austinjp

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by austinjp 9y ago
Sell the premuim quality cow to buy two crappy cows. Sell their crappy milk dirt cheap to undercut the premium quality milk market. Invest, repeat, and race to the bottom.
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by austinjp 9y ago
@jerf refers to "spaced repetition" which is a specific form of the "practice" you mention. Basic practice is of course ubiquitous. Spaced repetition is less common, but becoming better known. Incidentally: You mention s
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by austinjp 9y ago
It's worth explicitly considering the two concomitant problems: What does not get measured gets ignored. It's not necessarily a bad thing to measure stuff. But it's easy to overlook a metric that later turns out to be importa
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by austinjp 9y ago
If you're employed, ask your employer to arrange unconscious bias training for all staff. Speak out in support of the under-privileged in your workplace.
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by austinjp 9y ago
Nobody mentioned the "right to feel oppressed", that's an odd strawman. The point is quite straightforward, not controversial: If you listen only to the bully you clearly won't hear the victim's story. If you refuse
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by austinjp 9y ago
If you visit scholar.google.com and search for "placebo" you'll see there's a huge amount of medical research (and speculation) dedicated to it.
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by austinjp 9y ago
Really? Go to any science-related forum. Anybody who demonstrates ignorance risks ridicule and vitriol. > willful ignorance? Who gets on "the wrong side" of science without promoting a position they are incapable of verifying?
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by austinjp 9y ago
> Why click anything at all if you're going to be typing anyway? Pressing Win + R has worked since the beginning, taking you directly to the "Run" dialog. Even fewer keystrokes, and less typing with Win 10: hit Win key, st
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by austinjp 9y ago
> Talking specifically about money Yes, and I'd extend this to talking about where your money comes from, as well as how you spend it. Don't expect a straight or detailed answer to "What do you do (for work)?" or &quo
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by austinjp 9y ago
I'm irrationally irritated by people wearing t-shirts with slogans such as "Stand back, I'm going to try SCIENCE". It makes me think of the kid who stands behind the school bully, egging them on, enjoying jeering at the
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by austinjp 9y ago
Sorry to hear that your father went through this. You may care to consider that people get held up in cars, even in their own homes. If you're really concerned about mugging in public areas, there are basic safety steps that everyone c
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by austinjp 9y ago
What a strange land. In the UK, I was using public transport and cycling to school by myself from the age of 16. I'm curious, are there large cities in the USA where this can happen? Are there any significant moves by politicians to we
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by austinjp 9y ago
> Emic vs Etic: Dangerous form of mental laziness. Agreed. This model seems akin to prejudice.
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by austinjp 9y ago
Well this sounds absolutely incredible, congratulations. I'm curious, do you experience any loneliness? Presumably the internet facilitates communication with distant friends and family, but how about meeting people in meatspace?
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by austinjp 9y ago
Author order is such an arcane nonsense, and needs to be dismantled. The "roles" indicated by position are peculiar to the discipline and a mystery outside it. The customary position of senior academics e.g. as the "anchor&qu
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by austinjp 9y ago
Plenty of different ways to read it: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radix_malorum_est_cupiditas
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by austinjp 9y ago
Weasel words perhaps, but Kelly Starrett really divides physical therapist communities. Some love him, some hate him. Personally I think he's often "right for the wrong reasons". But if his approach gets you feeling better, t
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by austinjp 9y ago
Prolonged standing increases risk of varicose veins. It seems likely that mixing sitting and standing would be best. In what proportions, I don't know. Walking is likely to be a good substitute for simple standing in most people. It im
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by austinjp 9y ago
New to me too. From the article: "In the Python world it is quite straight forward to make files work either as executables or as modules. In Perl it is a bit strange, but doable. brian d foy has written a number of articles about Modu
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by austinjp 9y ago
Great :) In case it came across as such, I didn't intend my comment to be negative or contradictory, but to add to yours.
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by austinjp 9y ago
Unfortunately I agree. I strongly suspect investors exhibit survivor bias, and assume causation where there is none. That's not to say it's all luck, or that they're dumb. Instead I feel they're simply unconsciously expe
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by austinjp 9y ago
I'm not sure why you're getting downvotes. A couple of thoughts: Phrasing such as "a minority" might be seen as unfavourable. "A minimum is sometimes required" -- if this is about positive discrimination /
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by austinjp 9y ago
I feel it's true that we should set our course for a (near) future wherein women in tech writing about tech is the norm. Unfortunately this is likely to take some time. That means, between now and then, we're going to hear from pl
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by austinjp 9y ago
Very sad news. "The Great Egg Race" was a TV show I often think would lend itself well to revival.
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by austinjp 9y ago
Why is cozy less of a concern? If you're in with the in crowd, you go places. That might mean socially and professionally. Both of these have financial implications, if finance is your main concern.
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by austinjp 9y ago
If 100% of applicants are failing a particular question at interview, either the question is inappropriate or the recruitment process has attracted inappropriate applicants. Either way, this is a failing of the business, not the applicants.
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by austinjp 9y ago
> ignore content that you know is junk but that tends to drag you in. I suspect this is slightly different for anyone, mine is: anything cute... I've actually started deliberately looking at the cute stuff. It's a welcome antid
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by austinjp 9y ago
> Even on your computer, log out of twitter, facebook and others. Only log in when you want to look into something... use private/incognito mode... use 2FA... it's an extra hurdle so you won't default to "quickly chec
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by austinjp 9y ago
Downvoters, it would be useful to read your reasoning. People work for remuneration which reasonably exceeds their expenses. A predictable percentage of the population will have children. Children increase drain on financial and time resour
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by austinjp 9y ago
Actually in the gallery/museum setting I mention I have talked with plenty of strangers. Maybe that's just me. There is no doubt an air of "who the hell are you?" sometimes but it passes with friendly chat. Plenty of peo

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