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by dogruck 9y ago
It's too simplistic to bemoan the fall in quality due to Clear Channel gobbling up local radio stations. I too miss all the unique local radio shows. On the other hand, it was easy to buy many of them off. See these two examples: 1. L
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by dogruck 9y ago
Note that NPR gets much of its funding from underwriting agreements (aka commercials). It's not accurate to describe NPR as "publicly funded." Also, I think it is naive to claim that the NYT manages to achieve some holy grai
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by dogruck 9y ago
This might be the most wacky quote from the interview: > For instance, in Papua New Guinea they have a base 16 system and … it’s the body … the body is the calculator…so, when somebody’s counting it’s the body that’s being enacted. So, w
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by dogruck 9y ago
I agree. My other related articles all cited that one though. Disturbing.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Yes, and many other laws, including rolling through stop signs or failing to use your turn signal. It's not just an argument though -- it's a real struggle that impacts people (often minorities) daily.
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by dogruck 9y ago
It's one thing to have street cameras that are used to investigate serious crimes, or to help direct first responders. It's another to regularly use that camera footage for petty crimes like j-walking or cell-phone-walking.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Thanks for the link -- I had not seen that before. Still, it does not look like she backs away from her statements. For example, she says: > So, just like, there’s not a lot of incentive for Whites to interrogate Whiteness as the norm a
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by dogruck 9y ago
That's an unfair characterization of Google's hiring process.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Oh great, nonstop video surveillance of pedestrians. I don't like that either.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Makes me think of the recent headline where a Professor of Math Education supposedly claimed that basic math concepts perpetuate "white privilege." https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10005
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by dogruck 9y ago
I disagree with this regulation, but the big problem will be with how it's enforced. Won't be long until "the cop said I was looking at my phone, but I wasn't!"
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by dogruck 9y ago
We all know that "best" is subjective, and defined by each company. Google is fairly vocal about their efforts to apply a somewhat scientific approach to comparing their hiring decisions to the subsequent performance of the candid
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by dogruck 9y ago
What's your definition?
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by dogruck 9y ago
In my experience, major companies are aware of this problem, and would love to find a solution. Frankly, the problem is that, ultimately, they want to hire the best people. Most of the time, the best people are sourced from the top-tier sc
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by dogruck 9y ago
You're using the straw man argument, which is vacuous. You are also ignoring the correct definition of nonpartisan, which I linked above.
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by dogruck 9y ago
I think about it this way: a bad desk setup certainly won't help you. Since, relative to all other expenses, a good desk setup is not too expensive, why not choose a good one?
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by dogruck 9y ago
Nonpartisan means not associated with a political party. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonpartisanism If the entire Trump administration disagrees with it, I think it it's fair to say that his political party is
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by dogruck 9y ago
Finding one (moderate) Republican congressperson and one Democratic congressperson who will sponsor a report also does not make it "non-partisan" which is a clear attempt to characterize it as "not political"
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by dogruck 9y ago
This article is illogical. It simultaneously calls the report "non-partisan" while also pointing out that the current administration disagrees with it. Furthermore, it gives the impression that the cost of every natural disaster i
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by dogruck 9y ago
Correct. They do indeed work hard to minimize markup margins. They also sell some items at a definitive loss. And they attribute their revenue to the membership fees.
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by dogruck 9y ago
I completely agree with you, and I think your branch is a good one. Also, personally, I look forward to the day when cities are essentially free of car traffic. I envision wide pedestrian boulevards. Speaking by analogy, most of us rational
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by dogruck 9y ago
Well said. Said another way, society often prefers falsehood over truth, because many times the truth is more immediately painful. (I would argue that in the long term truth is always superior)
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by dogruck 9y ago
This is a complicated topic. Here is one example line of thought: 1. Wow, all of these cars are annoying -- let's restrict them 2. But, rich people own these cars, and many of them drive into the city to spend money, which pays the wo
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by dogruck 9y ago
Ah, yes, a classic (so tempted to say, "wow never saw that before today!"). Do you think the same calculation is applicable to the HN user base? Seems like the relevant inputs are: * New active users per month (instead of 4M born
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by dogruck 9y ago
Interesting. Any way to get data on active new user numbers over time? Regardless, Sci-Hub launched in 2011 and has been frequently discussed in the media since then.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Although this is interesting, there are some logical weak points. A few that came to mind: * CostCo has a proud reputation for using their annual membership fees to provide door-buster prices. * Salary is a coarse and incomplete proxy for
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by dogruck 9y ago
I'm surprised that this isn't old news for every HN reader. Did something change that I'm overlooking?
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by dogruck 9y ago
Real estate values have always been rooted in location, location, and location (land).
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by dogruck 9y ago
Neat, TIL about wavelet trees. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelet_Tree
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by dogruck 9y ago
I don't know much about audiology, but I suspect it's a niche expertise that is much more complicated than deciding between a Q-Tip or a generic hearing aid.

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