PragmaticPulp

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by PragmaticPulp 3y ago
> But does the professor have a deontological obligation to catch cheating, and to make a good-faith effort to have fair outcomes in which students who studied and understood the material receive better grades than cheaters? Most courses
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> If someone owes a debt, place a lein on the property that prevents it from being sold until the owner makes good... or work out some kind of installment plan. I can’t speak for every jurisdiction, but I do know that offering installmen
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by PragmaticPulp 3y ago
> The worst thing about politics is that you just need to hire one person who is “good at it,” and it spreads like a virus. If this person hires more people, they will most likely choose individuals who think alike. Before you know it, t
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> There is a growing trend that when research doesn't hold up (especially in regards to its significance/magnitude/importance), we resort to blaming the journalists who printed the article hyping it. That is seen on here c
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by PragmaticPulp 3y ago
> > They literally know nothing This entire article reads like someone only understand the field by reading clickbait headlines about nutrition (“Eggs are good for you now”) and then assumes the scientists and journalists are one and
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> I have an interview next week for a coffee engineer role which pays around a third of what I currently earn and would involve being on the road four out of five days. The most poignant tip I can give you: Do not jump straight into dras
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> I feel strongly that these changes in my bodily function are affecting my mood more than the reverse. Depression isn’t just a “mood” disorder. Everything you described (headaches, digestion, hormonal effects, alertness to touch) is con
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by PragmaticPulp 3y ago
These are in Fort Collins, CO. It's the 151st largest metro area in the US, so it's not really a tech jobs hub. Getting up to $150K plus equity and benefits wouldn't be a great salary in San Jose or Seattle, but it's not
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This was forced by a regulatory body. Strangely, it was forced after the transaction had closed rather than blocked before closing.
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I’ve worked with groups of juniors and college students every year for a while now. I agree that something is going on, but I don’t think there is a single explanation. Social media is a big part of it, but from what I’ve seen it’s not in t
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> What is worse, she claims that virtually all recipe books are made like this. Books have a much higher production value than content farm material like your sister writes. They also rely heavily on reviews, which is incentive to invest
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> It is up to you to figure out how you want your experience to be. No, it's up to the subreddit moderators. They are the hidden hand that shapes the conversation. Many of the popular subreddits have been taken over by groups of ful
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> This is a big part of why I don't use social media beyond HN and Reddit (if those count). Being inundated with a constant stream of notifications is not only distracting, it makes me feel less in control of my mind, and therefore,
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The problem is real, though. Drugs with overt recreational effects very frequently distract the patient from the therapeutic effect in unproductive ways. The recreational effects generally disappear quickly as tolerance develops, which can
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by PragmaticPulp 3y ago
Ketamine depression treatment doesn’t have to induce a “trip” to elicit the effect, according to studies and the protocol. It can produce some sensory distortions, but anyone who is going into a full “k hole” is almost certainly taking too
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by PragmaticPulp 3y ago
> Of course you can argue they are not using enough K at the 0.5 mg/kg mark, because disccociation starts at 1 to 3 mg/kg Dissociation isn’t necessary for the antidepressant effect, according to studies. In fact, many of the mo
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by PragmaticPulp 3y ago
> Ketamine is a life-saver and has been proven to relieve depression, regardless of the administration setting. It’s really not uncommon for some trials to fail to differentiate from placebo when it comes to depression studies. That does
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Clinical studies with high doses of CBD don't show any measurable changes in sleep architecture: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895650/
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by PragmaticPulp 3y ago
> I have used wearables to measure, it’s always less than an hour for me Wearables aren't known for their accuracy (unless it's an EEG headband) That said, 60 minutes of true deep sleep would actually be normal. Deep sleep isn&
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There are certainly periods of work and early parenthood that make sleep difficult, but that shouldn't be true for more than a few years. Unless you're grinding away at a once in a lifetime opportunity, you shouldn't be sacri
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by PragmaticPulp 3y ago
> What you’re looking at is a combination sun shade/lamppost. After traveling to several global cities (on taxpayer money), the good folks at the Kounkuey Design Initiative reached the amazing and counterintuitive conclusion that pe
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There is a lot of middle ground between game industry 80 hour crunch mode and doing “maybe 20% a week of my total” Honestly, working on a team where people refuse to do anything more than the bare minimum to fool management each week kind o
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This is why the related concept of "catastrophizing" comes up so much in the context of therapy: > Catastrophizing is a cognitive distortion that prompts people to jump to the worst possible conclusion, usually with very limite
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> and they will do the same work for a fraction of the price. For a while. I worked with some excellent remote developers in other countries, but it always felt like a revolving door as the pivoted from one remote job to the next so they
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> so you are saying JPM does keep a log of video, audio, and monitor screens. What? The parent comment didn’t say that at all.
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> She readily confirmed that her JPMC laptop shipped to her via her company's address, and her outside management had informed her to "be careful with it." That’s standard for company laptops. Nobody should be using the co
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/r/antiwork isn’t about improving working conditions, though. There was a huge drama about people splitting to some other “work reform” subreddit because they were tired of the, literally, anti-work tone that took over the subredd
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by PragmaticPulp 3y ago
> That sounds dystopian to me already (maybe because I'm not in the US? My singular anecdote: I worked for a company I won’t name but you’d be familiar with if you work in tech. We did a lot of expansion and hiring in European offic
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A lot of the “so what?” comments are missing the point. For years, putting in the effort to get into top CS universities and then putting in the effort to graduate with good marks and an internship or two was understood as the path to a h
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As a parent, I’m seeing a very clear division in parenting style among my peers. Some parents allow screen time with moderation and caution because they know what excessive use leads to. The other group sees nothing wrong and screens are ev

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