brianlweiner

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by brianlweiner 10y ago
I don't think Peace Corp really encourages non college grads from joining, and I'd strongly discourage any 18 year old from signing up.
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by brianlweiner 10y ago
This critique confuses me: "In December 2014, facing a new law in Spain that would have charged Google for scraping content from Spanish news sources (which, after all, have to pay to prepare their news), Google suddenly withdrew its n
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by brianlweiner 10y ago
Also a surprising amount of welfare spending (via TANF) is spent on programs that aren't necessarily utilized by the poor.
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by brianlweiner 10y ago
The reality is that women face presumptions about their technical incompetence at a much higher rate than men. This is well documented and researched. [1] Obviously male developers also get undermined by their coworkers and face career plat
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by brianlweiner 10y ago
This is a great post! My workplace is about 65/35 male / female and I have this crazy approach to working with women - treating them like normal people! I've never been the type to make sexualized jokes or engage in that ster
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by brianlweiner 10y ago
Does anyone know if it's possible that crops producing increased yields correspondingly produce pollen with decreased protein?
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by brianlweiner 11y ago
Studies have cast doubt on whether Subjective Well-Being (SWB) levels actually return to normal after significant life events. [1] [2] So a core element of this post may not even be an actual phenomenon. [1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.n
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by brianlweiner 11y ago
Lower classes like to imagine a large amount of public spending goes towards welfare for "foreigners and their anchor babies".
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by brianlweiner 11y ago
They should go to their state's public university, where the tuition is much lower. US average is still under $10k. http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-table... If that number is still too high
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by brianlweiner 11y ago
Unless I'm dramatically mistaken you don't lose your principal when the bank forecloses. Obviously in many cases during the 2008 crisis the homes were underwater (valued at less than the loan amount), in that case then yes, you en
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by brianlweiner 11y ago
I'll admit to having been firmly attached since before Tinder came onto the scene, but my guess would be Tinder skews towards a much younger, hookup-friendly crowd. I'd assume older singles pursuing more serious companionship woul
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by brianlweiner 11y ago
Suicides definitely decrease with less access to guns, however many countries with gun restrictions have higher rates of suicide than the US (e.g Japan, S Korea, France, Belgium) [1] Also suicides via firearm had been declining in Australia
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by brianlweiner 11y ago
For baseball at least, the same points are valid for each area's RSN (regional sports network). MASN (Maryland / DC / VA area) gets something like $8-12 per subscriber. YES (NY Yankees network) I'm sure is able to charge
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by brianlweiner 11y ago
I can't imagine being forced to 'plank' during an office meeting.
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by brianlweiner 11y ago
Graduated with a Computer Engineering degree in 2009. Got a job with feds at Ft Monmouth engineering center. Base was closed due to BRAC in 2010/11. Didn't want to relocate to MD at the time so I started a consulting company with
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by brianlweiner 11y ago
One problem is bacteria develop resistance to the new drugs very quickly. Usually within 2-3 years. It's difficult to recoup your investment costs for a drug that has an effective use window that small.
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by brianlweiner 11y ago
Definitely tech companies don't do enough to recruit and train novice programmers. Cue the "Junior level" position with a 3 year experience requirement. That said, certainly the group that face the most racial inequalities an
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by brianlweiner 11y ago
Moving to Schedule 2 is a policy that may have made sense twenty years ago. We're well past that at this point - MJ is legal in several states and the sky isn't falling.
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by brianlweiner 11y ago
It costs our public education system over 300K to educate an American child K-12. Why not reap the benefits of pre-educated, highly skilled persons who want to make a life for themselves in America? There are only 65,000 H1-B visas per year
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by brianlweiner 11y ago
Perhaps a 'republican' or conservative political ideology? Certainly there aren't many (if any?) self-identified libertarians at any level local/state/federal of our government. And it's not particularly libert
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by brianlweiner 11y ago
What definition of 'often' are you using? 84% of Federal prisoners and 94% of state prisoners are in public "non-profit" prisons. [1] I don't know what percentage of probation services are conducted by private organ
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by brianlweiner 11y ago
It takes a bit of rhetorical agility to blame "Government officials fining the poor and imprisoning them when they fail to pay" on libertarians.
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by brianlweiner 11y ago
Maybe I'm confused, but reality definitely includes several independent certification organizations. e.g UL, NSF International. And of course when I buy a house the government doesn't provide an inspector, instead I have to choos
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by brianlweiner 11y ago
It's interesting he points to acquisition of patent portfolios of the big 3 (Apple, Amazon, Google) but no real mention of their defensive necessity given the current patent climate (vs using them offensively to sue competitors)
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by brianlweiner 11y ago
Three strike laws in certain states can result in long prison sentences despite relatively minor crimes being committed - including simple possession - http://www.lao.ca.gov/2005/3_strikes/3_strikes_102005.htm#cr.
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by brianlweiner 12y ago
Do you have a citation for "the odds of a particular type of injury [helmets] are effective against are very low"? Studies seem to suggest that helmets reduce the risk of a head injury by as much as 85%. In 2012 for nearly 2/
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by brianlweiner 12y ago
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by brianlweiner 12y ago
In general you're taught both. All my science classes (physics, chemistry, etc) required using SI units for calculations so grams/mL/etc.
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by brianlweiner 12y ago
for Bank of America customers, you might notice your mobile app requires you to use a password < 21 characters . There is no such restriction for desktop browsers. Attempting to login to my mobile app requires me to DELETE characters fro
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by brianlweiner 12y ago
Ridiculous behavior. I'm glad the black taxis seem to have their customer's well-being at heart. "Uber, funded by Google, Goldman Sachs and others, has a stated aim of challenging legislation that is not compatible with its b

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