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by hilux 3y ago
I do this too. Of course, the companies fight back, e.g. Facebook messaging isn't (last I checked) available through the Facebook-in-the-browser; it requires the Messenger app.
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by hilux 3y ago
"Professor" and "researcher" are synonymous at American research universities. I've worked for two world-famous research universities. Getting tenure is insanely difficult, and has approximately zero to do with teac
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by hilux 3y ago
Tangentially related: I notice that in some EU countries, and the UK, people can skip universities, go into the trades, and do very well in "white collar professions" or in politics. That's much less common in the US.
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by hilux 3y ago
I also live in the Bay Area, surrounded by highly educated people, many ethnicities, mostly in tech, some in law, medicine, etc. I don't know a single person who has encouraged their kids to skip college and go into the trades. (Even w
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by hilux 3y ago
The subtext of this article is "oh look, the Russians are really in trouble now." But Western media have been reporting for almost two years how the Russians are in trouble, e.g. how Russia's domestic aviation industry was bo
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by hilux 3y ago
What you say may be true, but I think you completely miss the main point, and why this article should interest Hacker News.
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Paul Erdős, the most prolific mathematician(scientificamerican.com)
137 points by hilux 3y ago|67 comments
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by hilux 3y ago
It's very sad, but you're completely right. The Dan Ariely scam (reveal) changed everything for me. But it's clear, he's not special at all. A good moment to remember Gell-Mann Amnesia.
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Paul Erdős, the most prolific mathematician(scientificamerican.com)
1 points by hilux 3y ago|0 comments
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by hilux 3y ago
This is of my favorite science stories ever!
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by hilux 3y ago
I read the article all the way to the end, and thought it was fascinating. The author is a very accomplished writer, with a journalism Masters from a top program, and 25 years experience.
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by hilux 3y ago
Check out the book Never Search Alone . Not that I recommend it, but it will lead you to a networking group of lots of product people.
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by hilux 3y ago
Because eventually most people remember that getting on a plane, even a 737 MAX, is about the safest part of our day.
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by hilux 3y ago
Boeing, like many B2B companies, is B2B2C. They may not sell directly to the public, but they have a public brand. (Unlike Spirit AeroSystems.) And therefore, B2B companies run ads, e.g. to sway public opinion on government policies, or (n
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by hilux 3y ago
I don't follow your logical jump from (3) to (4). Cost-cutting is always unpleasant, and never done just for fun. Typically companies cut costs when they're feeling squeezed, i.e. they have to. A company with a "mini monopoly
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by hilux 3y ago
It's terrible for your skin.
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by hilux 3y ago
When you own a company, you're responsible for that company's actions. There's no "maybe" about it. Daihatsu is Toyota. You'd have more of a point if the acquisition had happened this year, but Toyota took ma
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by hilux 3y ago
A few years ago I visited the Toyota showroom/museum in Odaiba, near Tokyo. All of their model names (for cars and vans sold in Japan) look like English speling misteaks. It was absolutely hilarious.
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by hilux 3y ago
It seems to be a version without advertising, i.e. without revenue for the provider. I share your desire for such sites, but I'm surprised they exist.
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by hilux 3y ago
I went down an internet rathole on coffee grinders. (I realize you were probably referring to health benefits.) After many hours of this over many months, I finally looked for a comparison of the actual taste of coffee from cheap grinders v
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by hilux 3y ago
Who said anything about reading music?
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by hilux 3y ago
Nowadays (and increasingly, going forward) it's possible to be a very productive programmer without knowing much low-level stuff. This may seem unfair to those who spent years wrestling assembly and then C pointers but that's ju
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by hilux 3y ago
Since they blamed lower sales forecasts in China, I presume you mean the administration of Xi Jinping?
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by hilux 3y ago
Now there's a free MIT online lecture series that goes through the book chapter-by-chapter.
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by hilux 3y ago
Catch-22 could be replaced by Gödel, Escher, Bach .
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by hilux 3y ago
In many jurisdictions, certain words are "regulated" by law, or by an organization which is has legal authority. This is true for titles like "Engineer," and also academic accomplishments like "Bachelors Degree.&quo
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by hilux 3y ago
PM->Dev is not the typical trajectory, although it's one I'm considering. How do you feel about the transition?
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by hilux 3y ago
I've been a PM in a few B2B companies, and the reality of the job was never even close to the ad, i.e. we (PMs) never had authority over either Engineering or Marketing. "Product-led" is today's buzzword, but I'd ha
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by hilux 3y ago
What's the use case for 20Gbps over Wi-Fi? I know that many Mac laptops only support 866 Mbps.
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by hilux 3y ago
Weird. India, Bangladesh, South Africa, and the US are not easier places for most people to manage a "middle-class" lifestyle.

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