunters hacked 100 orgs by exploiting an Oracle PeopleSoft 0-day

https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/06/11/shinyhunters-claims-oracle-peoplesoft-0-day-hi...
5•Bender•25m ago•0 comments

Research Is Not Engineering at a Slower Speed

https://voiceinthemachine.com/2026/06/10/research-is-not-engineering-at-a-slower-speed/
2•linguae•25m ago•0 comments

AI Cannot Desire

https://www.troywolters.com/blog/ai-cannot-desire.html
1•ctw•28m ago•0 comments

The Field Guide to Grid Lanes

https://webkit.org/blog/18098/introducing-the-field-guide-to-grid-lanes/
1•javatuts•29m ago•0 comments

SpaceX IPO Makes Elon Musk the First Trillionaire

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/598001/spacex-ipo-makes-elon-musk-the-world-s-first-trillionaire
2•voisin•29m ago•0 comments

The Janko Project: Exploring Isomorphic Keyboards

https://www.thejankoproject.com
1•tomeraberbach•31m ago•0 comments

Trump Is in Trouble: Kharg Island Ground Invasion Threats Nuclear Risk [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqXsCCGINes
2•Bender•31m ago•0 comments

Lite XL – Fast, Lightweight and Powerful Text-Editing Experience

https://lite-xl.com/
4•giancarlostoro•36m ago•0 comments

BPF in the Agentic Era

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075067/
1•signa11•41m ago•0 comments

Claude Fable is relentlessly proactive

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/11/fable-is-relentlessly-proactive/
6•lumpa•41m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AI Verdict – Run ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity Side-by-Side

https://aiverdict.github.io/
1•aiverdict•43m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A PDF analysis tool for parser and representation differences

https://pqpdf.com/tools/scan.php
2•pqpdf•44m ago•0 comments

I vibe coded a world cup cheer guide for fans

2•shark-salvo•44m ago•0 comments

How AWS DevOps Agent evaluates telemetry tools for agentic readiness

https://bronto.io/blog/aws-devops-agent-telemetry-layer
2•plonda•45m ago•0 comments

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_No_Mouth,_and_I_Must_Scream
3•BiraIgnacio•47m ago•0 comments

Qubes OS 4.3.1 has been released

https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2026/06/11/qubes-os-4-3-1-has-been-released/
3•andrewdavidwong•47m ago•0 comments

Doc-to-Atom: Learning to Compile and Compose Memory Atoms

https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.12400
3•berlianta•48m ago•0 comments