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by fromthestart 7y ago
>The conspiracy you imagine of academic administrators shutting down research that undermines climate change because of gender studies is inane. You've misrepresented my point. The point is that the existence and condoning of politi
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by fromthestart 7y ago
>This analysis confuses cause and effect. Science became "leftist" because the right rejected the findings of science in areas like climatology in favour of its own pseudoscientific nonsense. Academic institutions have leaned l
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by fromthestart 7y ago
>putting packages in hard to find places I'm pretty sure this is performed as a courtesy to the recipient to limit theft.
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by fromthestart 7y ago
The problem here is the misleading implication that there is a singular set of correct ethics, hidden behind a false appeal to scientific authority.
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by fromthestart 7y ago
These kinds of stories have been popping up on HN with seemingly increasingly frequency over the last couple years, e.g.: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19445827 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16
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by fromthestart 7y ago
This seems to be the referenced analysis: > https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/human-contribution-t... The researchers came to their conclusion after running a multitude of climate simulations, however, this part con
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by fromthestart 7y ago
>The concept of freedom of speech falls apart if universally reprehensible speech is allowed to be publicaly espoused without being firmly challenged. There is no such thing as universally reprehensible speech and, frankly, this is a dan
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by fromthestart 7y ago
You're willingly choosing to work on an interesting problem that you otherwise would not have access to, and, let's be real, our compensation and autonomy as developers is far from that of servitude. Plus you can quit any time. Sl
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by fromthestart 7y ago
>it’s a matter of time before people get killed by incompetent/unlicensed drivers or dangerous vehicles. Unlikely. We're talking about driving cars over short distances, something the vast majority of people can do (and do anyw
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by fromthestart 7y ago
What? Python is arguably the go-to language in data (and other) science. With a massive ecosystem of mature, powerful libraries like numpy and scipy, you immediately and freely have access to a range of features, managed almost trivially
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by fromthestart 7y ago
Look into Kratom for the in-between. Its cheap if you get it online, seems to be pretty safe, and works comparably to opoids for pain while being only minimally habit forming. Edit: people don't seem too happy with this comment but it&
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by fromthestart 7y ago
...is this an advertisement? Also, as appealing as the device sounds, I'm terrified of giving this kind of personal data away to a tech company: >Dreem works as a long-term sleep expert and one-on-one coach: it monitors your sleep h
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by fromthestart 7y ago
So how does one go about choosing reasonable bayesian priors for an experiment?
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by fromthestart 7y ago
>God forbid as a society we focus on the society as a whole instead of demonizing the choices that people make. Well, if we're focusing on society as a whole, then it could be argued that your doctor is right for discouraging promis
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by fromthestart 7y ago
Just want to point out that a lot of this information has long been known in circles dismissed as conspiracy theory under the overly broad label "pizzagate." Suddenly the crazy connections among business magnates, past and present
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by fromthestart 7y ago
>git...LaTeX, Python, and Vim To be fair, LaTeX, git, and Vim, beyond shallow use, have fairly steep learning curves and can initially seem like a huge inconvenient mess before one learns, through trial and error, enough of the basics t
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by fromthestart 7y ago
>even if it is putting words in your mouth. Well, at least you admit you're not arguing in good faith. That's not what I'm saying at all. Apparently the involvement of children precludes you from considering this discussio
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by fromthestart 7y ago
You're missing the point. No, it isn't "fine" to torture children, but these facilities are hugely overburdened and have procedures to follow. Aside from the corrupt agents who do mistreat migrants, it's hard to ens
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by fromthestart 7y ago
>The alleged conditions documented at the facilities follow a Homeland Security inspector general report that found "dangerous overcrowding" and unsanitary conditions at a different CBP facility in El Paso, Texas, where hundred
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by fromthestart 7y ago
>Only when people are not just executed by cops because they dared look too black or homeless or whatever These atrocities are an exceedingly tiny minority out of millions of yearly police interactions. >And even then, the due process
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by fromthestart 7y ago
Why don't you talk to the parents who are knowingly taking the risk to entry the country illegally? >Save you speech for the children being tortured I don't think you know what the word torture means. You've been misled by
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by fromthestart 7y ago
>Americans imprison more people than China. But we have due process and most of these offenses are due to the failed drug war. Whether or not people should be locked up for drug offenses is one thing, but the laws being broken are pretty
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by fromthestart 7y ago
>In my day job, I'm often tasked with implementing algorithms from recently published physics papers. In order to do so, I normally have to read through at least 10 related papers (both cited papers and cited by papers) in order to
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by fromthestart 7y ago
>I'm expecting the penalty not to be so disproportionate as to persist 15+ years after the choice The penalty persists because the years spent pursuing goals other than those that confer useful skills and experience cannot be regain
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by fromthestart 7y ago
>All of those things make society better There is no intrinsic benefit to society at large in pursuing a degree - only those degrees which enable one to contribute in some form, and even then the benefit only occurs if one uses the knowl
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by fromthestart 7y ago
Quitting a job to take care of a sick loved one does not benefit the people you worked with toward a common goal, nor society at large. >No more selfish then changing job because some perk. The point here is that GP was complaining that
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by fromthestart 7y ago
>Choose a degree that appeals to you, where you will learn what you like, instead of one which acts as a stepping stone for a higher paying job? >Become pregnant, and/or plan to work fewer hours for some time to take care of your
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by fromthestart 7y ago
One should also not underestimate the roles that culture and ignorance play in food selection. Don't bend over backwards to excuse people of personal responsibility.
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by fromthestart 7y ago
>unpaid labor in the form of raising children and running the household What a backwards society we increasingly live in, where putting time and effort into one of the most rewarding aspects of life, tending to the success and well-being
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by fromthestart 7y ago
In other words, you also haven't come across any actual evidence of harm from vaping?

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