RingwormOne

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by RingwormOne 9y ago
I don't think I've ever met anyone from Iowa. Most people on this site are probably from the coasts. So I would consider it an example of diversity.
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
Again, small town Iowa is very different from elsewhere in the country. It's not what you would expect on a site focused on tech where most probably hail from coastal urban or suburban enclaves. Of course if you refuse to believe anyon
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
I'd imagine life experience for people living in small town Iowa is very different from that of people living in major urban centers on the coasts. You're assuming that if someone is white and not rich or below the poverty line th
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
Small town Iowa is probably not very well represented on most internet forums, so the commenter was happy to see that it was being referenced... That's all. Not sure where your negativity is coming from
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
Well that sort of defeats the purpose of the heart surgery does it not?
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
Many grad schools publish post graduation job and salary prospects, so I'd start with that. Many also publish average GPA/GRE scores, so look at those to get an idea of where you stand. Because the job market is being saturated wi
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
It doesn't seem like that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things, more an indictment based on shady personal business dealings rather than some serious political conspiracy.
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
Great interview and a fresh perspective. Life, as in the totality of species on Earth, is incredibly resilient. As much as we impact the environment, as long as the Earth remains hospitable to us it will remain hospitable to a huge number o
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
Can >Buzzword1< Plus >Buzzword2< Build a New Economic System?
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
I really have no idea what any of that means, but it sounds interesting and I want to understand it. Where do I start?
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
Of course they're capable. That's apparent. But a strong capital base does not fall into a nation's lap simply because its people are capable. The Chinese had very little capital, then over the course of the 80's built i
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
That was not always the case. The government used to be much friendlier and accommodating towards foreign business. In order to kickstart their Renaissance, the Chinese almost entirely relied on foreign capital. You make the claim that bec
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
Rule of law and enforced property rights are everything. Absolutely everything. Ever wonder how China was able to emerge from decades of regressive economic and industrial policies in a short span of time? International investors were willi
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
Sometimes interesting stories or explanations one reads about then wishes to convey to someone else may require more than a few minutes to convey. It seems that was the case here. It's not a matter of arrogance, pseudo-intellectualism
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
So you're saying that no lay person can share interesting facts during casual conversation? You must be an expert on something to casually talk about it at lunch? Nonsense. This is one of the sillier things I've ever read on HN.
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The Worst Argument in the World(lesswrong.com)
1 points by RingwormOne 9y ago|0 comments
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
Exactly. Thank you
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
Don't the statistics show that violent crime is much higher among blacks than other racial groups? I'd be interested to see statistics on white collar crime, but I know that there are significant resources put towards catching and
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Ask HN: Does a good desk setup make you more productive?
78 points by RingwormOne 9y ago|72 comments
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
I'm not sure why you would call that statement racist. Poverty tends to beget crime, this is very hard to deny. Because the black community - as a result of the slavery of its ancestors in this country - suffers disproportionately high
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
Sure, but that's why it's important to ensure competent public defenders are available to all people accused of a crime. I'd be very interested to hear suggestions on how we can improve the public defender system. Your second
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
And when we talk about slavery it's usually in the sense of racialized, bondage-from-birth slavery rather than penal labor. The two are very different, and using the word 'slavery' to refer to both conflates meaning and disgu
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
Yes, making a criminal - who has committed a crime, been convicted and sentenced to jail time - do work is not equivalent - morally or otherwise - to racialized slavery.
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
Slavery has had significant long term effects on the black community. That can't be denied. Disproportionate poverty in the black community is directly tied to slavery. However I disagree that slavery - as the term is usually meant to
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
This is good for both the US and foreign nations that tend to send H-1B workers to the US. US based workers will have more opportunities, and foreign nations will be able to reign in some of the brain drain that the allure of US industry an
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by RingwormOne 9y ago
A very interesting model. It aligns with that general principle of biology that dictates biological systems should do as little work as necessary. The robustness to cell death exhibited in figure B near the end is reminiscent of our own bra