alphaoverlord

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by alphaoverlord 16y ago
> Do your professors talk about the state of healthcare in the USA / share their opinions with you? Yes, especially healthcare reform. As you can imagine, it's a game-changer and there is significant discussion on how they will be impac
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by alphaoverlord 16y ago
Just added to my profile.
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Offer HN: Medical Perspective
4 points by alphaoverlord 16y ago|7 comments
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by alphaoverlord 16y ago
I think this kind of approach can only work in certain situations and modes of teaching. For biology or anything that requires more memorization than conceptualization, I think it is key to have a running tab of the topics/key points. This
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by alphaoverlord 16y ago
From what I have seen, course credit's only function seems to be creating a standard between "full-time" and "part-time" students. Although this has practical implications due to requirements for financial aid, merit scholarships, and work-
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by alphaoverlord 16y ago
> This is not efficient. Under this system, giving a homeless person $1 is good, but giving him $1 and setting another dollar on fire (maybe in a way that hurts me!) is even better. I would say that these are two distinct acts. You do n
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by alphaoverlord 16y ago
I think another interesting framework would be: 1. Help someone when it benefits you. 2. Help someone when it is easy/neutral to you. 3. Help someone when it is costly/time-consuming/harmful to you.
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by alphaoverlord 16y ago
So, let me get this straight, the conclusion is that European countries are rich and African countries are poor? I'd hate to say the emperor has no clothes, but this does not seem revolutionary in any sense. In fact, there seems to be more
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by alphaoverlord 16y ago
Med Decis Making has a Impact Factor of 2.597 while, top journals have Impact Factors >30 Although it is hard to compare impact values across disciplines, I would venture to guess this is not the best journal in the world. http://www.s
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by alphaoverlord 16y ago
> The pro-speed limit argument falls apart as soon as someone says "but accidents are more deadly at 90mph" or "your reaction time is less adequate at 90mph." The problem is that while the statement is true, it's also true any lower lim
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by alphaoverlord 16y ago
The graphics in this article is very misleading. The first three salary values are average values from SimplyHired.com while the last value for rock stars is the "average salary for the top 10 best paid music stars". If you use the same cri
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by alphaoverlord 16y ago
I would venture to guess that this is not true. For most start-ups, the challenge is to disrupt status quo approaches to particular problems. That said, their main competitors aren't necessarily clones, but conventional approaches to same p
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well, he was able to capitalize HBS, which obviously is much more important. rather a lack of ability, perhaps this indicates a lack of regard.
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I can't tell if you are being sarcastic, but I think the OP is talking from the perspective of an American citizen. America has 4.5% of the world population (according to Google.)
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When you said that, I just naturally assumed flattr succeeding and then Google imitating it. Like Facebook Questions vs. Quora, Google Places vs. Yelp, etc. It's hard to compete with behemoths.