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by chasely 9y ago
> we have one at my local university that says all PhD defense committees must include one woman. Wow, that would be really hard to do in some engineering disciplines where I am, and also make the women in those departments take on unn
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by chasely 9y ago
If you have a lot of people you follow on Twitter, Nuzzel [1] can be useful. Basically, if people you follow are sharing the same article, it will get highlighted by the app. [1] http://nuzzel.com/
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by chasely 9y ago
I subscribe to The Browser [1] and Audm [2], which are both story aggregators. The editors pick higher-quality, often longer-form writing. Audm provides articles read by audiobook narrators, and I've found it a good alternative to podc
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by chasely 9y ago
Interview Format: EconTalk, Conversations with Tyler, The Ezra Klein Show News or weekly roundup: Slate's Political Gabfest, Slate Money Others: Two Dope Queens (comedy), History of Japan, Dan Carlin
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by chasely 9y ago
That's odd. I've used Magit on OSX for at least a year now with no troubles, just installed through MELPA.
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by chasely 9y ago
You've already received the right responses (Abraham Wald), but this is my favorite excerpt/article about it [1]. [1] https://medium.com/@penguinpress/an-excerpt-from-how-not-to-...
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by chasely 9y ago
That helps clarify things for me. I did find more information in the FAQ, but I would suggest making it easier to find. Maybe a simple Is Stripe Atlas right for my business? link in the "Ready to join Stripe Atlas?" section. Loo
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by chasely 9y ago
Thanks Patrick; this is the first time I've heard of Atlas and it looks like a great service. Is there a floor of what you expect from applicants, i.e., is a website showing some viable product required before an applicant would be con
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by chasely 9y ago
Cal also did a recent podcast with Ezra Klein (formerly of Washington Post and now leading Vox) about his book and the ideas behind it [0]. I'm skeptical of most "self-help" and business books but Deep Work was helpful for
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by chasely 9y ago
> It's just not enough of a bar to separate friends and family funds from legitimate business rationales. Apparently I need to find some better friends and family...
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by chasely 9y ago
Since they mention JATS heavily, and it is apparently a NIH-backed standard, I'm guessing this is useful for people that publish NIH-funded research and may have to use the JATS standard for their work.
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by chasely 9y ago
I write my papers in LaTeX and usually just send the PDF to collaborators to edit, and do my "track changes" using git. It's a bit overkill since I almost never revert to older versions of text, but it's nice having a se
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by chasely 9y ago
If you had domain-level expertise that would be relevant to providing analytics for P&C (re)insurance providers/consumers, but didn't know how the insurance market works, where would be a good place to start?
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by chasely 9y ago
As someone who is a subject matter expert that is using more and more AI/ML for their research, this makes intuitive sense. I could keep up with current AI research, but I would barely be treading water and couldn't create anythin
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by chasely 9y ago
Is this the book that's been in development for the past decade with bits and pieces available online?
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by chasely 10y ago
Agree with you. I am finishing up my PhD, and while I am glad I am not planning on pursuing academia further, I have met many wonderful scientists that are driven to continue furthering their science.