andreakate

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by andreakate 8y ago
It's disappointing (though not surprising) to hear your story about Math Overflow and your location. I think the more we talk about it the more aware people will be so thank you for sharing. The scientist in me also finds your experie
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by andreakate 8y ago
This is really interesting because I've worked on Wall Street as well and I know exactly what you mean but have never really been able to articulate the difference you've just pointed out. Working on Wall Street I had lots of mal
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by andreakate 8y ago
My personal opinion is that the person raises a valid point but I would’ve taken them more seriously if they had left the #MeToo part out of it. I lived in Boston so perhaps I'm more aware of it than most, but Media Lab has a long h
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by andreakate 8y ago
Have you watched it? Seed yield has absolutely nothing to do with the scene I was referring to. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/20/supreme-court-mons...
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by andreakate 8y ago
Professor Iris Bohnet of Harvard wrote a fascinating book called "What Works" that you might find interesting. What I really like about the book is right from the jump Bohnet basically says all this "diversity training"
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by andreakate 8y ago
Can confirm. I have this thought about tech on HN about once a week. Though I will say this thread is relatively tame compared to others I've seen today.
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by andreakate 8y ago
You should watch Food, Inc. on Netflix. They have a segment on Monsanto and how farmers have no choice but to buy seeds from them but the prices are so high most farmers are barely able to keep their businesses running even with subsidies
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by andreakate 8y ago
I'm stuck in the two pair camp as well and I cannot for the life of me understand why Apple makes a 3.5mm to lightning adapter but won't make a lightning to 3.5mm adapter. I have a great pair of headphones that use the lightning