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by csours 3y ago
The problem with medical interventions, especially tests, is that they sometimes work. There will always be success stories. The big question is: are those success stories worth it, and are there other paths to those same success stories.
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by csours 3y ago
The post is written in the context of weather models , not just the idea of climate and weather and what is possible. It is expected that this is possible - but none of the models currently in use for short term forecasting showed anything
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by csours 3y ago
There's a saying "All Politics are Local" Maybe "All Economics are Local" too. Obviously neither of those are true in a general sense - but the local situation is what feels most important.
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by csours 3y ago
This sort of thing happens with subjects where it's difficult, time consuming, expensive, or risky to get the actual information you want. Feelings are more present and real. It's a mistake to expect that anyone will ignore their
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by csours 3y ago
> Partly cloudy became partly sunny. Here it Texas, it's still Partly Cloudy, probably because we get more than enough sun.
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by csours 3y ago
An approach to think about: If someone is making you angry, they are controlling you. I haven't really tried that in the real world, and I don't think you can phrase it exactly like that to someone who is angry in the moment, it w
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by csours 3y ago
I personally did not care for the angry tone. I think he covers a lot of very important topics, but I am perfectly capable of getting angry on my own.
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by csours 3y ago
For now, yes, a bit more.
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by csours 3y ago
Disclosure: I work for GM. Anything here is solely my own opinion or understanding. (Repeating because this is more opinionated) The bankruptcies weren't caused by one thing, but cost of labor was a large factor. Perhaps a bigger facto
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by csours 3y ago
Disclosure: I work for GM. Anything here is solely my own opinion or understanding. For the highest priced and shortest supply vehicles, yes, dealerships added huge "dealership fees"; automakers did quite well themselves. The bonu
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by csours 3y ago
Disclosure: I work for GM. Anything here is solely my own opinion or understanding. The jobs bank went away in the 2009 bankruptcies/reorganization.
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by csours 3y ago
Disclosure: I work for GM. Anything here is solely my own opinion or understanding. Layoff means something different to automakers. It's a layoff so that they can draw unemployment. Traditionally there was a two week layoff in July for
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by csours 3y ago
If we move outside of games, you should buy TV shows you love because the streaming versions get edited and the original music is often replaced due to rights issues.
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by csours 3y ago
It says they're adding water. You can currently improve cooling and efficiency by adding a misting system the external unit of a traditional air conditioner. I wonder how the efficiencies and costs compare.
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by csours 3y ago
> Personalized education in the form of tutoring is consistently the biggest intervention in education, > As [soon as] we can figure out how to replicate the effects of tutoring with technology, we should see massive improvements in
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by csours 3y ago
I feel this sentiment deeply. I wonder how much of it is due to lack of good options, and how much is due to a hostile information space - that is, there are bandits out there who want your money and attention, and they are willing to say a
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by csours 3y ago
Albuquerque by Weird Al if you're wondering
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by csours 3y ago
Mike Edling LinkedIn Mike Edling - LinkedIn = Meg LinkedIn - Mike Edling = n Something something sets = Megn
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by csours 3y ago
Thank you for your constructive feedback.
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by csours 3y ago
I understand pointer operations just fine. It's very hard for me to keep up with what is happening line to line. So, do people use consistent naming standards? Comment every line? Look at the assembly language produced by the compiler?
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by csours 3y ago
How do you keep your sanity while using pointers in C?
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And mannequins
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by csours 3y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37467078 Is there a way to get Awk to emit a non-terse version of the script passed in? ie awk '/test/' -> '{ if($0~/test/){print $0} }'
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by csours 3y ago
"Why was this hard" is a great question to use to become a senior engineer.
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by csours 3y ago
Maybe there's a better word than 'work'. When I say > how well they WORK in the subject area I don't mean 'perform in a paid job', I mean 'take productive steps'. So even if you're just noodli
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by csours 3y ago
> I guess that's probably true of primary or middle / lower secondary school, but I don't feel like regurgitation of facts was particularly endorsed in my experience at upper secondary level, let alone at university level.
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by csours 3y ago
It feels more and more like we need to rethink what scoring schoolwork means. Worksheets and exams can show how familiar you are with the material, or they can be gamed or useless in some other way. But the best they can ever do is show fam
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Developers are users of the API specification, etc
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It's not complexity per se. Some things will always be complex. It's about continuous improvement of things like documentation and observability - "non functional" stuff.
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> You want simplicity where it benefits the user, which often requires increased complexity for the developer. My analogy for this is how complex modern cars are, but you push a button to “start” them. Developers are users too. Everyone

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