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by caddemon 4y ago
The main point of arXiv is not to substitute for actual publication. Some people use it that way, which could still occur. But most intend to submit their work for review to a venue with a supposed double blind process. The use of arXiv is
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That would be a good idea, and then have the names revealed in a future version like the way the paper itself can be updated. I don't think it is possible though. If it is, it certainly isn't used.
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by caddemon 4y ago
Well in various CS fields people preprint on arXiv these days, so it is easy for reviewers to unblind themselves. Sometimes accidentally, because preprint timing and subsequent Twitter advertising coincide so well with conference deadlines.
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It is possible to largely be for social justice while disagreeing with some of the beliefs of the modern Social Justice movement. I know scientists that fall on both sides of the debate when it comes to issues like MIT cancelling Dorian Abb
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by caddemon 4y ago
That's not Jane Street's process at all. I know first hand people from schools you've never even heard of that got internship offers, and I also know first hand people from MIT that got resume screened out. I'm not going
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by caddemon 4y ago
They don't discriminate against good public CS programs though? There are many interns from Berkeley for example. There also aren't that many SWE interns from e.g. Harvard - there are a lot of trading interns from HPY but that pro
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by caddemon 4y ago
The pay is not the biggest problem though. Obviously it is a big one, but there's a huge issue with the work culture. I agree it's a rosy picture of industry, but IME most of the supposed "intellectual freedom" of academ
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by caddemon 4y ago
Many similar problems exist in most fields of academia. Biology has an even worse academic environment IMO, but unless you are highly computational it's not as easy to sell out to industry. Yeah there's pharma, but the straight ou
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by caddemon 4y ago
Vegan and vegetarian are pretty different. I don't have a problem staying healthy (and enjoying a dinner or two out every week) without meat, but I think it would be extremely hard for me to do that and keep vegan. As I'm allergic
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by caddemon 4y ago
I don't think this is the only reason though. (preclinical) Bioscience experiments can be extremely expensive and yet they remain pretty concentrated at universities, for better or worse. I don't know about the state of funding in
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Yeah but that's Tier 0, it's not surprising that HYPSM don't feel the need to engage in as many number fudging tactics. It's a lot more impactful to Tier 1 top schools (e.g. a Dartmouth) where USN ranks them.
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by caddemon 4y ago
I actually think that Northeastern is really good at this even relative to its current peers in the rankings. I have no affiliation but just being around the Boston area I hear many good things about their co-op program.
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There's a lot more luck though involved in certain fields. In modern biology it's not really possible to have a "prodigy" career trajectory IMO - studies cost too much time and money for even the best 3rd year PhD studen
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by caddemon 4y ago
The developed world as a whole is not even close to 2/3 US citizens, so per capita the original statement is still a large difference.
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It is extremely plausible that worst case, average case, and best case have different rankings - it's a little telling that you have no data and your only counter is to say that average should have the same trend. I am aware that most
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by caddemon 4y ago
I'm not making any argument about what it means, I'm just saying the response from OP is not actually a counter argument
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The US alone does ~2/3 of worldwide heart transplants, I think there is a tradeoff here. It's also not actually $1 million out of pocket for most people.
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Unless you are looking at outcomes of only the top institutions it's not really what he was saying. The US has a bad system for the average person for sure, but that does not mean that the US doesn't have one of the best systems i
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by caddemon 4y ago
Certainly this happens for procedures that should be cheap, and nursing homes are also a huge issue. But in the current discussion it's not clear to me that something like a heart transplant should be cheap. Development of a novel trea
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I don't doubt LTCM was smarter at the start. But I don't think it takes hindsight to say that it's a stupid idea to put your entire net worth in one fund and then take out additional personal loans to put even more. One of
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by caddemon 4y ago
Long Term Capital Management is an interesting related story. They severely miscalculated the potential risks of what they were doing (both illiquid and very leveraged at the same time). I was reminded of this because Bear Stearns was actua
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I mean sure, but you're making the discussion about a different (albeit related) issue than I was trying to address. For one thing, your comment states concrete concerns that could directly affect you, as opposed to the vague "fea
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Yes these are certainly problems that should be addressed. School shootings are also a problem that should be addressed, but it would be hyperbolic to say you feared for your life going into school every day. Some of the language that is us
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I don't think you have enough info to really judge OP. There's a reason everybody learns the boy who cried wolf story as a kid - it's human nature to become desensitized to something after frequent false alarms.
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Media coverage of suicides is a tricky topic, I know there is worry about a potential copy cat effect. Actually when I went to look for more detail about this, it seems that Switzerland specifically has had intentional campaigns to influenc
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by caddemon 4y ago
Yes, Florida's corporate income tax is basically fake: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-ne-florida-corporate... And I can't find any evidence that Disney doesn't need to charge Florida sales tax w
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by caddemon 4y ago
This is a pretty big escalation. There are definitely examples of both sides being the aggressor in the broader "culture wars", but IMO the absurdity of this particular issue is pretty much entirely on the right.
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How is it anticompetitive? None of those public services have real competition to begin with. Whether you agree with Disney being allowed to run their own utilities, roads, EMS, etc. there would not be any competition with or without Reedy
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Most of the less prestigious 4 year institutions aren't functionally cheaper than MIT though, i.e. once you account for financial aid. The average tuition paid at MIT (and other "elite" schools) is lower than it is at the maj
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If you define "natural talent" in such an unconventional way sure I guess. But the existence of innate potential does not imply that abilities cannot be improved. Derek Jeter has natural talent. Derek Jeter worked his ass off to c

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