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It’s amazing how much value this company has built on top of R. In my opinion they’ve done more for R than pandas and numpy has for python.
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The author mentioned that they have lots of time but cannot commit to new hobbies. This does not seem like a problem due to remote work. Presumably, working in office still permits people with time to pursue hobbies. Or are the number of ho
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the armies that fought and lost don’t really think back on those times with such rose tinted glasses. Especially since they probably suffered heavy losses. The dead also don’t get to tell their side of the story. Workers who grind at Startu
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I have a problem with the MacBook butterfly keyboard, but it was during pandemic and it would have been extremely difficult to get it repaired (no Apple stories were open). Warranty is now expired, is it still possible to get it repaired wi
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The way academics and VCs handle the stochastic nature of research and innovation (eg only a small fraction of ideas end up working) is to hire many people ready to devote all their energy to one or two projects. That way you have multiple
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There are countless startups with similarly intense work environments but where the startup fails in the end. In that situation, the story here would sound straight up depressing. The only reason this story is even publishable is because of
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Doubling headcount may not solve your problem and can even delay projects because of the overhead for every added person. People in video game industry now this. You can actually delay a video game release by hiring more people on the team.
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They got more than pizzas… they built a new ecosystem for enabling e-commerce. Second they are probably rich enough to not have to work ever again after their 5 year stint at stripe. if Stripe did not become a success the story would not ha
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One should show to Asians how much some of these American versions of tofu are being sold at high end supermarkets like whole foods. Tofu is a poor mans food (a bit like Asian milk free version of cheese), but companies have repackaged it t
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You’re saying a white woman from upper class family is getting lumped into a group that is treated better than man immigrating from Cambodia ? Not sure what kind of grievances white women from upper class families were suffering from but it
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Cheese is a common inexpensive staple in Europe. You’re overpaying for cheese.
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I think the feeling is analogous to people who love music but hate writing jingles for commercials, or people who love painting but hate decorative painting peoples homes. I guess the obvious one analogy is people may love writing, but hate
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Thanks for the insight, although this does not sound nearly as elitist as the French, UK, Chinese, and American university systems. Netherlands seems fairly egalitarian by contrast to these other systems.
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These are hard to predict. However you always have the option to react. The best way to react to news such as chip shortage, fertiliser shortage, wheat shortage, high prices in oil, is to sell once you hear the news. Of course one would nee
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Two reasons : 1) Because large effects are more robust than tiny effects to things like researcher bias, choice of statistical methods, and experimental error. 2) because perturbing large effects are more likely to see real world difference
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One can definitely figure out which kids were coming from troubled homes. Teachers often notice outlier behaviours and report them to higher ups to get help for these children. The effect of having loving parents completely dominates whethe
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Curious , what are the schools in Netherlands that are considered exclusive? I always thought Netherlands university was not selective.
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This sounds wrong. Old money people are not working at FAANGs, they’re investing in them. Old money people have enough wealth where you don’t need to code in an open office 60 hours a week. That is for the working class.
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If people have looked this hard and have found only tiny effects like 2 or 3 iq points, it suggests the effect is probably closer to zero due to scientists tendency to lean towards significance. Maybe one way to think about it is this: walk
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Another perverse dynamic: higher rates mean less new developments. Supply stays the same while demand grows in places like NYC would also increase rents.
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I’m totally binging now on this TV series, it’s great so far!
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Browsing open culture I realised there is enough free content to last several life times … why do you think people still pay for content like books, music, movies if the classics are good and free? Is it a marketing problem ?
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R was originally intended for statisticians, while Mathematica is more for math and physics. For data science, R is probably better, just because of the wide range of common and niche statistics software.
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This article talks about people at the very top. The phenomenon is definitely not modern or American specific. The people who are winning awards and accolades (aka “making it”) would literally still be doing what they’re doing if they did n
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I think you’ve hit on the concept when humans in the loop are needed. For many black box systems, the average performance may be comparable or better than humans, but when errors occur, they should fail predictably. If systems fail unpredic
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Is it jarring even for people without perfect pitch? I would have imagined it would only matter for people who can actually distinguish 440hz vs 425 hz etc...
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Is it possible to search by performer? I searched Helene Grimaud, Glenn Gould, and Hilary Hahn but no results.
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Although computer science is not software engineering, the theory underlying design and analysis of algorithms will outlive any specific programming language that implements them. Perhaps it would be good to get more into the theory of the
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The pilot flying your airplane would disagree. The chefs cooking your meals at restaurants would disagree. Your surgeon would definitely disagree. I could go on.
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There is also a larger fraction Of households where both parents work compared to 50 years ago

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