Konnstann

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by Konnstann 7y ago
Maybe my education doesn't mirror most STEM people's, but I took philosophy, literature, history, etc. courses as part of my Bioengineering degree. I could also take capstone courses from various arts programs as electives, despit
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by Konnstann 7y ago
I think there are plenty of people who believe "if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem." I'm lucky enough that my job is both interesting and impactful. The people that surround me are either
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by Konnstann 7y ago
The original essay linked combats the institutional sexism claim with data that suggests the number of women who claim to have experiences sexism is on par with non-STEM career choices, but the exit from STEM vastly exceeds that of other fi
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by Konnstann 7y ago
Anything biomedical related, we have a bunch of clinical collaborators at the research institute I work at, plenty of tech that needs clinical expertise.
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by Konnstann 7y ago
He specifically addresses that point when he says most people live in apartments without dedicated superchargers. I'm not sure how accurate that statement is but it makes sense to me. I haven't seen very many apartment buildings w
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by Konnstann 7y ago
A lot of the ski resorts I've been to have mountain biking, golf, and other sports in the off-season, as well as basically doing no maintenance and costing very little money to run outside of the winter months.
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by Konnstann 7y ago
Obligatory "IN MICE", but interesting study nonetheless.
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by Konnstann 7y ago
Looking at computing vs biology as two fields is disingenuous, given that computing hasn't been around long enough to stagnate, although looking at ML research it is slowing down significantly. Computing is slowing down advancement as
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by Konnstann 7y ago
The "pioneer of Crispr" got 3 years for endangering human lives, which is pretty much a slap on the wrist. I would've done more, and I'm one of those "bioengineers" you talk about. Unsanctioned human experiment
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by Konnstann 7y ago
"solving" wealth inequality doesn't mean making everyone's wealth equal though, I think the problem lies with the inability to afford housing, food, and healthcare. If people are able to comfortably live I doubt they&#x2
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by Konnstann 7y ago
If the aliens see us the way we see cattle it won't matter that they are altruistic.
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by Konnstann 7y ago
I think the point was that copyright is typically discussed in terms of its negative impacts. I, for instance, have never seen any discourse about the benefits of copyright. The benefits seem obvious but there's still a place, in my op
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by Konnstann 7y ago
I personally can, maybe that says something about my moral code, maybe not. Orson Scott Card's works are some of my favorite books to read, and it puzzles me how he was able to write a book like Speaker for the Dead while holding the x
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by Konnstann 7y ago
They are the Tin Audio T2, they were sold out when they launched and are pretty universally lauded in audiophile circles, especially after they fixed initial issues with the connectors. Why would I lie about a product I own on some internet
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by Konnstann 7y ago
I have a $25 (normally $50) pair of headphones that have a replaceable cable and aluminum housings, which have been through multiple laundry cycles and a lot of abuse that look and sound just as good as the day I got them. I'd honestly
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by Konnstann 7y ago
My experience has been the opposite. I have IEMs with a fairly nice 4-core braided copper cable and it takes a minute to untangle them if they're in my pocket. My other headphones don't fit in my pocket so no problems there.
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by Konnstann 7y ago
I don't think vegetarians are usually the ones commenting, there's a reason vegans get a lot of flak on the internet. I've also never heard vegetarians commenting on anyone's dietary choices.
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by Konnstann 7y ago
This is the hypothesis that charitableness can be modeled on a normal distribution, but the additional incentive of religion shifts the mean of that distribution higher for religious people than atheists. It's not offensive to believe
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by Konnstann 7y ago
I'm suggesting non-religious people don't bank on an afterlife therefore don't have an additional incentive to give.
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by Konnstann 7y ago
Most religions are centered around the afterlife, and you can't take anything with you when you die. The dogma of most religions states that charity is good and will help get you into whatever version of heaven they believe in, hence c
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by Konnstann 7y ago
You can get temperature readings from a higher-frequency transducer. My old lab worked with HIFU and the transducer I used was a combination 1MHz and 20MHz conical transducer, where the inner high-frequency one was used for non-invasive tem
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by Konnstann 7y ago
That's true. I guess I live in a bubble with people who are aware of the surveillance aspects and so choose not to use smart devices.
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by Konnstann 7y ago
Don't buy Alexa? I agree with you with regards to facial recognition, but expanding your views to optional smart home tech seems fairly vindictive.
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by Konnstann 7y ago
Those are very abstract, I didn't start watching my sugar intake until a close relative got diabetes, despite the fact I had distant relatives with the disease, I saw it every day, and I consciously understood that it was something to
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by Konnstann 7y ago
The majority of my office is BL2 Lab space, people who bring their kids in are being incredibly irresponsible. The other aspect is a lot of people who would benefit from workplace daycare don't work in white-collar office spaces. Final
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by Konnstann 7y ago
Given the amount of research that shows that the amount of resources kids have directly impacts their success later in life doing that would severely impact your kids' ability to have a salary of $120k in the future.
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by Konnstann 7y ago
Presumably this doesn't extend to renters that just had their leases run out as opposed to evictions. Otherwise wouldn't you just not renew leases and merge apartments no matter what?
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by Konnstann 7y ago
What's the connection between smart home tech and raising rents by combining units? I'm confused as to the message. Catching illegal tenants and airbnbs isn't something I'm too opposed to but the slippery slope this open
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by Konnstann 7y ago
Anti-trust regulation, presumably. On another note, isn't that why Alphabet was created, to separate Google the search engine from all the random non-search efforts?
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by Konnstann 7y ago
Drinking alone is one of the tell-tale signs of alcoholism.

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