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by basseq 10y ago
I blame my inactivity on the same things you do. And I probably have more excuses: I don't want to go to the gym because I think I'll be judged and/or discouraged by people who are in better shape than me. But I have a treadm
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by basseq 10y ago
Note that the IOC is trying the same thing with #Rio2016 #TeamUSA and other hashtags. http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-36915565
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by basseq 10y ago
> When you list your degree just list the graduation date. This. I reviewed a ton of resumes, and even when I even noticed that total education time was "non-standard" (rarely), it didn't matter. It's easy as an emp
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by basseq 10y ago
I think understanding matters. It may not lead to compromise, but it'll get you closer than just ignoring dissenting worldviews. And it's healthy. So much of the hate and anger around, say, politics today is predicated on not und
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by basseq 10y ago
Success isn't static, 'indicator' doesn't mean 'definition', and correlation is not causation. In other words, success for one startup doesn't mean success for another (let alone personal success). Working
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by basseq 10y ago
Who's going to take this a step further, evaluate every programming language against this framework, and tell us who's the Eagle Scout of the group?
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by basseq 10y ago
Exactly this. It's about finding a balance: know enough about a specific topic that you're a go-to person ("an expert") and enough about other topics to understand the context and opportunities for your area of expertise
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by basseq 10y ago
Or at the very least allow sponsors to highlight their athletes. (See the story about IOC copyright takedown notice to Oiselle highlighting Kate Grace's Olympic trials.)
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by basseq 10y ago
We don't disagree. My point is that Basecamp is "above average" on parental benefits, and their policy isn't "standard". Could they be better? Yes. And is it fair to ask them to be even more of a leader? Sure.
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by basseq 10y ago
This is a little unfair. I agree with you in spirit, but this policy is pretty damn close: note that "primary caregiver" leave is also a full 16 weeks. I've seen companies move away from "maternity" vs. "patern
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by basseq 10y ago
This is a solid benefits package. The "core" benefits (insurance, 401(k), vacation) are competitive. (6% match is strong, and 15 days vacation plus "a few" more is pretty good in of itself.) The "perks" (work-l
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by basseq 10y ago
Broadly, remote workers are only going to be successful in two situations: 1. Remote workers are task-oriented or don't require collaboration. 2. The company is set up to make remote workers equal citizens. ("Remote First") #
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by basseq 10y ago
> Certainly it's easier to look at education, corporate brand as signaling than to really dive into someone's skills and capacity to be successful. Even more insidious because it actually works . The "average" Stanfo
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by basseq 10y ago
That's not a problem, that's risk . "Wild west" means high risk and high reward. Fortunes will be won and lost. That kind of thing. There's a reason traditional businesses haven't entered: the beta is way to
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by basseq 10y ago
This is tough. I see the intent and logic in this bill. At its core, this is a win for citizen privacy and data protection . It protects the integrity of criminal investigations, and limits public outrage without context. (E.g., a 30-secon
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by basseq 10y ago
Unfortunately, the "why" here comes down to "I smoke weed" and "I knew I wanted to be a part of [the industry]". Minus a few stats on demographics, the rest is standard platitudes about being bored in a corpora
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by basseq 10y ago
Riffing off your code, this extends the bars all the way up/down. td.ind > img { background: repeating-linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,0,0), rgba(0,0,0,0) 38px, rgba(0,0,0,0.1) 38px, rgba(0,0,0,0.1) 40px); margin-
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by basseq 10y ago
#1 - You're talking adjacency (moving up the value chain), which might not be a bad idea, but is the incremental value worth it? It might be: I don't know. But I know that it implies a level of sophistication and focus that may no
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by basseq 10y ago
This is the law of unintended consequences. Data points are correlated to other data points. Unless your hiring algorithm is a random number generator, you could find some sort of "bias" you didn't intend. At least an algorit
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by basseq 10y ago
> regardless of whether its results are racially equitable Some would call this discrimination, if not outright racism. As others on this thread have pointed out, at some point the algorithm follows the underlying data, which may also be
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by basseq 10y ago
Interesting from an academic perspective, but absolutely inaccessible to 99% of the population. If I don't get the outcome I want, I will dispute it (and people already do) because I think it's unfair. And maybe it is in your cas
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by basseq 10y ago
> an explanation that accurately describes why you were rejected would likely be too complex to be understandable. This is the core of the problem. Have you ever tried to explain a statistical segmentation to someone? It requires them to
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by basseq 10y ago
Two thoughts: 1. This is tough, because the value of a single data point ("my data") is pretty much zero. The value is in the aggregate. Of course, without any data points, the value of the data is then zero. So the sum of the v
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by basseq 10y ago
The challenge is when people start to try and predict the next cycle and what it will look like. Yes, you can get the broad brush-strokes right, but details are usually very wrong and timing is way off.
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by basseq 10y ago
If the chance of a tiger attack is 0.1%, and I sell you tiger repellent that's 99% effective, how good is the tiger repellent?
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by basseq 10y ago
> clearly intentional and willful mishandling of classified information This is the only one you could make a case on, I think. Setting up an external email server was "intentional". But maybe mishandling confidential informati
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by basseq 10y ago
Of the 30,000 (plus more found by investigators), 8 email chains were Top Secret, 37 secret, and ~2,000 confidential (a vast majority of those upgraded after the fact). I'm actually surprised it's not more , but that's still
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by basseq 10y ago
The economic impacts plus the cover-your-ass excuse in the event of a terrorist attack makes eliminating the TSA political suicide. Which drives me crazy because it's the right move . The TSA does not protect the U.S. and the governme
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by basseq 10y ago
By the way, this is why Lumosity is generally regarded as "crap" by the scientific community (and why they were fined $2M for deceptive advertising[1]). Any "improvement" you see in playing Lumosity's games isn&#x27
510.
by basseq 10y ago
Short answer: yes, physical exercise has been scientifically proven to improve cognition (working memory, attention, and other factors). In addition to physical exercise, the two other things the author neglects to mention (though it might

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