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by asdfologist 9y ago
Not condoning this, but isn't this true in South Korea as well?
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by asdfologist 9y ago
Regardless of whether or not you agree with the original manifesto, why couldn't Googlers have a civil discussion like that Quora thread instead of firing him?
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by asdfologist 9y ago
No, the company should critique the hell out of his memo and explain logically why it's wrong.
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by asdfologist 9y ago
Honest question: without seeing the reference he used to back his assertion, how did you conclude that his belief about this is wrong? Or did you actually manage to read it?
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by asdfologist 9y ago
Risk of a death penalty for accidentally smuggling heroin? They couldn't pay me to take this flight.
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by asdfologist 9y ago
Agreed, let's all try to have a civil discussion around here, folks.
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by asdfologist 9y ago
So by your own admission, you're advocating hiring a female CEO based on a probabilistic argument that females tend to make the workplace more female-friendly. Isn't this akin to saying that the US Department of Education sho
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by asdfologist 9y ago
Then where's the guarantee that men will be treated fairly? The main problem with your argument is the assumption that the gender of the leader will somehow make things better, and this line of thinking only contributes to the very sex
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by asdfologist 9y ago
Mao was as close to a dictator as you can get.
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by asdfologist 9y ago
It's unclear that Xi cannot pull that off.
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by asdfologist 9y ago
What can a dictator do that Xi Jinping can't?
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by asdfologist 9y ago
Isn't it the general consensus that the coup was staged?
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by asdfologist 9y ago
How dare he? They're just trying to atone for their sins.
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by asdfologist 9y ago
If the work culture is infuriating, why do you love working there?
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by asdfologist 9y ago
This may be naive but why not use something like PageRank as an objective measure of a paper (and the author's) quality? Of course this can be computed only after the paper is already published...
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by asdfologist 9y ago
No, Xi Jinping is pushing massive censorship because he thinks it is good for Xi Jinping.
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by asdfologist 9y ago
The second paragraph said he sent texts. Texts can be verified.
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by asdfologist 9y ago
Why is chess any more of a trivial pursuit than, say, art or music? Did Mozart or Michelangelo waste their whole lives for nothing?
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by asdfologist 9y ago
Didn't he lie about his pedigree too?
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by asdfologist 9y ago
One describes Apple in general, while the other points to a specific exceptional case.
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by asdfologist 9y ago
Whoa how does that work?
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by asdfologist 9y ago
Because they're adding less value than the amount to be vested but more value than someone who (economically speaking) should be fired earlier.
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by asdfologist 9y ago
I'm not sure whether this is sarcastic.
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by asdfologist 10y ago
Nooo... you said undErstand.
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by asdfologist 10y ago
Sorry I can't tell whether this is sarcastic.
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by asdfologist 10y ago
Why hasn't there been another AlphaGo match?
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by asdfologist 10y ago
I disagree... Price is dictated by supply and demand. Industries are paying nothing for these interns because they can get away with it, not because they consider them worthless. You pay nothing to breathe oxygen. How valuable is it to you
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by asdfologist 10y ago
Things that advance your career don't always come with money upfront. Example: unpaid internships.
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by asdfologist 10y ago
He could always run for president of the United States.
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by asdfologist 10y ago
I'll take the bait: why is someone considered a lunatic for claiming that he was abducted by aliens? Do we have proof (or even very strong confidence) that aliens don't exist or that they do but don't abduct humans? If we d

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