dgabriel

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by dgabriel 16y ago
A few. Wish there were more, but it's all good.
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by dgabriel 16y ago
You're changing the subject. We aren't talking about the artist's or scientist's satisfaction, but whether the amount of money they make reflects their usefulness to society. Would you argue that a scientist is less important than a bar te
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by dgabriel 16y ago
If their contribution is greater, then why isn't somebody willing to pay them more? If there was such a trove of hidden value, you would think that some greedy capitalist would snap it up and exploit it. You should ask a postdoc making ~3
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by dgabriel 16y ago
So you're specifically speaking of China, then? Lots of students from the developed world come to the US for schooling, as well, and see virtually no change in their lifestyle.
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by dgabriel 16y ago
My husband is a Korean citizen who came to the US and got an English PhD, and is now going for an MFA in creative writing. Both of his parents came to the US for graduate degrees, as well, before returning to Korea. His mother has an Engl
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by dgabriel 16y ago
I usually buy books in batches of 3-5, or even more if I'm perusing the free books.
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by dgabriel 16y ago
Maybe, but I've downloaded about 30 books since Christmas. Many were free; I only paid money for 12.
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by dgabriel 16y ago
Most people have a strong investment in their worldview, and sometimes have difficulty empathizing with people who don't embrace the same view with the same intensity. There is no one path to fulfillment or happiness that is right for ever
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by dgabriel 17y ago
Nah. It depends on what kind of career you want to go into, but the very best time to get into a startup is straight out of school. You don't have a family, or a house, or any of the other baggage that necessitates a steady paycheck and s
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by dgabriel 17y ago
I don't come from an Ivy league background, but I did join a start-up directly after school instead of joining a more traditional company. I did it because it was interesting and seemed like way more fun, and also I could wear jeans and co
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by dgabriel 17y ago
"I really wish media and politics had stayed out of the science. I mourn the loss of objectivity, testing, and discovery." I'm sure Galileo felt the same way... Science that might fundamentally shift worldviews has always been subject to m
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by dgabriel 17y ago
"To a certain extent," meaning that popular stuff gets funded at a much higher rate than unpopular research. I'm not suggesting your motives, or the motives of other hard-working scientists, are suspect. I'm just pointing out that most sci
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by dgabriel 17y ago
All science is bought by special interests to a certain extent. Frankly, I think the connections to the oil industry, et al., are not as important as the veracity (or lack thereof) of his claims.
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by dgabriel 17y ago
http://logicalscience.com/skeptics/Lindzen.htm
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by dgabriel 17y ago
I don't think that at all. I was responding to a post that claimed RMS should use his fame to attract women. I doubt that will work for a number of obvious reasons.
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by dgabriel 17y ago
I cut my teeth on the BBS scene in southern new England, and 94/95 was quite a time of change, no?
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by dgabriel 17y ago
His fame is very subjective. He's not famous in a way that is attractive to the average woman, hence his difficulty in finding an ideal mate. I would presume that if Stallman has romantic troubles, it's due to something other than people
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by dgabriel 17y ago
That's a terrible shame, but I hope you find your current career fulfilling. I hope we can all move past gender biases someday.
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by dgabriel 17y ago
They're probably on cosmetology message boards, not HN.
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by dgabriel 17y ago
After reading that, it still sounds like they were actually coding, and they also served as systems administrators . edit: sorry - admins, not engineers
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by dgabriel 17y ago
LabView is a code generation tool that replaces the work a programmer would have to do. Rational Rose has a tool that spits out Java code, but that doesn't mean there are no Java programmers. I'm not sure why you're trying to downplay the
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by dgabriel 17y ago
What you've outlined makes it sound like men were the first software architects, but women were still programmers. Translating a software design into code is definitely still programming, don't you think?
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by dgabriel 17y ago
It's not a problem in cosmetology, but it's a huge problem in nursing and elementary education. Qualified people are being discouraged from fields that would benefit greatly from their participation, based solely on their gender.
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by dgabriel 17y ago
I'm sure there are many words you have yet to discover, and they are still worth learning and using.
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by dgabriel 17y ago
Your analogy is incorrect. For every point of view there is a personal anecdote, and while personal anecdotes can be revealing, they hardly count as a substitute for rigorous data. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_by_example A better a
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by dgabriel 17y ago
Come on, you don't have to be a social pariah to find success as a start-up founder. That's just silly.
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by dgabriel 17y ago
No, I'm not assuming anything (perhaps you are referring to a different comment). I'm asking for baseline substantiation and citation. Simply this - be aware of the biases of the material you read, and be skeptical of anything that boils
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by dgabriel 17y ago
Are the numbers cited and substantiated?
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by dgabriel 17y ago
I don't think identifying the source is exactly an ad hominem. I'm pretty sure you have to attack the source as unreliable or somehow bad. Understanding that the source is conservative can be helpful in understanding biases within the art
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by dgabriel 17y ago
He also doesn't mention the effects of the Bush tax cuts coupled with increased spending. Medicare part D is such an expensive clusterfuck -- seniors don't understand it, the federal government is barred from negotiating drug discounts w

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