Crito

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by Crito 13y ago
> " I dare you to find me a great song or a great poem where the messages of eternal and unending love for our brothers and sisters are not at the root of their creation!" I am guessing he is not sincere, unless he has someth
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by Crito 13y ago
It is one example (of many) of access to a mathematics education not being a meritocracy. In the linked discussions on that paper, there are people arguing that this practice is ongoing in the US (although tweaked a bit to be less obvious)
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by Crito 13y ago
"The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is
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by Crito 13y ago
Opened windows along with box fans (or better yet, a house fan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole-house_fan ) will help, but you will still be in a worse situation than if you had a house designed to stay cool and th
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by Crito 13y ago
Appearing to be incompetent in some circumstances may be a pretty good cover. If you are a security guard at an art museum, and buddies with some art thieves, then it might be in your best interest to get yourself a reputation for sleeping
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by Crito 13y ago
Old homes may have assumed cheap heating, but new homes seem to assume AC (cheap electricity). I have comfortably lived in 100-150 year old row homes without AC, and have sweltered in a 25 year old row home with broken AC in the same c
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by Crito 13y ago
> "As for [...] Indians; I've never heard anything but positive stereotypes about them when it comes to programming." I find that incredibly hard to believe. There are a lot of racist ideas and stereotypes surrounding
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by Crito 13y ago
Whether or not Waterloo is a self-fulfilling prophecy, after having professional experience with Waterloo graduates, I cannot help but pay attention when Waterloo vouches for somebodies merit. Whether Waterloo is making merit, or merely d
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by Crito 13y ago
I'm not sure if you are making an intentional reference to this or not, but it does make an interesting counter-point to the assertion that mathematics is a meritocracy: http://arxiv.org/abs/1110.1556 "This
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by Crito 13y ago
Those are indeed better examples, though I had to look them up. The history of mathematics is really something I should read more about.
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by Crito 13y ago
I don't think that skill with chopsticks is a good comparison. Chopsticks are an invention with an invention date and location that give them a very tangible cultural association to this day. The traits listed in the article are not s
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by Crito 13y ago
Well... yes it is. You don't need empirical evidence to call unicorns a myth, it is sufficient to point out the lack of empirical evidence supporting the existence of unicorns.
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by Crito 13y ago
Interesting example, both math and entrepreneurship are abound in examples of people making a big splash after going off on their own. From mathematics, people like Srinivasa Ramanujan and Gottfried Leibniz made an impact despite lacking f
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by Crito 13y ago
> "without additional information, most people would assume these words refer to a male rather than a female" Surely that is the problem. The problem isn't that those traits are seen as desirable or common for entrepr
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by Crito 13y ago
In practice I suspect this tends to manifest itself as hassle, as the user remaps their keyboard, rather than damage to the user's hands. At least I hope so. Somewhat related: Long term Vi use has caused my standard right hand posit
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by Crito 13y ago
Throwing yourself upon a pyre is only furthers your cause when very specific conditions are met. For Rosa Parks and MLK, those conditions were met. For Snowden, they surely were not. There is no reason to throw yourself upon a pyre if it
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by Crito 13y ago
I wonder which has a greater life expectancy and quality: workers who have to walk several miles a day in a clean warehouse, or workers who (ignoring the more immediate occupational hazards...) spend their careers breathing coal and silica
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by Crito 13y ago
Where is their warrant canary located?