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by fburnaby 16y ago
Perhaps that unemployed are all just trying to create more HR positions in the company so they can apply to those, too!
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by fburnaby 16y ago
This is probably true. But then again, if you know that most of your resumes are thrown out at random, you know you need to send out a large population of them in order to have a just few of them end up being read.
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by fburnaby 16y ago
> Though "must already be in a relationship" would not be a very mainstream criteria for dating sites. This seems to be a very popular idea in some circles, actually.
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by fburnaby 16y ago
The reason that the curve levels out for biological populations is that the rates at which members start starving to death or killing each-other increases to cancel out the birth-rate. That does seem to be of some concern.
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by fburnaby 17y ago
This is also only true if the distribution of each sample is the same. If you don't understand the system you're sampling from, or where the variability comes from (maybe its systematic), then all bets are off.
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by fburnaby 17y ago
I'm doing a master's degree in science right now. I've previously worked as a telecomm engineer. I agree that there is relatively little division of labour in science, compared to engineering; or at least the labour isn't divided in the sam
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by fburnaby 17y ago
Wouldn't it make more sense if your tagline was " hot masala applications?"
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by fburnaby 17y ago
Well there's an easy solution here. Make the red smell like strawberry pie and the blue like blueberry pie.
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by fburnaby 17y ago
I was thinking the same thing. That quote describes our society pretty well.
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by fburnaby 17y ago
>It really is the broken window fallacy, but in reverse; that working harder could decrease aggregate employment implies that working less hard (or more counter-productively) could increase aggregate employment. Not all system responses
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by fburnaby 17y ago
>Calculus, literature, CS 101: C. Topology, Operating Systems, Quantum Mechanics: A. But why isn't it preferable to have the person who goes with: Calculus, literature, CS 101: A. Topology, Operating Systems, Quantum Mechanics: A. ? Per
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by fburnaby 17y ago
I think someone above more correctly identified this as a deadpan delivery of some sarcastic statement. This is probably more effective and funny. But sometimes people like to be very blatant about the fact that they're being sarcastic. Esp
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by fburnaby 17y ago
I once felt the same way about a toque (yes, I'm Canadian).
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by fburnaby 17y ago
Geoffry Miller, nice! If I owed a house, it would be on both lists. Other than that, my computer, education and guitar are shared on both lists. Below those, my most expensive purchases have been necessities (think bed mattress, rent, etc).
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by fburnaby 17y ago
I remember thinking the same thing about Ikea when I went through one of their catalogs last week. But I think it seems like a bad idea; it makes their products feel less enticing. I could look at their furniture and -- though the pictures
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by fburnaby 17y ago
But what about the example with the egotist? The fact that so many people can be so blatantly oblivious to their "unknown unknowns" makes me think I must have some of them too. I can be cautious and look out for them, which should certainly
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by fburnaby 17y ago
Hey! You're exactly as unique as me!
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by fburnaby 17y ago
>> and there will certainly be someone else trying for that That deserves an award for understatement of the year. You could probably set up a five man brawl to the death for that job right now.
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by fburnaby 17y ago
>> Try living on $20k/year and see how that works out for you. Granted, I'm single and don't have kids, but even living on $20,000/yr right now isn't bad. I can't have a car, but other than that, I can make any small (<$500) pur
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by fburnaby 17y ago
No bureaucrats are making any decisions in either of your hypothetical scenarios. In one case, there's an unchanging legislative environment incentivizing more work, while in the other case the legislative environment is incentivizing other
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by fburnaby 17y ago
What's wrong with the existence of misinformation? I don't think there's anything wrong with being able to find silly lies on google. There's something more ominous about children being forced to learn this misinformation, as would be the c
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by fburnaby 17y ago
Atlantic wild caught salmon How did you obtain wild Atlantic salmon? It's an endangered species, and fishing is not allowed! If this is really what you have, how did you get it? If it's legal, let me know, I want some too! If not, you sho
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by fburnaby 17y ago
because its "awesome", whereas many of the science students I know like science because they think it is important and interesting. I think you're right on the money. I just finished an engineering degree and am now doing a MSc. I think m
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by fburnaby 17y ago
What if you hang around in a culture in which conspicuous consumption is generally frowned upon? You would have apparently conflicting goals; a presumably "hard-wired" desire for the car, yet a more learned knowledge that it won't actually
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by fburnaby 17y ago
If you're anything like me, you'd also have graduated at around 30.
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by fburnaby 17y ago
>>Most authors don't know how to nor want to self-publish their books. I'm cheaper than an existing publisher if the author is willing to go digital only. Hmmm, maybe there's an opportunity for small publishers to make a comeback...
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by fburnaby 17y ago
I like to think of it as Hofstadter suggests; theorem proving is mechanical, but there is a very beautiful art in selection of the axioms.
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by fburnaby 17y ago
The general consensus on contrarianism is wrong. He's being a contrarian about contrarianism! Must be a smart guy.
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by fburnaby 17y ago
I hope you don't mind my running this by you all. If I'm asked this question, I will respond that my biggest weakness is that I'm coming from academia. I believe that many hiring managers will consider this a problem, or at least a potentia
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by fburnaby 17y ago
This only applies if you're not hungry, or getting booted out of your apartment in a month.

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