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by Thrymr 9y ago
Another way to say it is "We could do that, but it will delay this other thing that is on your roadmap as top priority for X months."
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by Thrymr 9y ago
Engaging in the profession is a part of your job. Doing editorial work for a journal (many of which are for-profit) is arguable. It is certainly accurate to say that reviewers are unpaid by the journal .
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by Thrymr 9y ago
Here's the website for the project: https://www.shakealert.org/
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by Thrymr 9y ago
You start with a prior, but you assume that it is not the optimal solution.
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by Thrymr 9y ago
How so? Because the federal government has abrogated its responsibility? Surely compliance with 50 different sets of regulations would be much more burdensome than a single national regulation.
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MIT class reveals, explores Institute’s connections to slavery(news.mit.edu)
2 points by Thrymr 9y ago|0 comments
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by Thrymr 9y ago
> Would your startup hire Linus if he hadn't yet created linux and git? No.
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by Thrymr 9y ago
In fact, the conclusion of the article is more positive than the headline makes it out to be: "Therefore, it makes sense to keep Arrow and Parquet/ORC as separate projects, while also continuing to maintain tight integration.&quot
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by Thrymr 9y ago
What's wrong with one sibling stealing a parent's accumulated wealth while they are still alive and not leaving it for the other siblings? Quite a lot.
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by Thrymr 9y ago
> I think the only way for Touch ID to come back is for it to cover the whole display, so it can authenticate every touch. Touch ID only works on the first try about half the time for me, I would love to bring that experience to all my
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by Thrymr 9y ago
Do you have any work data or email on your device? What is your employer's policy about granting 3rd parties access to such data? Could you be fired for doing so?
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by Thrymr 9y ago
We have the equivalent of "think tanks" with real intellectual rigor, they are called universities. Yes, you can take issue with the way that university research is funded, etc., but tenure makes a difference.
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by Thrymr 9y ago
It's sort of like a library, except that you have to pay to read any of the books.
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by Thrymr 9y ago
> In my experience the only people who use Apple Maps are those who are too lazy to change from the default nav system built into the iPhone or just don't care enough to use a better nav system. And people who use CarPlay, unfortuna
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by Thrymr 9y ago
"They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." - Carl Sagan The trick is being able to tell Bozo from Einstein a priori.
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by Thrymr 9y ago
You really don't see how being called out on the loudspeaker could be insulting even if the ticket buyer was fully aware of the service difference (which they may not be)?
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by Thrymr 9y ago
Depending on how you bin it, motor vehicle accidents are one of the largest causes of death, particularly of younger adults [0]. > we are on the verge of eliminating the vast majority of accidents That is purely speculative; in fact moto
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by Thrymr 9y ago
The article specifically cites a source talking about asphalt shingle roofs: "The price was calculated for a roof where 35 percent of the tiles are solar (solar tiles cost more per square foot than non-solar tiles), in order to generat
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by Thrymr 9y ago
That only works if it is worth $15k to the buyer.
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by Thrymr 9y ago
Statistically, those high value PhDs and successful exits are way off on the high end of the tail of the distribution for all 25-year-olds. I suspect they are not going to budge the median values at all.
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by Thrymr 9y ago
> I think prolific gun ownership can be an answer to honking and road rage. :-) You think that escalating a frustrating but not dangerous situation with deadly force is an "answer"?
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by Thrymr 10y ago
Are you confusing the free market with capitalism here? Capital is striving to destroy competition; in a truly free market, consumers will counterbalance that if it is not in their interest (e.g. favor smaller airlines that give better serv
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by Thrymr 10y ago
> Start a campaign for tundra deforestation? That can't be right. They are not talking about deforestation, but growth on previously barren ground: "We now know that a lot of greening has been going on there, too, with tall shr
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Apple Pay promised to make plastic obsolete. Then came wary shoppers, clerks(wsj.com)
2 points by Thrymr 10y ago|1 comments
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by Thrymr 10y ago
Of course, you also need to pay one of the tax prep companies just to file your return online (if you're above an income threshold), because you can't do that directly as an individual, either. Also due to their lobbying.
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by Thrymr 10y ago
I am curious whether any companies are concerned about this for employees who work from home. Can ISPs resell business espionage to the highest bidder? Not all employers are savvy enough to provide and require VPNs.
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by Thrymr 10y ago
If only there were some way to search such a vast number of project listings. Some type of engine, perhaps.
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Eject vulnerability in ubuntu(ubuntu.com)
1 points by Thrymr 10y ago|0 comments
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by Thrymr 10y ago
Sometimes the state of the field at the time was inherently biased. See "How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat" [0] for example. Science is not always a progressive quest for the truth. [0] https://www.nytimes.com
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by Thrymr 10y ago
Every state has a university extension system that provides free information for farmers and the general public. For example, here's Oregon State University's page for small farms: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/

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