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by crackercrews 2y ago
This probably includes states with abundant hydro power. That's a much cheaper reliable source of renewable energy.
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by crackercrews 2y ago
Doesn't California pay way more for energy than other states? Not sure it makes sense to look at what they're doing and call it the future. It would be nice if it were free but the cost is something like double neighboring states.
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by crackercrews 2y ago
Gives new meaning to "show hn"
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by crackercrews 2y ago
I wouldn't assume this if UC didn't make such a big deal about how they are boosting their Pell and first-gen admits. I think first-gen is now over 40% of UC freshman, which seems disproportionately high. Time will tell. Let'
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by crackercrews 2y ago
That's one way of looking at it. But it's not just about alumni of UCSD. This is about privileging kids whose parents didn't go to college over kids whose parents went to any college. More important is the impact. The GPA cut
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by crackercrews 2y ago
> Yeah, 4.9 drivers explicitly ask for a good rating. Literally have never experienced this.
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by crackercrews 2y ago
Original document is here. [1] 1: https://students.ucsd.edu/academics/advising/majors-minors/s...
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UCSD announces equity-based rules for CS and other "selective majors'(twitter.com)
4 points by crackercrews 2y ago|5 comments
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by crackercrews 2y ago
How do you know they could have dragged him? If what he said was fair then they wouldn't have been able to land any punches.
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by crackercrews 2y ago
Coleman Hughes shares a good perspective on this in his new book. He cites surveys showing that people changed their opinions for the worse regarding racism in america around 2010. This could be explained by an increase in racism or by inc
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by crackercrews 2y ago
WAMU had layoffs recently.
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by crackercrews 2y ago
No. They can't bury a story after it's been in the NYT.
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by crackercrews 2y ago
> they shy away from being based if it could potentially alienate the right wing audience. Funny typo, considering that "based" means something completely different in the political realm. NPR is most certainly not based...
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by crackercrews 2y ago
This isn't laudable, it's defensive. The snafu has been covered in the NYT so there's no burying it. They are making sure their side is told by covering it themselves.
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by crackercrews 2y ago
Local NPR affiliates also carry shows from other national organizations like PRI. It's not just ATC versus local programming. Many people think such shows are NPR even though they aren't.
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by crackercrews 2y ago
Any McKinsey client should insist that the consultants who worked on this report never work on their engagements. These consultants are either too stupid to realize that they got the causation backwards or they realized it but wrote up a ga
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by crackercrews 2y ago
> Now, a new paper raises questions about McKinsey’s methodology and suggests that its advertised findings may have gotten the causation backward: financial success may lead corporations to embrace diversity efforts, rather than the othe
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No, The SAT Isn't Racist(nytimes.com)
12 points by crackercrews 3y ago|3 comments
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by crackercrews 3y ago
Quite some re-framing there. I'm all in favor of viewpoint diversity. But suggesting that this is achieved by hiring based on skin color is not the right way. Also it is very easy to show how a team is hurt when normal hiring standards
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by crackercrews 3y ago
> I've been on teams where I'm the only white person. I've also been on teams where women outnumber the men (yes, even in tech). This isn't surprising at all. There are tons of asians in tech. And it's not uncomm
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by crackercrews 3y ago
This type of case study could be valuable but it could also just be cherry picking. Did they look at all changes suggested by minority employees? Or did they just look back and reflect on the changes that worked out? I have seen posts on so
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by crackercrews 3y ago
Only certain majors would affect tech job hiring. Are men now lagging women in those majors? It's not especially relevant that there are tons more women than men getting degrees in social sciences etc.
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by crackercrews 3y ago
The studies that claim benefits from diversity are almost always correlation, not causation. It's easy to see how reverse causation could be at play. Companies that are more profitable can afford to have diversity programs. This fact c
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by crackercrews 3y ago
Yesterday I posted a link that was flagged off the front page. I can see that your tool is driving traffic to it and appreciate that. Not everyone wants to discuss political topics on HN. They say there are other places to discuss such topi
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by crackercrews 3y ago
The test and controversy have been heavily covered in national media for years.
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by crackercrews 3y ago
I don't know. But it's well known that this test is based on academic achievement and that low-income Asians do very well.
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by crackercrews 3y ago
Yes it depends on where you set the threshold. If you try to keep as close to your academic standards as possible, but also admit some kids from the bottom 25% of income then you'll get mostly Asians. If you set a much lower threshold
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by crackercrews 3y ago
I'm not taking issue with the outcome described. I'm pointing out that targeting class diversity will not always result in racial diversity as claimed.
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by crackercrews 3y ago
Not too tricky to navigate after you've got tenure.
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by crackercrews 3y ago
> Targeting class diversity naturally gets you racial diversity anyways. Not always true. Look at the SHSAT. If you looked at the poor kids and took the top scores, it would be mostly Asians. The same thing applies for admissions to the

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