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by Silfen 11y ago
I agree with the thrust of your argument. Pretty much no one gets job training from university, they get it when they start actually working. There is a big problem, however, and it's only going to get worse. If all your training is in
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by Silfen 11y ago
In my personal experience, the biggest wedge is in planning events. With the caveat that this probably only applies strongly to people currently in their mid-twenties: For a lot of social circles, facebook is the only service that almost ev
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by Silfen 11y ago
And here's the problem with anecdata: Most people I know use both, or Uber exclusively. This is also in Seattle.
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by Silfen 11y ago
Because it's a function of tenure, and not job performance?
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by Silfen 11y ago
Seattle native here - this is only sort of true. Miami, LA, and Houston have a worse gender split[0]. My guess is that you're probably running in tech circles and hanging out in neighborhoods where locals don't live. http:/&
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by Silfen 11y ago
Seems unlikely to me, but of course this is all pure conjecture. If human history is any lesson, we've only been able to increase our levels of technology because of positive feedback loops facilitated by our ability to communicate. Co
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by Silfen 11y ago
> humans are the stupidest possible creatures that can build a civilization Kind of a tangent, but there are conditions that are not easily described as "intelligence" that are necessary for building civilization. Namely, the a
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by Silfen 11y ago
If you pay for basic income with tax dollars, it will (theoretically) cause no long-term inflation. See: https://medium.com/basic-income/wouldnt-unconditional-basic-...
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by Silfen 11y ago
Humans tend to make more mistakes. Convincing, say, Coq's typechecker of your proof is stronger evidence of correctness than convincing yourself.
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by Silfen 11y ago
Uber has another big asset that I'm surprised hasn't been mentioned. Their ride data will probably be hugely valuable for routing automated vehicles. I'd wager they have people working right now to find the optimal distributi
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by Silfen 11y ago
> ...which has practically nothing to do with the reason a watch is bought, that being to tell time. It seems to me that most watches already fall into the "artisan use" category that you mention. Phones already tell time. Ther
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by Silfen 12y ago
This exchange, if legitimate, seems to strongly indicate that this service is not automated. Either that or huge strides forward have been made in chatterbots...
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by Silfen 12y ago
pg has already done this in a very limited capacity. See: "Tara Ploughman"
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The Man Who Survived 27 Years in Maine Wilderness(gq.com)
5 points by Silfen 12y ago|0 comments
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Feathered Dinosaurs – Scientifically Accurate Portraits(emilywilloughby.com)
1 points by Silfen 12y ago|0 comments