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Why the world now has more grandparents than grandchildren(bbc.com)
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
The author has another blog post about learning to play the violin and how it taught him the importance of deliberate practice which I feel is probably what he is also trying to get across in this post. I am experiencing something similar a
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I would much prefer a land value tax and relaxation of regulations preventing new construction (in London you can't build in certain areas/over a certain height because of Protected Views [1], which seems utterly bizarre, as if ma
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UK's Sabre space plane engine tech in new milestone(bbc.com)
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
I agree with your interpretation. With apologies to Helder Câmara - "When I tell the poor to save money on a latte they call me a saint, when I ask why the poor cannot afford a latte they call me a Communist."
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
Well, the best time was 30 years ago, the second best time is today. I mean it's not like we have much of an alternative although I agree with you on the scale of the challenge.
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
Energy consumption is tightly correlated with wealth and living standards. We should move to nuclear power and invest more in energy research like at ITER. The alternatives are population control or condemning swathes of the globe to povert
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
Homework is bad because for some kids it can be impossible - like what if you have to care for your younger siblings, or your home has no desk space or quiet place to work? To be honest extending the school day would probably make the most
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
Yeah, we could have had a sovereign wealth fund - instead we let the corporations exploit our natural resources for free. I guess the Empire finally colonised itself.
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
My PhD office was like that and it was pretty sweet. Now I work in industry with a fully open office and yeah, it's a nightmare.
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My main issue with academia was the relatively poor prospects (the pay isn't great) and the insecurity (there are far far less permanent positions/grants than the number that want them etc.) To be honest the pay isn't such a
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
I hope more cities tackle the actual cause and build/repair more housing.
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
Technically no for the standard frequentist confidence intervals, but if they use the Bayesian Credible Interval then I believe that would be the correct interpretation.
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
And yet here in BCN the market is crazy. The agency parasites are the worst - charging 10% of the annual rent just for giving you the keys and printing a copy of the contract. I was fortunate enough to be able to rent my flat from a family
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
I started learning classical guitar a year ago. It's challenging but really nice.
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
I'm in Europe and inflation is like 1% here so maybe that is why it's always been really low? But a 10% raise is def. not a norm here - I've only gotten that when I was promoted and when I had a market correction raise (i.e.
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
Yeah, also what company gives that many raises!? Normally it seems it's 2-3% and if you want more you jump ship...
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
I wouldn't say so. Not at all. I studied Physics so I can't really say for sure but I imagine you would easily have sufficient skill as an economics major. It is written for the layman and it isn't like Road To Reality by Pen
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
"An Indispensable Truth: How Fusion Power Can Save the Planet" by Prof. Francis F. Chen[1] It begins by looking at climate change and explains some of the measurements and physics principles. Then it continues in the second part t
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
That's very US centric. In the UK the A-levels we do at the end of high school cover first-year uni material and there are no general education requirements at university. The downside is we don't have the major system either - yo
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In the UK we pay the costs too (although the loan system is more like an extra tax). I think the UK is actually more expensive than the USA in many cases as almost every uni is 9k GBP per year here vs. the USA where you have cheaper public
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
Start-ups want CS PhDs mostly. If your PhD is in Chemistry/Biology/Physics, not so much. Some fields of Physics do alright (primarily HEP due to the advanced mathematical/statistical analyses they learn).
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
Servants used to be common for the middle class too. Didn't Agatha Christie say something like: "I never thought I would be so poor as to not have staff, or so rich as to have an automobile."
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
It's like that quote attributed to Steinbeck - "Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires."
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._F._Skinner#Superstition_in_...
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I mean people happily share and believe pretty obviously fake stories/images on Facebook (the most common trick seems to be to take a real image but lie about the context). I think it will become a serious issue when we can fake human
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
Or it could just be like Skinner's superstitious pigeons - it was mostly chance and now they attribute it to some series of events that really have nothing to do with it.
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But one is considered defamation/libel and can see you in court (at least in the UK) - the other is a slight inconvenience to a company you don't even work at.
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by alexgmcm 8y ago
>Creating a model in python or R is going to be much easier than in excel. True, but my boss will ask for it in Excel anyway.
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It reminds me of writing SMS messages - using all the awful txt spk to use as few characters as possible and save money.

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