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by abnry 6y ago
Quit the app as a user. It wasn't a platform thing, in terms of technical aspects although there is probably something to be said about how it shapes community, but it was the community itself.
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by abnry 6y ago
You have seen past the veil. You must forget you've ever seen this. Some things are too great for a human to know.
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by abnry 6y ago
>If anyone is an environment that cynism is rewarded, run from there. There are better places to be. This is why I quit Twitter.
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by abnry 6y ago
It sounds like you are afraid of opportunity costs and the failure of any investment of time going bust. You are future thinking and probably worried it won't work out, as you've lost some clients. I would recommend picking the le
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by abnry 6y ago
It is quite possible your career will suffer if you don't value adulation highly. It is a strong motivator to do well. It is sort of necessary to get adulation in order to get promoted. That said, the costs of valuing adulation are too
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by abnry 6y ago
"Want[ing] financial and health security" is a funny way to say "Wanting to be able to buy food and pay the rent." Not everyone has the luxury of a work at home job that allows them to put half of their salary in the ban
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by abnry 6y ago
Ever since Taleb blocked me on twitter for such a minor pushback I gave in the replies of one of his tweets, I've lost interest reading anything he writes. His unbridled emotion is uncouth. And it's not that I think IQ is "th
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by abnry 6y ago
Focus on the theorem and its proof, not the name of the theorem. My background in mathematics and there is an unhealthy adulation of genius. Granted, praise of genius is warranted, but it becomes too much. One symptom of this is that almost
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by abnry 6y ago
You certainly add a useful perspective, I am sure. However, by working in tech you aren't doing philosophy, you are doing tech.
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by abnry 6y ago
Isn't that then a gigantic failure of high school then? If there is one thing we need to prepare students for, isn't it how to start making career decisions?
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However, the opportunity costs for a PhD are very, very high, especially if the degree takes longer than planned.
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by abnry 6y ago
It brings up the old joke about being a philosophy major: "Two things to do with a Phd in Philosophy: 1. Teach. 2. Pose the question: ‘But do you know why you want fries with that?’" College is an investment that costs hundreds o
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by abnry 6y ago
I agree with what you are saying, except that we shouldn't say students are unequipped to evaluate the "bet" merely for being young and inexperienced. If we wanted to, we could train students to be much better at evaluating s
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by abnry 6y ago
The government will give out a loan to students for basically any reason, as long as their family doesn't make too much money. Think about the insanity of that kind of investment practice. No "business plan", no estimates of
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by abnry 6y ago
For the developers in the comments, having a better vocabulary is like having a better standard library. If you have to describe the details of a basic data structure every time you bring it up, you will lose the audience. The psychological
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by abnry 7y ago
This is a good middle ground. Alternatively, you can charge an incredibly small amount for the book, like $1. Even asking for donations when you download the book suggests greater worth, in my mind.
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by abnry 7y ago
One of the problems, however, is that charging for a book signals its value. Whenever someone is offering something for free on their website, assuming I have no prior knowledge of the reputation of the author, it is easy to make me think t
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by abnry 7y ago
Was going to make the point about energy, but you made the point way better than me and added space which I didn't think about!
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by abnry 7y ago
Thank you for that information, I didn't know that.
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by abnry 7y ago
What most people don't understand about hotels, chain restaurants, or any business that runs on the franchise model is that the majority of such outlets are run by small businesses. McDonalds isn't a burger and fries company, it i
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by abnry 7y ago
Do you have any references about these spying breaks? This is the first I've heard of it and it is fascinating.
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by abnry 7y ago
Yes, there are always hidden cognitive costs. Many claims of "irrational" behavior by economists or psychologists don't account for them. Or their model failed to consider the whole picture or long term concerns.
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by abnry 7y ago
> Most people sensibly realize that a lock-down in the face of a pandemic is not a regression in our fundamental rights as US citizens, but just a temporary measure to save lives. The problem is that it may not be temporary due to legal
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by abnry 7y ago
I'd love to have children. It took my sister having a kid to make me realize this. But with some health issues I have, I don't know if I could ever handle the responsibility. In normal circumstances it would be worth it.
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by abnry 7y ago
>It’s not a great world to be raising kids right now. It's never been a great world to raise children in. Years ago the child mortality rate meant every family had a Jimmy that wouldn't make it to age 5. It bugs me no end when
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by abnry 7y ago
The following is a comment from this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxKmO0SCNkc&lc=Ugw2taPKtZSpk... From the video of the play, it doesn't look like Alireza threw a fit. Losing on time I'd be f
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by abnry 7y ago
Work in cities is highly rewarded which means owning a home in a city is highly rewarded. It's a second order effect.
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by abnry 7y ago
In Ubuntu 19 I can just type my password and hit enter to log in. In windows 10, I have to hit any key before typing my password and hitting enter to log in.
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by abnry 7y ago
"We choose to write an OS in asm, not because it is easy, but because it is hard"
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Yeah, I am not seeing the mirroring claimed. Salesman projects a reality distortion field. Potential buyers end up complaining about the RDF during the latest product advertisement. It is clearly a reaction, and in that sense a "mirror

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