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by 205guy 12y ago
I thought it actually showed how to fix affirmative action. If you just admit the disadvantaged students, a higher percentage of them will sink. But if you help them with motivation, study habits, and positive outlook (which many lack due t
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by 205guy 12y ago
It's not just "like" the OP, that IS the academic paper by the psychology professor in the article about the work mentioned in the article.
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by 205guy 12y ago
I was also wondering if it was responsible of those involved to be talking to the press about their work, even before they said this. They run the risk of counteracting their effects if the students think it is a gimmick. Also, students not
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by 205guy 12y ago
I'm surprised more people are not calling you out on your elitism. How can you fail to grasp that people in disadvantaged situations don't get the support to succeed the way non-disadvantaged students do. Maybe she had a job in hi
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by 205guy 12y ago
The hopeful message is that some people are working hard to change this situation, so that able yet disadvantaged students can break the cycle and get a higher education.
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by 205guy 12y ago
I rarely down vote, but this is borderline classist. As in "screw the poor and disadvantaged, we should only support those who win, not those who can win." I really like UT's 7% rule. You have to believe that ability is equal
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by 205guy 12y ago
I agree that the article was not effective in introducing the topic and the problem space. I'm interested in mobile ui, but not familiar with all the new terminology, so this article was difficult to read. I scrolled down until I got t
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by 205guy 12y ago
I've often thought that the HN submission form should support both the link and a short comment. If the submitter can frame the context of the submission, doesn't that help the discussion?
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by 205guy 12y ago
Anyone else have the theme from Bladerunner playing in their head?
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by 205guy 12y ago
For my definition of the commons being eroded by AirBnB, see my reply to eddieroger above. In a sense you are right that "democratic" doesn't necessarily mean just or morally good, but I don't think you can compare what
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by 205guy 12y ago
In my view, there are two commons being affected by AirBnB: first the community and sense of place where you live (building, neighborhood, town, city, etc.), and second a stable and accessible housing market. Community can have many facets:
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by 205guy 12y ago
We have a Godwinner!!! In case you haven't heard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons Also: there is a local law on the books, duly enacted by a democratic process, but you're arguing nobody n
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by 205guy 12y ago
Ok, I'll be "that" guy who heckles every AirBnB post, even if this one did have some nice graphs (and ideas). When is AirBnB going to experiment with helping their hosts follow the law? I bet I can predict that graph. Why, lo
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by 205guy 12y ago
Don't know why you got down voted so much for an opinion. I agree with you that the downsides he found were rather petty, and I'm no Google fan. And just the fact that it was a list of negatives made it look like a hatchet job, ki
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by 205guy 12y ago
Why would I want my writing work to be harder? I'd rather use unambiguous title that don't confuse my readers.
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by 205guy 12y ago
Really? It often seems like the original PageRank algorithm was using links as a measure of content quality and relevance, and now everyone claims they are. But thanks to SEO, we saw that was false (homework question: would it still be true
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by 205guy 12y ago
I've read the thread up to here, and I do think Google is to blame for some heavy-handedness and some rather tone-deaf spokespeople (not that Matt_Cutts ever identified himself as speaking for Google, though he acts like it). But I thi
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by 205guy 12y ago
I think this is the biggest problem in the Internet sphere right now. It has been in the backs of everyone's mind for 20 years, but with no other solution available, the Internet has been financed 100% by ads. I often dream of a world
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by 205guy 12y ago
On the one hand, I'd agree with you that it's a gross exaggeration. On the other hand, I've always felt that corporate middle management was the new (and less bloody) realm for what used to be tribal chiefs, lords of manors,
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by 205guy 12y ago
Came to ask a similar question. I love me some maps and data, but the post just assumes everybody knows what a census block is. More importantly, the shape and distribution of census blocks really affect the interpretation. The uninformed r
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by 205guy 12y ago
Nothing in the post talks about population densities. All it talks about are census blocks with zero inhabitants. As such, the map seemed clear and clearly labeled to me.
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by 205guy 12y ago
And related to roads is the concept of McSparseness, and be sure to follow the update links for a fun adventure: http://www.datapointed.net/2009/09/distance-to-nearest-mcdon...
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by 205guy 12y ago
One language that enforces strong typing is Ada. It has compiler-time and run-time type checking. It also had many other features to make the code less error-prone and maintainable. It was used by the DoD and also used in critical applicati
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by 205guy 12y ago
I, too, was hoping the culture that AirBnB shouldn't fuck up was that of the locations where they are doing business. I guess asking them to care about that would be too much to expect. I agree with the other comments in this thread, A
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by 205guy 13y ago
Yes, sad that ethical behavior in companies buys no upside.
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by 205guy 13y ago
I disagree. As soon as they fight the fight, and the cities lay down the law, anyone can copy their model. They will have first mover advantage, but also a bad legacy. I can definitely see space for a company to move in and claim to follow
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by 205guy 13y ago
I was hoping they'd use it to make their listings compliant with all local taxes and ordinances, since that is likely to be quite complex in the software. But I fear y'all are right about the lawyers and lobbyists to bend the laws
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by 205guy 13y ago
As much as I like Camus's The Stranger, and am not familiar with Marquez, I still agree with coldtea. In a single opening line (when you know nothing of the rest of the book), Marquez places a beginning (seeing ice) an ending (the firi
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by 205guy 13y ago
I'm afraid you missed the point of the article. Tech workers can work from anywhere, and many of them, after trying out several places, really want to live in SF. SF has an undeniable attraction in its vibrant city life.
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by 205guy 13y ago
I haven't finished reading all the comments, but here's my take on the article: Great for mentioning the prop13-rentcontrol duality, a lot of people conveniently forget one side or the other. Great for delving into the politics of

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