ZenPro

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by ZenPro 12y ago
So?
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Absolutely. I only referred to one technique for checking the veracity of a complex story. There is a reason this role exists as a trade with considerable training.
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The test is not in isolation. People seem to be imagining an interrogator walks in, opens his notes, asks for a reverse version of events and says Aha, you originally said you left the house at 7, but in you reverse statement you indicate
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by ZenPro 12y ago
Dunning Kruger in full swing here. Just because I typed up a quick example (which exactly exists and is used to crack a suspect in certain examples) you have launched into some sort of critique of one written example, of one segment, of one
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by ZenPro 12y ago
>> Got their paws on you? The inherent bias and paranoia in your statement is staggering. Although, it's understandable if you come from a country with a particularly brutal and pervasive secret police. In my country, the inte
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Not if you are being held on charges related to terrorism it won't.
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Lying, as a social interaction, actually has a net benefit to society allowing interaction between humans - it can avoid conflict, ill feeling, embarrassment, shame and a whole host of other negative scenarios. You are absolutely correct th
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Not quite - The technique you refer to already exists. It is distinct from reverse chronological. Approaches are numerous and to the layman the differences seem like semantics but they each have a specific use (I went into some detail on a
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For someone who has not actually served in a role with training (like that which you describe) you are remarkably astute about the realities of catching liars. It takes considerable planning and man hours to uncover a truth from an individu
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As a former MI interrogator, this was part of my skillset. For the average layman looking to spot lies within a complex story there is an exceptionally simply method known as reverse chronological testing It works best for people you know
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Upvoted you. Just for the hell of it. :-)
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I think this was recently touched on by the big four supermarkets coming under criticism. No real full time customer service assistants. Staff are placed on 16 hour contracts with single, double or quad hours randomly placed throughout the
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Did the additional $STOCK_MARKET_STUFF require you doing it for free and for the ' passion '?
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>> such companies are defined as bold, courageous, even heroic Upworthy? EventBrite? That must be a joke. No Palantir, no One Acre Fund, no TransferWise...
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Just out of interest; if people do not leave due to saturation, why would gaming companies stop making money? [EDIT: First time I have been downvoted for asking a question. Must have been offensive haha]
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Facebook is not a software company. http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2012/06/29/rip-sof...
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To be fair, those figures have been disputed and also called outright fraudulent by a number of parties. An advertiser recently had an $800,000 invoice struck off because he threatened to sue Facebook. They decided just to let it slide ins
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From a quantitative perspective I cannot fault them right now but from a qualitative perspective...something is rotten in Denmark. Facebook is not the platform we need, it's the one we deserve right now ;-)
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I fully imagine the descent will even more rapid than the rise. When people congregate; advertisers follow seeking the staggering ROI of the early marketers on the platform. The platform, under shareholder pressure, will accept as many ad
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This deserves greater exposure, it is extremely difficult to improve upon your list. The only thing that this outline now requires is a. An adherence to good interviewing principles b. Effective note taking c. Rigorous post-interview ana
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The author of this study is clearly not - a. A parent, or; b. Familiar with pre-modern society Most children once they have had their Maslow Hierarchy met will go back to sleep quite happily. Furthermore, prior to 20th Century/Wester
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>> Most average or newbie salespeople think that they’re supposed to sell you the pen, when a really seasoned salesperson will actually turn it into a qualifying session to find out what you need. That’s the truth of it. It’s like tr
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This. This x100. We are in a crazy scenario where we are seeking a Series A with a good product in a validated market fit. The investors have essentially said unless you are eating ramen noodles and scraping by we are not interested. ^^
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If your son has co-founders or would like them then this is an idea with the potential to be disastrous. If the startup (company) goes the distance then whatever equity you bought with investment would convert to your son as part of his
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Just purchased, well, purchased for free. Will review it this evening.
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If you could somehow organise a calendar functionality so that I could just log in and see my daily/weekly requirements that would be a massive tipping point. I would happily pay for that. The clunky export to Google Calendar does not
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I know HN is not for comedy but I genuinely nearly spilled my coffee laughing at this! :-)
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15 novels a month. Averaging 90,000 words per novel (A). Average reading speed per person of 275 words per minute (WPM) A/WPM*15/60 = 81 Hours Per Month spent reading novels The average person cannot spend 2.7 hours per day readi
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This comment more than anything shows how divorced tech thinking can be from reality. >> In all seriousness, this [the concept of libraries] doesn't scale 1. It scaled perfectly well for 3 centuries with no reason not to conti
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If you do not personally understand something you automatically assume that an author is incorrect? http://thefederalist.com/2014/01/17/the-death-of-expertise/ That is your choice of course but it is cla

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