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Flynn effect tied to increase in abstract reasoning(drjamesthompson.blogspot.com)
5 points by Uhhrrr 11y ago|0 comments
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
Oh, I agree - I was just quoting they acknowledge that point of view and don't dispute it.
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
They have a little quiz with 8 blocked comments, to see which ones you would allow. Here is one of the ones the Guardian blocked as abusive: "“The Guardian, once a standard bearer of quality journalism now contains football journalists
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
They respond to that and other criticism here: >It is also important to say that it is true that the research is only valid if you accept a) that the Guardian's community standards are fit for purpose, and b) that the moderators are
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
Maybe it's the backstory for Seveneves.
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
I'm a grammar pedant because I like to help people who write "must of" and confuse it's and its.
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
These read slightly better if you read the oldest ones first.
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
The video of Foinavon winning he links ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ_JCOgHE2U ) was surprisingly thrilling. Almost every other horse goes down and Foinavon leaps ahead - but a couple horses nearly catch up by the end o
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
From Wikipedia, >Grove's office was an 8-ft by 9-ft cubicle like the other employees, as he disliked separate "mahogany-paneled corner offices." He states, "I've been living in cubicles since 1978 — and it hasn&#
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
beaucoup http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beaucoup
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
Here is a dead reply to your comment that I'll repost. I think it is probably only a partial explanation: ----- actionwords 1 hour ago [dead] Because they want to hire foreign nationals to undercut native wages for skilled labor. -----
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
It's interesting to see some of the problems mentioned play out in the article posted today about Arduino's origins: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11212021 Especially since Doctorow flogs Arduino endlessly
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Wealth Inequality Is Even Worse in Reputation Economies(locusmag.com)
334 points by Uhhrrr 11y ago|134 comments
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
Shades of Cliff Baxter: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-mysterious-death-of-an-enron...
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
Amazon is a mighty river or a fierce warrior. Daquiris are for casual drinkers who want to get hammered in Vegas.
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
I think this actually makes it more fun!
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
Is there a business in existence that wouldn't fire an employee for a public post like that?
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
RT'ing and quoting work better. That's about it. Things Twitter could be doing, besides your excellent suggestion of reopening the API: -Self-deleting tweets, for the Snapchat kids. -Better threading on conversations. Anything m
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
The fact that Apple has been able to get away with it certainly has encouraged others (Samsung).
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
In person, W was apparently very charismatic. I remember seeing an Atlantic article and an article by one of his ghostwriters which spoke to this, but I can't find them quickly. "Journeys With George" shows some of it, though
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
People are understandably wary of having a de facto monarchy (this hurts Hillary Clinton as well). Also, W was not very popular by the end of his second term. Besides that, Jeb is not super charismatic, and is at odds with the base on immig
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
Voting is very broken. You only do it once a year, for candidates with 2,4,6-year terms. Even if the voting machines aren't hacked the political machines are: it's expensive to run, and tons of interest groups have to be appeased.
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
Interesting that they claim, "the growing wave of harassment and abuse users of the service were dealing with—a quagmire epitomized by the roving flocks of hateful, misogynistic, and well-organized “Gamergate” communities who flooded p
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
Interesting, I hadn't seen that! But even if it only works for finding herpes and other there-or-not infections, they still might justify their valuation.
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
The letter doesn't seem to be saying the tests don't work, or that they're vaporware. It is only finding "noncompliance". Looking at the first item, "Hematology" ( https://www.law.cornell.edu&#x2
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
I'm really interested in what happens if the basic income isn't used wisely and doesn't change outcomes. What do you do when half the population is obsoleted by technology in that case? PR campaigns and cash rewards for get
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
So long as you don't spill coffee on it, you can always resell it. I got a set when a coworker jumped ship with no forwarding address and left all his books. It seems useful for people implementing languages and standard libraries, les
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
They work great - very few non-released prisoners were rearrested within that three year period.
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
Are you going to listen to the whole series?
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by Uhhrrr 11y ago
Is there a peer reviewed paper showing their findings? The author is an academic who says he has studied this, but there is no link to such a paper. I would also note that police usually investigate people who knew the victim, rather than p

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