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by dogruck 9y ago
Reminds me of Hopi rituals involving the capture, raising, and sacrifice of eagles. Even though it's a long tradition that's important to their culture, the reaction is always close to "wait, what, oh no why??"
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by dogruck 9y ago
My view is that depression is a treatable medical illness. I've never been depressed, but I've lost friends to depression. Edit: to the down voters, I'm not implying it's any easier than, say, beating cancer.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Is there a chance that the unsent text does not reflect his wishes? Absolutely. But, is it more likely that his true wishes are closer to nothing ?
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by dogruck 9y ago
I side with the Australian court in this instance (based on the article). I would disagree if he already had an established will, and the court decided to supersede it by substituting the unsent text. But, isn't the unsent text prefera
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by dogruck 9y ago
My general view is bar fights are more common when there's not a perceived tendency of escalating into knife and gun fights. I don't have data to support it though. I last saw a bar fight on the north shore of Kauai. I love Ka
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by dogruck 9y ago
I have personally never been in a bar fight in my life. But, yes, bar fights still happen regularly. That said, my experience is: 1. They are somewhat cultural. More common in some regions/bars/demographics 2. They happen
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by dogruck 9y ago
I think the decision has 3 main factors: 1. Total operational cost, 2. Customer satisfaction, 3. Risk related to change. You make a good point though -- perhaps it's not primarily driven by the combo of current and projected minimum wa
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by dogruck 9y ago
I'm curious how the minimum wage compares in the various train driver jurisdictions. (I don't know -- possibly not relevant.)
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by dogruck 9y ago
Yup, this is often the answer. Same with "why do we still have humans taking orders at McD?" Then it materializes when the cashier's minimum wage pops up -- in comes the kiosks.
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by dogruck 9y ago
The key to higher income is combining a useful skill (coding, carpentry, etc) with valuable knowledge and execution (finance, sales, etc).
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by dogruck 9y ago
The good news is that now you can use your coding skills to have a career in finance.
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by dogruck 9y ago
I interpret your point as "in a perfect system, school will be a playground, with no connection to a career, and everyone will have equal wealth." I do agree that schools are culpable when a child (and parents) fails. I do not ag
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by dogruck 9y ago
I see irony when people make these simultaneous claims: 1. This test has deep bias and flaws because it shows a difference in groups 2. I know this is true because of the results of this other test that shows equality.
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by dogruck 9y ago
I read the Vox piece, and I don't find it logical. Do you think a fair summary is "nature has a larger impact on IQ than nurture?" Note the article does concede that genetics impact IQ. Somewhat related: I find it amusing wh
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by dogruck 9y ago
Most things in life are not measured and evaluated with a standardized test. Instead, they are measured by aggregated choice or surveys/votes. I haven't used a scantron form in many years. We could dispense with these tests and
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by dogruck 9y ago
Ah, the straw man technique. Well played. In a perfect system, what correlation would you expect between wealth and success in school?
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by dogruck 9y ago
Most students have the combined genetic material of their parents. Genetics are a key influence on aptitude. To be transparent, I personally benefited from public schools, and my parents were not wealthy (but they were graduates of public
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by dogruck 9y ago
The SAT is explicitly designed to predict success at college. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT
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by dogruck 9y ago
Yes, but wealth is also correlated with aptitude. I'm not saying our system is perfect. Plenty of rich bozos. On the other hand, in a perfect system, to me, it seems that the highest achievers would tend to both: 1. Succeed in school
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by dogruck 9y ago
Ok, so you have your metric. What next? They plug all of your stats into the function, and it says, "you will never be a good NBA player." With the NBA, we're comfortable saying "meh, not too many of those anyway -- mo
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by dogruck 9y ago
In my eyes, standardized tests are bad because they will always shine a bright light on differences between groups. We don't like to admit it these days, but humans are not identical. We can accept some basic differences, such as skin
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by dogruck 9y ago
I personally agree that women are biologically different than men. But, I don't know what the correct next conclusion is. (Not to mention when you extend it to gender self-identification.) One of her specific examples was "becau
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by dogruck 9y ago
I was at a conference this weekend. A female grade school teacher, at a private school, tried to explain to me how "girls brains are wired differently from boys" and therefore "we need to teach girls to be more like boys.&quo
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by dogruck 9y ago
Thank you, but I did read that summary in their press release. For example, what features does it have that would let me buy and sell securities?
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by dogruck 9y ago
There is a misconception that the list of tasks that we need humans to work on is roughly equal to the number of humans that we currently have available. Instead, I think if we eliminated many of the current tasks from our global priority
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by dogruck 9y ago
Can someone please give a few specific examples of what this software does?
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by dogruck 9y ago
I enjoyed the summary, but also ended up simply jumping over to read the official golang FAQ. Nice read though.
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by dogruck 9y ago
I like asking my Uber drivers what they think about the future of self driving cars. I don't ask in a mean spirited way. Hardly any any drivers mention being phased out. I agree it's inevitable.
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by dogruck 9y ago
One possible introspection is to ask what fundamental change happened between then and now. The difference can help amplify life's progress. Just a thought.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Worth pointing out that, regardless of the context, comedy rarely ages well. For example, if you watch popular standup comedy routines from the past, they're often unfunny, even when performed by comedy legends.

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