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by caddemon 4y ago
The social sciences indeed have the politically charged element, but I think you've hit on a broader point here. Investigating "what is" needs to involve to at least some extent a true curiosity and an adaptable plan. Modern
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Ironically, scientists love to do this! Take a new area with promising results, hype the shit out of it until the worst and/or least ethical scientists truly create a pseudoscientific tangent out of it, and then drop the area entirely
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by caddemon 4y ago
I don't see it as a general public problem but I actually do see it as an ongoing scientific training problem. Biology PhD programs these days spend a lot more time teaching prior biology results than they do having students engage wit
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Lol not trying to be snarky but if you think academics push out papers for purely monetary reasons then I suspect you are very far from academia in your day to day life. Of course PIs have goals besides money! If their main goal was ever mo
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by caddemon 4y ago
Being succinct is also a neat excuse for leaving out details that are actually necessary for any scientist to replicate your paper. Oh and it allows certain interdisciplinary works to incorrectly abstract away technical details from the sec
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No the students did receive aid and they probably received more aid than they would at almost any other school in the country. Of course there are cheaper sticker price options like in-state public universities, but specifically talking abo
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I don't think "BMW repairs" is the main source of stress for high income people lol. I don't know whether it is fair to compare stressors across such different groups, but regardless I don't think it's fair to
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by caddemon 4y ago
Yeah I think it also depends on other health factors - if OP was chronically sleep deprived that can make psychosis much more likely, and obviously it's also possible for recreational drug use to be a factor.
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Yeah also anxiety disorders are a thing. It's entirely possible this person thinks/fears they may face threats that they actually don't.
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They've used magic bands for overall guest flow in the past with some success but you're probably right that they use phones now. With the new fast pass system (Genie+) and the virtual queues they introduced for the most popular
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The majority of people I've seen at the parks have intentionally opted in to tracking measures for over a decade now. People literally pay extra to give Disney more information, because it makes the trip a lot smoother. It's part
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Some of their tracking is directly improving guest experiences in the parks though. Live data from magic bands helps with crowd control measures for example. Sure, this is ultimately a business move, but it's not a manipulative tactic,
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Physics is a lot more well understood than human behavior. Abstracting away details of complicated social structures often doesn't work out very well.
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Do you know how many papers about Alzheimer's are published on a daily basis? It would be a perpetual topic on the front page of HN if every pilot study were shared and upvoted like this one.
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Tbf many of them were pretty jaded/burnt out by trying to do academic research before fully taking the plunge. I'm sure there are smart people drawn by the money right out of the gate, but other fields have also done a really good
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by caddemon 4y ago
Interesting, I only have close friends at a handful of places so perhaps those are exceptions. Could be a dev vs trader thing too, I have heard the trader bonuses can get really nuts so maybe a deferred structure starts to make more sense a
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by caddemon 4y ago
Might depend on the firm (or times) then, the starting trader TC is already pushing 600K at HRT, JS, etc. and many don't let you invest year 1 even if you wanted to. I'd be shocked if any of the major names made you take comp as a
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by caddemon 4y ago
Fair enough, the time around graduation can be pretty stressful for everyone!
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Yes you could theoretically delay cash comp over a period of 3+ years like tech companies do with stock, but I've never heard of that happening. I suppose by the technical definition the year end bonus cash is deferred comp, but I don&
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Most people I've met that actually got jobs at top HFTs were quite curious about a lot of topics in school (and still are with extra time they have). I'm surprised your friends are so fixated on HFTs while there are so many intere
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by caddemon 4y ago
For anyone that did competition math in HS one of the two authors of the main Art of Problem Solving books is also high up at Jane Street, on the trading side. JS sponsors stuff like math prize for girls now. Obviously there's a potent
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by caddemon 4y ago
Jane Street definitely does not have a non-compete. Citadel does though. Deferred compensation is probably not relevant to any of the major quant firms, payment is almost entirely cash. If you're high enough up to start receiving stake
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by caddemon 4y ago
Yeah there are a lot of differences, I wouldn't normally bring up the comparison. My point was just that the turnover is not as bad as the other commenter was implying.
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Yeah the numbers he posted were also base from JS and Citadel websites, so they're not reflective of how much one could (or even guaranteed will with the early career bonus floors) actually make at those places. This is for traders and
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Jane Street does much better at retention than Citadel and probably many other quant firms. The performance bar is definitely higher than the average at Google but it's not like there is no WLB either. Because they are more selective a
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They do a lot of hiring out of school though, so they are selective but if you make the cut you'd definitely be earning more at the start of your career. Plus if you perform well you can make well over 500K TC by the time you would hav
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by caddemon 4y ago
It's a little weird that this pilot research* made the front page of HN, in that respect there probably is a political factor. But for the research itself I agree, there's no indication this article was in any way motivated by COV
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I think this is spot on, and to add to it, tech allows scaling in other concerning ways besides just this example IMO. A different comment mentioned you can't restrict bans to behavior on property, because then a venue can't refus
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Eh I don't think a random non-judgemental arbiter would have the same efficacy. Therapy also usually involves teaching specific tools for dealing with negative thoughts. Parts of that could be outsourced to a workbook, but at times the
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Recognizing and being willing to admit to others that you have an issue is a big barrier to mental healthcare though. People who won't do that don't see a psychiatrist. So OP has taken an important first step that is really diffic

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