emgoldstein

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EEOC report on diversity in tech(eeoc.gov)
2 points by emgoldstein 10y ago|0 comments
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The Reactionary Mind(nytimes.com)
2 points by emgoldstein 10y ago|0 comments
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by emgoldstein 10y ago
No one can enlighten anyone; you have to enlighten yourself. Where did you get this picture of the pre-1968 world? For instance, your picture of classical Europe as "hardcore unrestricted capitalism" is frankly bizarre; you seem
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by emgoldstein 10y ago
Your "ideas" are abstractions. These abstractions are new (they are a product of 19th and 20th-century ideology). The realities behind them (charity, social mobility) are anything but new. For instance, Cardinal Wolsey was born
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by emgoldstein 11y ago
This is why it's a great idea to try these cases on Hacker News. (I'm only half kidding.) Always and everywhere, if you sit on a jury and listen only to the prosecutor or defense attorney, you will come to the conclusion they wa
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Cluster plots of genetic ancestry and brain morphology(infoproc.blogspot.com)
1 points by emgoldstein 11y ago|0 comments
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by emgoldstein 11y ago
The Ryen account is a little far down that page. Since we heard one story in anatomical detail, how about another? "The first time I met Kevin Cooper I was 8 years old and he slit my throat. He hit me with a hatchet and put a hole in
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by emgoldstein 11y ago
There's one fact that is never mentioned in this story. Methane is lighter than air (about 0.7th the density of air). The methane leak is above Porter Ranch (about 1200 feet, a fact that is mentioned). You know that and I know that.
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Why you should come to LambdaConf anyway(medium.com)
1 points by emgoldstein 11y ago|0 comments
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by emgoldstein 11y ago
Whenever I see smart geeks talking about tons of CO2, I always wonder what percentage of them know whether the Arrhenius effect (temperature forcing as a function of CO2 concentration) is exponential, linear, or logarithmic. Answer here: h
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by emgoldstein 11y ago
Not entirely welcomed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Dennis#Sedition_trial
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by emgoldstein 11y ago
I recommend Malcolm Muggeridge's autobiography for a compelling look at the circle of Western journalists in Moscow in the '20s and '30s, of which Muggeridge was a part. Scott Alexander has a good review: http://s
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by emgoldstein 11y ago
Ah, but that was 1946. The (American) party line had changed -- most American liberals were anti-Stalinist in 1946. A quick google search turns up this from 1943: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11332
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by emgoldstein 11y ago
Thompson, like many (if not most) American journalists of her time, was a Stalin apologist in the Duranty circle: http://spartacus-educational.com/USAthompsonD.htm I'm not sure any intellectual who collaborated with Hi
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by emgoldstein 11y ago
Be careful in selecting your "other side" -- the examples you use to define it may have been brought by "your side." I can't speak for the other two, but I'm guessing you're not thinking of Steve McIntyre.
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Facebook, Google, Twitter agree to delete hate speech in 24 hours: Germany(reuters.com)
30 points by emgoldstein 11y ago|54 comments
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by emgoldstein 11y ago
I think a very small amount of stylometric analysis would cast a lot of doubt on this theory. Satoshi's grammar is always perfect. His sentences are tight. He's clear and to the point. Wright rambles; his grammar is terrible; h
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by emgoldstein 11y ago
TLDR: the researchers you admire are part of a school that disagrees with Dr. Hsu's school. Or at least, sort of disagree. It's not that they have any results showing a method for increasing either IQ or mathematical capacity. T
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by emgoldstein 11y ago
This has to be the nicest, most reasonable-sounding ad hominem argument I've ever seen. But it's still an ad hominem argument. Is there any way you actually disagree with the post? What would you say to Dr. Hsu if he were in the
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by emgoldstein 11y ago
Your evidence (of the absence of sexual dimorphism in the human brain) is that rats with identical genes can be trained in different directions? (Your second link is behind a paywall, for me anyway.) > I'm trying to figure out how
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by emgoldstein 11y ago
No, I'm asking you to produce evidence for a hypothesis you seem to believe. I don't have any hypothesis of my own. If you tell me that the Sears Tower and the Empire State Building are the same height (a hypothesis), you should
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by emgoldstein 11y ago
I'd love it if articles like this came with links to scientific evidence that XX-chromosome humans have the same distribution of interests and aptitudes as XY-chromosome humans. Alternatively, maybe HN readers have some such links? At
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by emgoldstein 11y ago
Let me change one word in your response: > Students don't need "protection" from free speech, nor does anyone need to be rescued from the "mockery" and "humiliation" of an accusation of communism . &gt
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ISIS is moving to Telegram(foreigndesknews.com)
1 points by emgoldstein 11y ago|0 comments
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Germany may prosecute Facebook managers for not removing hate speech(theguardian.com)
2 points by emgoldstein 11y ago|0 comments
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Athletic talent is innate, President Obama claims(gotracktownusa.com)
1 points by emgoldstein 11y ago|0 comments
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by emgoldstein 11y ago
I guess the reason the original title seems neutral: I couldn't even tell you whether others think has a left-wing or right-wing bias. I do know it was being strongly upvoted under this title, which might be objective proof of linkbait
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by emgoldstein 11y ago
The original speech title (from the URL) was "Law enforcement and the communities we serve: bending the lines toward safety and justice." I don't know if this is either misleading or linkbait, but I know it's not good,
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by emgoldstein 11y ago
Once again, HN surprises me with its open-mindedness. If you read this and feel strong emotional disagreement, one way to manage that emotion productively is to imagine yourself in the room with the speaker, and try to express your perspect
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FBI director's speech at U. Chicago Law School(fbi.gov)
26 points by emgoldstein 11y ago|22 comments

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