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by 0815test 7y ago
> Like getting that morning sunlight in the winter when sun rises close to 10? Blue LED's to the rescue! (ha ha only serious)
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by 0815test 7y ago
It's ironic that this comment is so controversial, when it actually makes a logical argument. "Morning larks" vs. "night owls" is mostly a stereotype - at best , you could call it a matter of lifestyle. Treating i
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by 0815test 7y ago
> When the crux suggestion from this `research` is to go to bed 2-3 hours earlier and wake up 2-3 hours earlier That's a goal , not a suggestion. The suggestions include e.g. avoiding stressors and things that will keep you awake
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by 0815test 7y ago
> Yes, female social dynamics are heavily about inclusion and exclusion. A welcoming and safe environment matters a lot more to women than it does to men. You're basically saying that males are more resilient and assertive - this do
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by 0815test 7y ago
That Strumia guy was mostly "compensating" for his sour grapes, actually. He actually brought up an internal controversy about tenure promotion or something similar, that he was involved in, as an example of gender bias for his
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by 0815test 7y ago
> gender is used to knock people down a lot "Toxic masculinity" says hi. It's definitely a two-way street!
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by 0815test 7y ago
It's a bit puzzling/weird because as it turns out, participation rates in technical fields tend to be "better" in places where women are comparatively worse off, and vice versa. Many people think that these "bett
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by 0815test 7y ago
> a powerful language construct that enables evaluation of a function or algorithm for arbitrarily small margin of error, using automatically revised accuracy in the intermediate steps. AIUI, this is what "constructive (or 'exa
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by 0815test 7y ago
AIUI, you don't need to "compute" sqrt5 to high precision in order to use that closed form! Just "adjoin" it to Q and compute symbolically over Q(sqrt5).
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by 0815test 7y ago
> I simply don't buy that we all should be living off donations to support our software development. Most "software development" is internal software that exists simply to solve some organization's bespoke issues, and
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by 0815test 7y ago
> What do you do when that interest wanes? What do you do? You pay for support, plausibly via a crowdfunding-like mechanism - continued development and maintenance being something that's encompassed by "paid support", of
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by 0815test 7y ago
That's the nice thing about 996ICU for doctors and nurses: they don't have to walk very far to get to the ICU. Oh and also, they're pulling pretty good money for their "exploitation" at least in the US. Want to add
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by 0815test 7y ago
> Well, then why does Blender need a development fund? Why wouldn't they have such a fund? Sponsoring is a viable FLOSS business model, and it heavily overlaps with support (which is discussed in your quote from the blogpost). T
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by 0815test 7y ago
The word "significant" is doing a heck of a lot of work there. Statistically significant? Maybe, but even if that were the case, the actual, plausible consequences are really subtle - they're there of course, but most &q
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by 0815test 7y ago
> but quite a few of the big ones (i.e. Crowder, Shapiro, Peterson) detest racism ... Yes, but the YT recommendation algorithm doesn't know that, and even if it could know it wouldn't care. It's enough to watch a few IDW (
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by 0815test 7y ago
It's nothing new, is it? https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/17/the-toxoplasma-of-rage... (2014) How many Tumblr radicals are out there? Both sides are doing it.
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by 0815test 7y ago
The difference is all in that most qualifier. I genuinely have trouble finding discussions of these "non-technical" topics that are genuinely worthwhile in an "intellectual curiosity" sense. It's a bit jarring s
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by 0815test 7y ago
I think most discussions of political and economic topics in here tend to go around in circles without much intellectual progress being made. Curiously I see this applying to all sides of the political spectrum; you might think naïvely tha
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by 0815test 7y ago
> I find the idea that people who make mistakes don't deserve "comfortable lives" repulsive. Some people don't share your attitudes, unfortunately. You can see this since they tried to make Wu's life as uncomfor
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by 0815test 7y ago
Come on, even Dale had to acknowledge that his "apology" was totally fake and inadequate, and issue a more convincing one later: https://makezine.com/2017/11/19/apology-to-naomi-wu/ If that tw
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by 0815test 7y ago
Not sure why this comment is controversial? Let's be clear here, you can agree with the broader goals of a CoC while still thinking that the language being used in many such "codes" is highly problematic, unprofessional and
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by 0815test 7y ago
> Google is possibly the cushiest company to work for in the entire world It has an enduring reputation for having been cushy in the past - and it might still feel cushy if you happen to mesh well with the prevailing company culture.
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by 0815test 7y ago
This is a rewriting of history. Social democracy used to be really big on nationalizing whole industry sectors, to the point of being little different even from self-described "democratic socialists". This changed starting from
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by 0815test 7y ago
She walked out for good. Gotta admire her integrity! Also this from her post just hits the nail on the head: > [Google leadership] are talking to everyone who thought my story sounded familiar, anyone who’s been Through It in some form
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by 0815test 7y ago
> and when that individual is not open to those factual shortcomings. That's when you should play the part of being stubborn and close-minded yourself, if this is what it takes to ensure that your points are heard. Intellectual hum
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by 0815test 7y ago
Well, if we're going to do that, I think this extended "Nazi" label should also include militant Islamic anti-Semitism, as from ISIL, Hezballah, Hamas and the like. Since there is a fairly clear line of descent from the earl
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by 0815test 7y ago
> In 2019 even empathizing with certain people, or trying to follow the logical steps that lead them to their views is considered a sin by some people. It's almost like we're sliding back to 1935. There is no shared understand
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by 0815test 7y ago
What's a "dead" SSH client? If the client works, and if you aren't connecting to untrusted hosts, what's the problem with using it?
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by 0815test 7y ago
Yup. It doesn't have to make sense as a policy, y'know; it's all about appearances, public image and not wanting to be associated with "sensitive" stuff of any sort. Documentaries about Nazism, with historical i
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by 0815test 7y ago
Bittorrent (and PopcornTime for the "streaming" experience) is quite cheap. Or you could use IPFS, the newest player in that space.

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