RigelKentaurus

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by RigelKentaurus 3y ago
The question is, what will this essay look like if written today? Are some of our own ideas and technologies going to change as drastically? Are there frameworks (e.g. Hegel's concept of Geist) to help us think about what we're mo
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by RigelKentaurus 3y ago
Incredible! Made my day; thank you for sharing. I used to be bored by history until I read somewhere that it is really the study of change (I think Harari wrote it?)
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by RigelKentaurus 3y ago
What I'm really shocked by is that Dropbox had 3000 employees! I'd have guessed the number to be between 500-1000. It's not that they come up with new products/features at a fast pace. What do 3000 people do there?
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by RigelKentaurus 3y ago
I agree! Theroux and Naipaul have an undercurrent of nastiness in their writing. E.g. the # of times Theroux describes someone's shirt as dirty in The Happy Isles of Oceania. Doesn't he realize that the people he's talking ab
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by RigelKentaurus 3y ago
I haven't read his rail travel books, but The Happy Isles of Oceania is one of my favorite books, travel or otherwise. Fantastic account of his travels in the South Pacific.
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
In other words: penalize Asian American kids for being born into intact, hard-working families. Subtract 300 points from their SATs and subjectivity give them low personality scores. Aim for equality of outcomes instead of equal opportuniti
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
Looking at GPAs, ECs, and test scores, I strongly think so. I suspect it's because of the family culture, and parents modeling correct behavior at home. It's not about AA vs. other ethnicities. My MBA class had a number of second
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
I wasn't talking about coding jobs. Even jobs in marketing or program management go to STEM students from "lesser" schools. I don't even look at sociology or language degrees anymore.
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
Talk to Asian American parents like me about how we feel about this AA nonsense. No matter how you look at it, it penalizes our kids for being hard workers. At the startup I work at, the unwritten hiring rule is that the college major is im
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
Great point. Another one is 'judo economics', where a smaller, nimble competitor can dominate a new market quickly as it doesn't have the baggage of existing products and users.
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
Interesting read. I dream a lot, and almost all my dreams are very happy (I'm on a nice trip with my family, hiking in a beautiful place, etc.) Some dreams are based in the future, e.g. celebrating 50th wedding anniversary with my wife
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
I wasn't familiar with Dr Stoll or Klein bottles. It was great to read this. As a Cal alum, the sheer number of awesome/weird/creative people associated with the university and city continues to inspire and astonish me. Fiat
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
Great post! I agree with the "not spending it right" part. For me, money gives me the security and options to spend on what's important to me.
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
That money buys happiness is painfully obvious to anyone who has been poor. I went through a few years in my twenties when I didn't have more than a hundred dollars and it was no fun. The constant stress made me say "never again,&
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
I am sorry to hear this. I completely understand your stress. I was in the exact situation back in 2001 during the dot-com bust, and had to move to my spouse’s dependent visa for 6 months. It was a very tough time and luckily, it all worked
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
RIP Mr. Toyoda. 2 random thoughts- 1. I owned a 1987 Corolla FX GTS coupe hatchback. Manual transmission, brilliant red, with fantastic sporty design and handling. Will never love a car like I did that one. 2. The JIT revolution that Toyota
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
Awesome, I loved this! I have been using it for my guitar practice. I'm trying to create the drum track for the starting part of Blue rondo a la turk by Dave Brubeck. Not sure how I can tell you but one quick listen will suffice: http
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
Purely reactive response to ChatGPT dominating the AI conversation lately. However, I'm excited to see what Google will release in AI this year.
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
If you use a different definition of higher education -- not as a college degree but truly incredible learning on a variety of topics, I think the disruption has already happened. Youtube has completely changed how I learn. The most amazing
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
Of course there is more to university life than grades. But I strongly disagree with the comment that "all you get are people good at testing, and nothing else". I know a bunch of very high SAT scorers, many of them my kid's
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
>I was lucky but I know many Indians who have been pushed by their parents and are miserable. We hang out in different circles. Looks like your default position is that Asian American kids have been pushed to study by their parents. Did
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
If gaming the system means cultivating good study habits, taking rigorous classes over 4 years, generally pushing yourself to realize your potential, maintaining balance through sports and exercise, we're guilty. These are good habits
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
I'm not naive. Places like Harvard select the best of the best, and that students like my son will be common in their applicant pool, etc. The original point I made and stand by was that, AA should be based on economic conditions, not
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
I have a huge problem with people looking at the world through the lens of "privilege". Seems like "privilege" is what they're looking for all the time. Also, you watered down the term "privilege" to such
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
This is false. You should read MIT's very helpful blog on why they decided to bring back the SAT. Tl;Dr - the SAT is not a perfect indicator, but in combination with GPA, it is the best predictor of success in advanced education, espec
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
Your comment went straight to my heart. Thank you.
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
>but I do know that he's being held to a much higher standard than almost anyone else because of his race. And as a dad, I don't like it. >You are displaying an amazing sense of entitlement. This is how I objectively know he
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
>is it fair that your son, who was given every possible advantage by his well-educated and affluent parents, is graded on the same blind rubric as a kid whose father is a felon for possessing a couple ounces of marijuana and whose mother
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
>That's gaming the system, for personal benefits, and contrary to the purposes for which affirmative action was created It should have been abundantly clear to anyone that I mentioned CollegeVine to show how the system works, not th
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by RigelKentaurus 4y ago
We agree on the big picture but not the details. Instead of race, why not look at economic position? I think the white family living in poverty in rural Appalachia is probably more deserving of AA than the middle-class Black family in Atlan

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