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by Pils 7y ago
> That says nothing about Urbit's technical merit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporware
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by Pils 7y ago
Probably this Georgia Tech article: http://comp.social.gatech.edu/papers/cscw18-chand-hate.pdf
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by Pils 7y ago
I recently joined a team that does a lot of causal analysis, mostly marketing related, and was wondering what the best resources are to get more familiar with this subject (books, lectures, online courses etc.). I am picking up the author&#
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by Pils 7y ago
The author gives a shoutout to Palladium mag, whose EIC has some "heterodox" opinions on certain ethnic groups[1], as a cool SF philanthropy project. If the author is a liberal, strange bedfellows indeed. [1] https://spl
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by Pils 7y ago
An article that sheds more light on the Japanese reissue scene: https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3446 .
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Justify Failed a Drug Test Before Winning the Triple Crown(nytimes.com)
2 points by Pils 7y ago|0 comments
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by Pils 7y ago
The simplest answer to me is the rampant normalization of celebrity sexual misconduct, especially the more philanthropically-oriented. The tipping point for Bill Cosby wasn't a criminal investigation or tell-all, just Hannibal Burress
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by Pils 7y ago
From the paper: >To extend previous work, in addition to audio analysis features, we consider song duration and mine an additional artist past-performance feature. Artist past-performance for a given song represents how many prior Billb
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by Pils 7y ago
> I think every ounce of moral outrage spent condemning those who associated with Epstein (and, in some cases, stripping them of their positions) is an ounce less to spend on uncovering how Epstein got off in the first place. You've
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by Pils 7y ago
Interesting experiment design. However, I wish the paper explored seasonal effects more. "# of deaths from extreme temperatures and wildfires worldwide" probably has large seasonal variance, and the graph in the paper suggests tha
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by Pils 7y ago
The actual quote makes Peterson look worse? The whole "patriarchy is Western civilization" is an idea that can be traced through Christian theology, Monarchism up to more modern Conservative philosophers like Leo Strauss and Roger
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by Pils 7y ago
So, ARMA/ARIMA? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoregressive%E2%80%93moving-...
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by Pils 7y ago
I should've expanded on my example more, since Anglo-American history is not universally taught around the globe. The Puritans were a more radical branch of the Church of England, famous for their early role in the American colonies. &
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by Pils 7y ago
Okay, just clarifying. You are in fact redefining the term. Which isn't an issue, it has been redefined many times before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness (Which I see you've edited to be
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by Pils 7y ago
Did you just make up that definition? The only result on Google is your comment.
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Another Dead Cyclist in the City(deadspin.com)
1 points by Pils 7y ago|0 comments
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by Pils 7y ago
When hardware is increasingly becoming just a way to interface with a larger platform (IoT, game console subscription services, etc.), I think there will be a certain nostalgia for more static, tactile and analog hardware. I collect records
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by Pils 7y ago
When I saw this headline, my first reaction was that a salesperson in an org could download all customer contact info and immediately go to a competitor and start poaching customers extremely efficiently. How likely is this scenario? What s
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by Pils 7y ago
Is there a scenario similar to Facebook's in finance, right now or historically?
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by Pils 7y ago
So lets see: - Modernism isn't a collection a movements across different countries/mediums in the early 20th century, but a "movement" whose "heart" is making intellectuals feel better than regular folks. - No
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by Pils 7y ago
My theory is relatively simple: skins/costumes are signals and signals are important. Fortnite has matchmaking, and the majority of players use the matchmaking function in the two-/four-player modes rather than with a premade grou
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by Pils 7y ago
I can't help to see similarities between this article and the recent phenomena of competitive battle royale games. Currently, Fortnite is in the midst of perhaps the largest open-entry tournaments in history[1], and seems to be establi
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by Pils 7y ago
http://www.tokyojazzjoints.com/
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by Pils 7y ago
> The issue is not whether Facebook is breaking the law but whether philosophically the market leader in a category should get to decide who can use their product when their product category is fundamental to modern life. Saying "no
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by Pils 7y ago
This was also the primary reason the drinking age was (re-)raised to 21: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Minimum_Drinking_Age_...
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by Pils 8y ago
I get the point you are trying to make, but it doesn't make sense in this case. For all it's problems, East Germany solved the housing problem [1], in fact, its probably one of the main contributors to Berlin's ability to gro
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by Pils 8y ago
Stock trading is to wealth management as opiates/painkillers are to pain management. Both can be part of a larger strategy that leads to an optimal outcome while minimizing risk, but the average layperson might not be able to accuratel
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Birth of a White Supremacist(newyorker.com)
2 points by Pils 9y ago|0 comments
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by Pils 9y ago
Wow, this is a horrible graph: https://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/media-pg... . Forbes and CNBC are apparently liberal media and WSJ is conservative? Also from the article: > There's no wa
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by Pils 9y ago
pseudo anonymity != pseudonymity. In laymans terms, "pseudonymity" means "fake name" whereas pseudo anonymity would mean "fake anonymity". shemnon42 is using the exact terminology you are referring to. In this

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