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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
There's a very high correlation between household income and SAT scores: https://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/sat-scores-and...
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
Obama seemed a little embarrassed by the prize, although he handled it in a graceful way. It would have been a bigger blunder for him to reject the prize. I certainly don't think that anyone can call him a hypocrite for receiving the N
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
Store owners and employees are absolutely prosecuted if they fail to run background checks, or sell guns when they have even a suspicion that the buyer may be purchasing it for someone else, or intending to use the gun for illegal purposes.
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
Western Union is VERY commonly used for immigrants to send money out of the US to family abroad. Just because you never use it, and only hear about it in the context of scamming doesn't mean that's how the whole world works. One o
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
As long as we're nit-picking here, 4 months of trying doesn't mean that something is wrong. Most doctors ask couples to try for a year before seeing a specialist (unless the woman is older, then wait 6 months or less). Take a grou
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
That's a big reason why genealogy is so important for the Mormons. They need to baptize past ancestors so they'll be able to see them in heaven.
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
It boggles my mind how many people try to replicate Mark Zuckerberg by dropping out of college, or wearing the same thing every day, or [insert cargo cult trend of the year here]. But everyone sits around writing business plans and designin
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
Having control over our bodies prevents accidents, more than just about anything. If you fall out of a chair as an able-bodied person, you instinctively readjust your weight, catch yourself with your hands, land on your butt, and minimize i
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
I did general engineering in undergrad, and software engineering (not CS) for my master's, so I'm somewhat of an outsider to a "computer science" degree. But if you have 6 whole years to turn someone into a "compute
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
Racism can't exist because it's inefficient? Great! Glad we got that little "racism" problem solved. Good work.
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
I live in the US and have noticed the same phenomenon. I assumed it was just social pressure and growing awareness of inequality and poor living conditions of some wait staff. Giving an extra $2 is an easy way to feel good about yourself. T
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
While I'm married and never developed any office romances (also, what a bizarre example to use -- a couple who got married...), I've often found that the classic "drinks after work" scenario works wonders in tense situat
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
It was probably more about sleep deprivation, chronic stress, and immediate reprioritization in your life, more than anything. It's hard to focus on learning new tasks when you're tired, and you're forced to confront a millio
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
How does this research imply that there's any effect on a pregnant woman/new mother's ability to take a PE exam? The study talks about a gray matter reduction in small areas of the brain associated with social interaction. Ba
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
The only thing I've read about the subject says that women who have abortions are happier and have better mental health in the long term than women who were denied an abortion. So the study isn't "women who have never been pr
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
I wouldn't say any other species. Kangaroos, for instance give birth to veritable fetuses: https://youtu.be/2lCKc8tURtc?t=38s Sure, I might be stretching your premise a little bit, but my point stands that evolution
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
I'm a little surprised by the responses to your comment. I'm a classic tech bubble millennial, but I grew up with home cooked meals every night, and I thought the formula (for dinners in particular) was obvious: One protein, one s
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
Yes, with some reservations. We met as one part-time business was failing, although he brainstormed ideas with me to try to make it work, and even came into the office on a few occasions to help out. He was supportive for four years, while
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
While I agree that design is important , and perhaps a good thing to learn about, as a well-rounded human being, the author left me unconvinced of his thesis: "programmers should learn design." It's important? So is physics.
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
He does mention that in the post, and, yes, I think the author would also agree that it's self-serving. However, I would also argue that this is a symbolic milestone of the increased safety of US commercial flights, and an interesting
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
Ideally, there's a difference. I just got an offer accepted on a house (yay!) that has an actual office. There's a tiny little foyer leading from the door to the main office space, the office itself would be too narrow to comforta
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
I'm not talking about a CS degree, or "computer science" classes, but something more along the lines of engineering/software engineering. Also, I think we can agree that there are people from all sorts of degrees, bootca
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
"Tuition averages over $11,000 at non-degree granting programs that generally last around three months, but it can go as high as $21,000." For comparison, I received a master's in software engineering from a reputable school
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
This is fantastic. I've dabbled in audio editing (rearranging songs, terrible remix projects, lining up the beats in two tracks, adding in some cool movie quotes over the instrumental solos for fun) and it REALLY feels like photo editi
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
HTTPS or no, your ISP knows that you visit porn sites. I mean, come on -- it's not like you were visiting some encrypted path on xhamster.com for the articles, right?
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
Exactly. And there are lots of things that are more important than learning how to code at ages 6, and before (and, heck, after). How about exposure to different (human) languages? Appreciating and creating art. The scientific process, and
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
Sorry, late response, but most countries (including France) require a work visa for things like unpaid internships, or being compensated in any way. Paying for board/food counts as compensation. Look at it from the perspective of the U
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
That's not what the paper described at all. Even the article explicitly said that the birds could only mate with 25% of the population -- the "opposite sex" along two dimensions, instead of just one. Those "special mutat
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
Were you just saying that for the pun? Regardless, I wanted to point out that the title, while interesting, is hardly "click bait and switch." These birds DO have four sexes, from the point of view of their chromosomes, which resu
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by erroneousfunk 10y ago
Everyone has the ability to remotely wipe their phone, as long as it's connected to the network. If it's not connected to the network, then not even Apple can do anything (assuming they don't make some sort of dead man's

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