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by auganov 6y ago
No, the problem is you have to discount that audience by the risk of it getting destroyed overnight by an unsympathetic Twitter admin/moderator. And by the high difficulty of cashing it out. And by deboosting algorithms that will limit
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by auganov 6y ago
Quoting from Heim & Hursch (1979): "Of 102 sex offenders, only three castrates (2.9%) relapsed into sex offenses. However, in only 41 cases was the period of observation long (5-10 years). Therefore, there was a maximum of 7% recid
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by auganov 6y ago
Had exactly this experience. Had some very popular content up on a platform site, ranked very well. Wanted to move to my own domain. Found it nearly impossible to show up in search results at all. Even searching for the exact title wouldn&#
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by auganov 6y ago
If you look at the bouba/kiki effect[0] almost everybody shares this synesthesia-like shape to sound mapping. I'm pretty sure that as the concept of synesthesia is more well-know you'll see many more people report it. Don&#x2
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by auganov 6y ago
He's a Democrat senator and got Biden to essentially support most of his platform. Running as an independent or 3rd party would be political suicide and wouldn't help his agenda. But aside from that most countries have a single pr
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by auganov 6y ago
> The data show same result for female chemical castration of sex offenders As expected. Why would it not work in females? You'll be easily getting these levels to a very "unnatural" level below the low end for both males
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by auganov 6y ago
I like my ergohuman chair a lot. Pretty sure it's over 5 years old now. Can hardly sit in most chairs due to discomfort. Never a problem with this one. Unlike most chairs, it has very pronounced lumbar support, I believe that's t
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by auganov 6y ago
That high testosterone levels are a poor predictor of aggressiveness but almost universally present in violent criminals doesn't tell us much. That behavior affects hormones, again, is interesting but doesn't tell us much. What we
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by auganov 6y ago
> and went ahead with a treatment against scientific evidence Despite a lack of scientific evidence not against. Don't think this has been tested and disproved in a scientific manner. And for ethical reasons probably won't be.
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The way it works right now, a ton of random people can write nasty defamatory things about you and before the reporting system kicks in you can't really do much. And even then they won't take most stuff down. For example most pro
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Bloomberg and Steyer have pretty much disproved the notion that you can easily buy your way into politics. Most people don't even know who Steyer is. How many Steyers are out there? When a rich person tries to become notable and fails
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by auganov 6y ago
The notion that there's even significant wealth held by private individuals is total fiction. Compare yearly flows of money to private wealth. The global GDP is estimated at around $150T, and total global private wealth at perhaps $200
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Never had a single encounter with the police in the US while I lived there. I do agree that the US border is the toughest. I assume much of that is because of how many people try to illegally immigrate to America (and how hard it is to get
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by auganov 6y ago
You're not going to be too effective if you don't put your name on it. People who have a problem with you will always find a reason to hate on you no matter what you do. Don't worry about crazies. I'm not saying bad thin
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by auganov 6y ago
So far we've made back about half of the crash. The bottom was when Corona growth could still be considered exponential. All the bad economic data was already anticipated at this point. Over the last few weeks it has become apparent Co
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by auganov 7y ago
It's not that different from other social endeavors. If you don't have existing social connections, meaning people don't know who you are, it's tough. If you're already "famous" you could be posting third-
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by auganov 7y ago
He was harassing users over his dubious research. Suspecting someone to be a "bot" doesn't justify demeaning and dehumanizing these people.
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How niche? What's the total market size? Whether or not you can make some income is one question... But can you make an income you'll be really happy with? Will you be able to hire a replacement for yourself if you want to go do s
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by auganov 7y ago
Sounds like your question is about high-level GCed languages in general. The person you're referencing appears to be in the gaming industry where GC is especially problematic. If we're talking about Lisp specifically vs similar la
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I had the displeasure of being inexplicably banned from medium after posting a relatively high impact story, and it's absolutely the worst possible experience. Broken links all over social media, messed up SEO for a few weeks and so fo
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by auganov 7y ago
You could study CIA's support for anti-communist movements in the eastern block during the Reagan administration. A lot of it is still classified (and many disagree on its effectiveness) but there are a few books on the topic.
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This is pretty confusing. You mean you don't get replies to your cold emails? If that's the case I'd say your real problem is figuring out a way to actually get in touch with relevant people. Only they can answer your questio
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by auganov 7y ago
The big thing is getting coverage. Especially coverage that isn't just matter-of-fact style reporting. If you can help with the press this is always a high-impact activity.
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Iranian Fake News in the New York Times. How Iran Infiltrates Western Media(medium.com)
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by auganov 8y ago
The status of his marriage is the key thing here. And there's plenty indicating he is very much a classical cheater. Whatever the right adjective is, I'd definitely pick a negative one. The way he cheated only makes an already dir
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by auganov 8y ago
Played around with it a few months ago. The syntax is peculiar, clojure-inspired, but still very different. Breaking changes have been made, leaving most libraries unusable. The documentation didn't mention this (and is lacking in many
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Personally, I find the ideological background of that style does very much align with the kind ugliness it evokes. Creates a feeling of a hopeless, purposeless world where nobody cares about you. Aesthetically I don't think it's u
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by auganov 8y ago
Well, the way you ask your question in abstract sort of biases it towards a CS-heavy approach, doesn't it? What's your goal? I've written non-trivial macros that could be understood to be a tiny compiler, but wasn't ever
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by auganov 8y ago
Having a legal background opens up a lot of opportunities in government-related areas. These simply aren't as easily available to other professions. If you'd like to hold a position of power, doing law is probably the best bet.
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As long as it's a reliable connection it's not all that bad. Annoying, but you adapt. But having an unreliable line is a whole different story. When things stop working and you can't do anything, can't plan for it - you

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