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by bumby 1y ago
Is the nurse calling the female surgeon “sir”? That isn’t playing on a stereotype, it’s encoded information.
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by bumby 1y ago
This feels like it’s similar to the priming issue in humans. Our answers (especially when under stress) tend to resort to heuristics derived from context. Time someone to identify the colors of words like “red” when written in yellow, and t
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by bumby 1y ago
> I don't think they would propagate as well as the sound of church bells. Heck, I could identify church bells from miles away, nothing else carries like that. As with most discussions, the nuance matters. Anecdotal evidence is tru
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by bumby 1y ago
Yes, so is oral testimony. That doesn’t make them hearsay.
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by bumby 1y ago
Not sure why this was downvoted. Written notes can be hearsay. Contrary to the GPs opinion, the medium of transmission is not what distinguishes a statement as hearsay.
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by bumby 1y ago
This is a half-truth. The flying experience was much different back then. As another commenter posted, airlines competed on amenities then, they compete on prices now. Look at the ads from that era; you see full roasted turkey being served
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by bumby 1y ago
There seems to be a false narrative here that increased economic production will always lead to higher quality of life. I would venture to guess you only have to look into your own life to disprove that narrative. I doubt you work 20+ hours
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by bumby 1y ago
Should the economy serve the people or the people serve the economy?
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by bumby 1y ago
> And how often are the "life cycles" really just the accumulation of bad short-term decisions catching up with the company? I do think technical debt is a real problem, but to play devils advocate, the “life-cycle” is often a
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by bumby 1y ago
> If the 737 Max incidents were due to negligence on Boeing's part, the many of the incidents in the 70s were also due to negligence. They don’t necessarily have to be classified as the same contributing factors. The de Haviland Co
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by bumby 1y ago
> Again, the vast bulk of Boeing's history was before that. I’m not sure what you intend to convey with this statement. If price reflects reality, the current price should reflect the current reality, no? Whether the White Sox were
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by bumby 1y ago
Not really. It’s based on expected future results. Sometimes that’s based in reality, sometimes it’s hopes and dreams. How else do you explain companies that have never made money being having any positive stock price? There are no “results
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by bumby 1y ago
Depends on the time horizon of investors.
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by bumby 1y ago
> It’s not about prioritizing short term results Boeing was forced by courts bolster safety, compliance, and quality programs as well as admitting to conspiracy to thwart FAA oversight. I don’t know about you, but my experience is that
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by bumby 1y ago
Or…PE ratios bloat to provide price support. See:CAPE-adjusted PE ratio.
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by bumby 1y ago
> really? A parking garage takes six years? I tend to agree with your overall point, but I’m not sure this supports it. To me, the difficulty in building things like parking structures isn’t indifference but the opposite: we care too mu
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by bumby 1y ago
Just wait to you hear what some traditional capital “E” engineers (meaning licensed) think about programmers usurping the title “engineer”. It’s been a joke for decades and decades that “engineer” is used to church up any job, including “do
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by bumby 1y ago
I used to work in aerospace R&D. The number of times I heard some variant of “it’s just software” to disregard a safety critical concern was mind boggling. My favorite is a high-level person equating it to writing directions on a napkin
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by bumby 1y ago
You can build redundancies into software similar to what you’re alluding to in airplanes. Some safety critical applications require it.
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by bumby 1y ago
> It would be crazy if in an auto factory people were measuring to make sure every angle is correct To someone who used to automate assembly plants, sounds to me as a rationalization of someone who has never worked in manufacturing. Qua
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by bumby 1y ago
Id agree with the caveat that “elite” may be the status that anybody, regardless of culture, are drawn towards. Maybe we need a tighter definition of what you mean?
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by bumby 1y ago
It’s a good point. Buy I also wonder if there’s a sampling bias: those from other cultures who attend western universities may be more likely to have more westernized values?
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by bumby 1y ago
I don’t know if it’s more pronounced now, but I do think it was prevalent before. It may just be a cultural artifact of certain terminology being in the zeitgeist. Decades ago I remember talking to a classmate about what college we’d go to.
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by bumby 1y ago
A couple things: 1) The main point I was trying to convey is that the distribution of the types you outline may be getting skewed in one direction as part of a broader cultural shift. I think that matters, and may support the other point 2)
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by bumby 1y ago
I don’t think you’re wholly wrong, but if you look at longitudinal surveys of students, it presents a less rosy view. The majority select their primary motivation as getting “very financially successful.” Now those surveys are undergrads, b
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by bumby 1y ago
I think both can be true. The majority of people I knew who went to grad school genuinely liked academic life so it’s natural they want to continue it. But we are also social creatures that value status. That’s also why many people try to c
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by bumby 1y ago
The book “Excellent Sheep” has an interesting portion on this. At one point someone from a non-traditional background is bemoaning the mentality of his colleagues at a prestigious university. He says they are so used to following a template
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by bumby 1y ago
A reference is not an appeal to authority, it’s an opportunity for you to verify the stance and poke holes in it if you have the capability to do so. You have the opportunity to use whatever authority you want and cherry pick data. I’m just
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by bumby 1y ago
With respect, I asked for data and you came back with “it seems obvious to me…” without citing any real data. I know enough to know people who make feelings-based arguments can’t be persuaded by data-driven discussions.
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by bumby 1y ago
Perhaps I’m confused and misreading your previous comments. It seems like on one hand you’re advocating narrow application, while also saying an entire supply chain would need to be protected to have the intended effect. In a modern economy

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