dionidium

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by dionidium 9y ago
" maybe pick another hobby that actually helps people be popular now " I'm trying to learn to unicycle, so I'm definitely doing this wrong.
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by dionidium 9y ago
"Where would you fit more millions of people in downtown San Francisco? " What has led you to believe this is a difficult problem? The impediments to density in San Francisco are regulatory . At Brooklyn's density the city
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by dionidium 9y ago
It's now a pretty popular idea on places like Hacker News that conversations on controversial subjects are tire fires in which no minds are ever changed. I think this is both wrong and dangerous. Minds are never changed in the moment,
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by dionidium 9y ago
Setting this particular issue aside, this really is a weird phenomenon that I don't quite understand, yet. So, a lot of people are condemning you on Twitter? I understand that as humans we don't like that feeling, but if you don&#
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by dionidium 9y ago
Damore's NLRB claim is by far the most interesting aspect of this controversy. Counterpoint here: http://mattbruenig.com/2017/08/10/the-trump-nlrb-will-smash-... He walks through all the relevant points,
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by dionidium 9y ago
What Corbusier-inspired developments around Central Park are you referring to? Surely you don't just mean that they are apartments near a big park?
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by dionidium 9y ago
The research on this tells a pretty dismal story. They seem like they should be better, but people almost universally report preferring the slums that were torn down to build them. Communities that grow organically look messy and gross.
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Was There a Housing Price Bubble? Revisited(marginalrevolution.com)
1 points by dionidium 9y ago|0 comments
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by dionidium 9y ago
It's not the economics. It's all the other stuff. It's intersectional feminism, Black Lives Matter, gay marriage, abortion, diversity initiatives, and so on. There is one acceptable position on each of those issues. When some
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by dionidium 9y ago
As a St. Louisan, let me just say I'd rather be in Bratislava or Bucharest, too! Sounds super fun! But, I don't think this holds up if you discount the novelty factor. In purely economic terms, you'd want to be in Pittsburgh.
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by dionidium 9y ago
I think people significantly underestimate the economic power of the United States. For quality of life, income, and opportunity, you'd almost certainly want to be in, say, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Kansas City, or St. Louis (no
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by dionidium 9y ago
Yes, this is exactly how it plays out. This isn't proof , in itself, but it does seem to have predictive power as a theory: "Galpin investigated the percent of women in computer classes all around the world. Her number of 26%
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by dionidium 9y ago
Human brains simply aren't very good at thinking statistically. You can say something totally factual and benign, like, "Most nurses are women" and someone will immediately chime in, "My uncle is a nurse!" It happen
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by dionidium 9y ago
"If the main argument is that women do not [by nature of our scientific understanding] have minds tuned to engineering prowess to the extent that men do for whatever cause" The main argument isn't about prowess ; it's
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by dionidium 9y ago
" That being said, it's never a good idea to get on a soapbox about politics at work (or anywhere really). " The difference, presumably, is that people inside Google are already talking about all kinds of other political issu
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by dionidium 9y ago
Yeah, I don't think you can. Protip: if you toggle "transit" on Google or Apple maps, then it shows outlines of the stations. However, there is this: https://www.6sqft.com/video-go-inside-the-citys-longest-und
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by dionidium 9y ago
" Atlantic Ave Pacific Street station (Most number of connections in the entire system) " If you count the Port Authority and Times Square - 42nd St as one, then you've got the 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, N, Q, R, W, 7, and S train
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by dionidium 9y ago
I noticed that, too. I think the angles are such that it wouldn't be visible from this perspective. The steps are there. (Although I could swear there's another set of steps just across from the "Urbo" entrance. May ha
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by dionidium 9y ago
" repeating unsupported gender stereotypes " This is the part of this whole thing that bothers me the most. You can't just close this debate down with proof by repeated assertion. Whatever you think about the memo, its author
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by dionidium 9y ago
This is really just more evidence of a longer trending-up in the belief that fibbing is OK if it serves the greater good. You can exaggerate the dangers of secondhand smoke, if that helps you stamp out smoking. [0] You can exaggerate the ge
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Steven Pinker and Elizabeth Spelke Debate “The Science of Gender and Science”(youtube.com)
1 points by dionidium 9y ago|0 comments
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by dionidium 9y ago
America was also once closed-minded about: 1. The rights of African Americans 2. The belief that women should be allowed the vote 3. The belief that homosexuality isn't a mental illness 4. Any expression of support for democratic socia
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by dionidium 9y ago
You might be interested in this debate: Steven Pinker & Elizabeth Spelke | The Science of Gender & Science | Mind Brain Behavior Discussion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hb3oe7-PJ8
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by dionidium 9y ago
The summary you've provided here leaves me with no confidence that you understand even the very basics of the topic at hand. Your apparent level of confidence and outrage, in light of that fact, is truly remarkable.
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by dionidium 9y ago
I use this technique when I need to catch a Queens-bound 7 train in Midtown. It's much better to take a walk over to Hudson Yards and board there.
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by dionidium 9y ago
It's only interesting because it was said in a context where you're not allowed to say it. This is a mainstream debate that has been undertaken without much controversy by mainstream social scientists. See, for example, this debat
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by dionidium 9y ago
One possible benign reason: as society has gotten more free and open to women's choices, their preferences have been revealed. (Note that this also may explain why there are more female computer programmers in Iran than in, say, Finl
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by dionidium 9y ago
I'm sorry, but if you're still in the dark about what I believe, then I think you're willfully so. I have to be honest: I didn't really think you were arguing in good faith in the beginning, but I was hopeful that you mi
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by dionidium 9y ago
Recall that this entire subthread is the result of your claims about Murray. I am not an expert in the field, so I don't have strong opinions about the competing explanations for group differences in IQ. What I'm fighting agains
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by dionidium 9y ago
'There are clearly people on this thread who think that it's possible to believe in the supremacy of white people over black people without all the ugly baggage of "white supremacy".' No. There are clearly people

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