derbOac

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by derbOac 2y ago
Definitely. I'm not suggesting money doesn't matter, I was thinking mostly about the question of whether or not happiness levels off after some point. I think my question was kind of whether at some point, it's less about the
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by derbOac 2y ago
Sometimes I wonder if it's the money per se, or what brings in the money, or both. My guess is the higher-paying jobs are more interesting and fulfilling; conversely if two people have equally stressful jobs, but one pays a lot and the
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by derbOac 2y ago
The other side of the equation is mindless algorithmic HR hiring practices though, where a college degree is treated much the same as a vendor training certificate. The way people are often handled is mindless, as if all you're capable
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by derbOac 2y ago
More on the formose reaction: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formose_reaction
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by derbOac 2y ago
Yes, in the article they contrast alcohol and fluoride rinses, citing evidence fluoride rinses don't seem to result in notable microbiotic changes in the same way. They also cite similar findings as theirs in research on alcohol use. T
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A Technical Look at Phone Extraction (2019)(privacyinternational.org)
3 points by derbOac 2y ago|0 comments
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Getting up close and personal with space junk(theverge.com)
1 points by derbOac 2y ago|0 comments
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by derbOac 2y ago
I like my M2 Mac, it's great hardware-wise. I thought hard about Linux laptops and decided for the Mac. In a lot of ways it feels like linux on a slick piece of hardware with good commercial support. Coming from linux I miss the freedo
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ESA develops Lego brick from space dust for lunar construction(dezeen.com)
1 points by derbOac 2y ago|0 comments
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by derbOac 2y ago
To me there's no other way to interpret it, really, except as one function. The if-then part of it is part of the function definition. The example is genuinely confusing to me because of the igtheism problem: the idea that the question
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by derbOac 2y ago
I got to "entropy" and then stumped myself.
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by derbOac 2y ago
I think the linked news article is a little misleading, although I share your skepticism. I'd like to see these results replicated rigorously on still new sets of data by independent researchers; I wouldn't be surprised either way
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by derbOac 2y ago
I've read and watched different attempts at explaining negative temperature, and the Wikipedia article is actually the one that has made the most sense to me. The concept still seems "off" to me intuitively, like an abuse of
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by derbOac 2y ago
Much of the article is about private equity firms in particular — their need for good lawyers, their ability to pay them, and the focus of law firms on attracting them. It seems as much about private equity as it does law practice, and make
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Controversy over manipulated images in Nobel laureate's publications(science.org)
2 points by derbOac 2y ago|1 comments
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by derbOac 2y ago
More discussion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzhcDh3tcS4
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by derbOac 2y ago
I might be downvoted for this, but I tend to have a kind of libertarian take on this. I absolutely do not believe in homeopathy beyond placebo effects, and I understand the harm they do by opportunity costs in pursuing other treatments. But
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by derbOac 2y ago
That was my first thought as well. Also, traditional R squared with binary variables, or maybe categorical variables, never made much sense to me. The "meaning" of the variance I don't think is quite the same. You generally h
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by derbOac 2y ago
The question is what's that "something"? Is that "something" what we think it is? This focus on explainability is good, and I liked the article, but I think at some point this is all has to devolve into scientific t
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by derbOac 2y ago
This all feels like some Orwellian nightmare to me. Things like TikTok and X shouldn't require any ID verification in my mind; the rest of this fiasco just underscores all the other reasons why this is a bad idea.
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by derbOac 2y ago
This was on my mind a lot when reading the article. I'm not sure how I feel about this all. The problem with the cancer-causing substance labels is some companies are saying their products contain cancer-causing substances when they cl
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by derbOac 2y ago
I read the first edition of Grimm's fairy tales in translation not too long ago after having wanted to for awhile, since the translation was released. The thing I was most surprised by was how bizarre some of the stories were. Not how
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by derbOac 2y ago
I agree; I didn't mean to suggest it should be used. I just meant that my expectation would be something on one extreme rather than the other.
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by derbOac 2y ago
I'd think Japan of all places would have voluminous quantities of antibacterial soap in public restrooms?
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by derbOac 2y ago
There's still some typicality defined by the prompt though. If you ask for a proof in the style of Shakespeare, you're going to get some "average" Shakespeare. It's kind of embedded in the task definition; you'
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by derbOac 2y ago
I've thought a lot about the analogy with Steve Jobs and the iphone, but it's also a bit misleading to me because academics doesn't even credit things the same way as in business. The iphone is made by Apple after all, and we
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by derbOac 2y ago
I agree, I think it's victim blaming or a diversion tactic or something. I think the real problem isn't so much the skillsets of the researcher involved as much as is what is implied about the environments and the vagaries thereof
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by derbOac 2y ago
Thanks. Nice paper!
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by derbOac 2y ago
This growth pattern has been documented pretty well? I used to teach it in undergrad courses. Autism spectrum issues are associated with overgrowth and then deceleration more than normal. This seems like a hyperexperimental version of it. S
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by derbOac 2y ago
Yeah, strangely enough I never connected Pale Fire to House of Leaves until this article and thread. Puts a slightly different spin on House of Leaves for me.

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