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by conjectures 3y ago
A bold move. I like it.
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by conjectures 3y ago
Not necessarily. Another scenario would be: Tesla anticipates the 2nd hand market getting flooded, undermining primary sales.
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by conjectures 3y ago
I think in many industrial settings Bayesian optimisation is more practical. Since it allows use to refine our design on the fly and put resources into promising areas of the space earlier. Some kind of pre-planned fractional design could b
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by conjectures 3y ago
Yeah the previous salary thing is a tough one. It's also tough when it's reframed in terms of 'what are your expectations'. I was wondering what the best way to field those questions is.
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by conjectures 3y ago
Puts an equation front and centre. Eschews brackets.
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by conjectures 3y ago
Amazon own brand jet engine, 4.5 stars, prime available.
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by conjectures 3y ago
I a fellow Brit, I note that you still bring up the war! But yeah, this is true. Honestly, I don't think we get out of this hole until demographic churn (ugly phrase yeah) rebalances the electorate. If we look at the 1992 election ther
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by conjectures 3y ago
It is depressing, but is it untrue? Yes, the prophecy can be self-fulfilling. But we have an impressive recent record of pulling the trigger on foot-guns.
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by conjectures 3y ago
op's comment included work. Unless it's common to measure social acquaintances by seniority. Also, the existence of such a law should have a chilling effect on this behaviour. Even if it doesn't get rid of it. E.g. presumably
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by conjectures 3y ago
:) why_not_both.gif
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by conjectures 3y ago
It's 2023 and apparently neither of the two main whiteboarding tools allow you to freely choose background colour. So forgive me for not being excited for either. Keep things simple? Yeah, meet your new standard 6 key board, who needs
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by conjectures 3y ago
You're quite right. The true value could be much lower on average than the average self report held it to be. I hadn't considered that Graeber might have under-reported this phenomena if people are consistently over-optimistic. Or
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by conjectures 3y ago
Yes, this is thread is developing some weird capitalist inverse of marxist 'false consciousness' theory. Someone comes to you and says, "my job is pointless and should not exist." The conclusion is drawn, "Actually
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by conjectures 3y ago
C'mon that extra year makes all the difference ;)
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by conjectures 3y ago
To test the hypothesis that China is worse than the US, it doesn't suffice to point out that 'US bad'.
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by conjectures 4y ago
An exhortation to consider effect sizes is different to a claim about the effect sizes in a specific situation. It could be that OP is doing both, but you appear to be neglecting the former.
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by conjectures 4y ago
Yeah, I'm not sure why people are surprised that having a safety net allows poorer people to take more risks.
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by conjectures 4y ago
Do explain.
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by conjectures 4y ago
One really noticeable thing is the shrinkflation. Packets for everything getting smaller in supermarkets.
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by conjectures 4y ago
Actually I sympathise with this response. Getting tired myself of people larping as fact checkers and professional skeptics. Not enough detail in someone's response? Here are some ideas: 1. Ask moar polite. Not, "I don't thin
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by conjectures 4y ago
Yeah, tbh 'friends' are people for whom, when good stuff happens to them I feel happy about that.
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by conjectures 4y ago
Yeah, countries you can work in is pretty important here (even if slightly contrary to some of the spirit of remote).
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by conjectures 4y ago
Pour one out for the Machine God.
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by conjectures 4y ago
HN has its own groupthink. For crypto it's that it's all coal powered shiba shitcoins. There was likely a similar group of people bitching in 1999. The dotcom bubble did happen, and yet dot coms also happened. The point is that to
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by conjectures 5y ago
Moloch cares not for trees and flowers.
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by conjectures 5y ago
Yeah, there is a 'just change jobs' crowd who pop up in every conversation about working conditions. There are switching costs which mean the employee often takes a hit on attempting to move. It's like buying a car, car doesn
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by conjectures 5y ago
Meanwhile (probably elsewhere on HN), someone is hating on web3. Which might enable reselling all this junk.
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by conjectures 5y ago
> Avoid overriding, inheritance and implicit smartness as much as possible. Write pure functions. Amen, preach it from the mountain. Can't say I agree performance is bottom of the priority pile. As someone who does numerical work se
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by conjectures 5y ago
One thing I'd vouch for was the improvement in my RSI/hand aches I got from switching to a £100 mechanical keyboard with mx speed silver switches (low activation force). Absolute godsend as far as I'm concerned.
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by conjectures 5y ago
The way to read this is: - they think the restriction is necessary; - they have considered whether the said rights outweigh the need for the restriction, and believe they do not.

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