Tycho

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by Tycho 11y ago
Monsanto isn't really that big.
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by Tycho 11y ago
I wonder if scientific progress speeds up in wartime because scientists stop worrying about who gets credit and how things will affect their career and just learn to collaborate until victory is achieved.
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by Tycho 11y ago
It would be great to set up an institute for upholding scientific/research integrity. Have one division focussed on reproducing published results, and another focussed on checking publications for statistical errors, and a third on the
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by Tycho 11y ago
Do you think this is a problem of too many willing candidates? For a subject like film, and indeed for English, you have a lot of people passionate about the field, but not many jobs available in industry. So many graduates will bounce back
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by Tycho 11y ago
Today I was thinking about the Malcolm Gladwell 10,000 hours thing. That's his theory from the book Outliers (which I haven't read) which argues that to become a true expert in something requires 10,000 hours of practice. Now, say
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by Tycho 11y ago
Citation? Besides, when I said brand new I meant things which have emerged in the last 150 years, especially highly processed foods.
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by Tycho 11y ago
We're talking about giving time for harmful effects to manifest themselves. If you are going to eat a diet which does not resemble what the human body evolved to deal with, then at least follow something that resembles what has been av
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by Tycho 11y ago
What subject?
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by Tycho 11y ago
we're not talking about evolution
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by Tycho 11y ago
Not sure what your point is?
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by Tycho 11y ago
Nature, over time, destroys what is fragile. If your ancestors have been drinking milk for millennia, then it is probably safe for your body. In similar dosages. Eat what has been field tested by nature, not the latest voodoo food.
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by Tycho 11y ago
Mortgages also give people access to leverage though, so it's a bit different from other investments most people make.
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by Tycho 11y ago
Three thoughts 1. As Taleb has often argued, you dont need to fully understand a problem, all the interaction effects etc., in order to understand that nature has already solved it. Eat what your ancestors ate. 2. Could it be that the peopl
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by Tycho 11y ago
It's not really so much the question of who did the crimes it's more an eye-opnener into how the police, legal and court system misbehaved every step of the way because right or wrong they were certain they had their man.
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by Tycho 11y ago
All the reports along these lines seem to stem from what this prosecutor has said. It would be more credible if other officials or trial participants weighed in. The omitted evidence he raised seem to me to fall under 2 categories: 1. Evide
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by Tycho 11y ago
The way the phrase is thrown about is unmistakably negative IMO. For a start, 'inequality' is a phrase borrowed from far clearer grievances such as inequality in legal rights for women, minorities etc. By using it in this economic
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by Tycho 11y ago
Cars could make pit stops to get cleaned while the owners are not using them.
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by Tycho 11y ago
On the other hand that uninvested cash should help more companies weather the storm in times of crisis, which should save jobs.
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by Tycho 11y ago
Many hedge funds do invest in IPOs. They also invest in all sorts of debt: corporate, municipal, sovereign, emerging market. It's true that hedge funds and mutual funds also invest in the stock market, which is a secondary market where
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by Tycho 11y ago
I think it's fairly well established that money supply increase has led to asset price inflation (but not consumer price inflation like you said), but that has also meant bond yields have stayed low, letting companies and countries bor
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by Tycho 11y ago
Terrific essay. It's really impressive how much of the world it explained and tied in with history. One thing I would like to discuss though is this line: The creative class flocks to a handful of happy cities, abandoning the rest. T
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by Tycho 11y ago
I think the argument is more that it will disincentivize innovation in your tax jurisdiction .
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by Tycho 11y ago
In what way is Apple a monopoly? (I'm also not sure if Google or Facebook are either, but at least in those cases it's obvious what you mean)
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by Tycho 11y ago
I kind of like the background noise for some reason. It wouldn't surprise me if our brains evolved to be most relaxedness and free from other worries when surrounded by other humans, making it a good setting for doing some studying or
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by Tycho 11y ago
I wonder if there is any overlap with Ayasdi's topological data analysis "similarity maps" (which are network representations of datasets).
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by Tycho 11y ago
Damage, or balance? Yummyfajitas style of replies are IMO prefeble to letting the 'mood affiliations' go unchecked and to chucking walls of text back at them.
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by Tycho 11y ago
To be honest I find it highly entertaining (and interesting).
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by Tycho 11y ago
Who wants to do business with someone with poor morals. How can you trust them to keep their word. Someone with weak character will lack the discipline necessary to get better at something or seize opportunities as they come up.
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by Tycho 11y ago
Cons: huge cognitive overhead from remembering how to reference your data structures the correct way.
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by Tycho 11y ago
Someone posted a website to HN which let you see what h1 visa holders were earning at different companies. If you find similar companies you can look up what salaries their are for different job titles. Avoids the self selection bias of gla

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