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by galvanist 13y ago
I can't imagine making a dating site these days: "I'm (name text field), a (sexual identity text field) interested in meeting (sexual identity text field) for the purpose of (dating/friendship/sex/swinging/whatever text field)." Good luck w
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by galvanist 14y ago
You are operating on some very questionable assumptions which you've masked with jargon to lend credibility to your position. Kinda like phrenology. Where is your evidence that these race/gender "signals" correlate with applicant quality in
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by galvanist 14y ago
yikes!
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Ask HN: Good SFBA tech meetups
1 points by galvanist 14y ago|1 comments
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by galvanist 14y ago
I think that some ongoing discussion of the STEM gender gap and other difficult group introspection is useful and important and I hope we can navigate the line between being self-aware and beating a field of dead horses. Anyway my interest
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by galvanist 14y ago
I think that you are interpreting a sarcastic comment literally. The linked article condemns the ridiculous device in question. Unless of course I'm double-reverse mis-interpreting your comment...
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by galvanist 14y ago
This is the study they seem to rely on most: http://www.givedirectly.org/pdf/DFID%20cash-transfers-eviden...
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by galvanist 14y ago
Someone should do this, but like for real. Start with a talk on the existing peer reviewed literature, including history and methodology. Tell me if we have evidence that meditation produces positive outcomes and what those are. Show the ex
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by galvanist 14y ago
I second that plan. Or instead of farming in Australia do something else that is outside your comfort zone. Do some WWOOFing, crew a vessel at sea as a janitor or cook, get a job in McMurdo for a few seasons, do something from cooljobs.com,
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by galvanist 14y ago
An english language story reporting the same news about this new Parisian developer school "42": http://www.rudebaguette.com/2013/03/26/rumor-confirmed-xavie...
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by galvanist 14y ago
I agree. Also, I'm happy to see people using the term AstroTurf correctly!
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by galvanist 14y ago
I read "two critical plugins keep me stuck" and mis-completed the sentence in my head with "NoScript and GreaseMonkey."
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by galvanist 14y ago
Spammers and malware authors sometimes use this in an attempt to obfuscate URLs.
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by galvanist 14y ago
This reminds me of Ursus Wehrli's work. http://www.ted.com/talks/ursus_wehrli_tidies_up_art.html