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by jacalata 9y ago
It probably wasn't prompted by this thread, but by Scott's previous quotes about how he was, as a nerdy male, among the least privileged in society.
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by jacalata 9y ago
And then you start learning about the different distribution of ownership and access to personal computers among boys and girls, and it looks like the personal computer actually introduced the interest difference. The book Unlocking The Clu
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by jacalata 9y ago
I don't think you need something as serious as an oppressive regime to get into this state. It sounds like an instance of the Abilene paradox - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abilene_paradox
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by jacalata 9y ago
He said "being a nerdy male might not make me “privileged”—that it might even have put me into one of society’s least privileged classes". http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=2091#comment-326664
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by jacalata 9y ago
Perhaps if you were hoping for comments here not to mention it, now was a bad time to post it.
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by jacalata 9y ago
An electric bike doesn't have to mean no pedaling - they can just offer enough assistance to make a long or hilly commute doable, or just make an average commute doable daily by a non-athletic person.
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by jacalata 9y ago
Yes, and more specifically they are hoping to (a) reduce the number of students forced to take remedial classes when they actually were prepared for regular classes and (b) increase the sense of belonging and progress in students who do nee
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by jacalata 9y ago
Nah, it's totally about Damore, he's probably just hoping that using historical analogies will make it harder for him or his commenters to accidentally say something stupid.
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by jacalata 9y ago
You should look up the doctrine of fighting words.
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by jacalata 9y ago
You've never seen code implementing a form to gather names?
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by jacalata 9y ago
> an intelligent evolutionary process Why would anyone believe in this?
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by jacalata 9y ago
What do you want the PM to know about spinning up extra servers?
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by jacalata 9y ago
I believe he is referring to the person who posted that comment.
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by jacalata 9y ago
Some studies* have found that black men with a conviction experience significantly more hiring discrimination than white men, so the pool of "people with convictions struggling to get a job" is probably even more skewed towards bl
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by jacalata 9y ago
Then give the artist tools to fit a normalized audio experience, or build a business that doesn't need listeners.
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by jacalata 9y ago
That almost makes it worse, it keeps the ratio of brand new drivers high. There's only so many people who know the city and want to drive for Uber, and they're outnumbered by those who don't know the city and want to drive.
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by jacalata 9y ago
It's not synonymous but a free market is built on the ability for private parties to make their own choices.
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by jacalata 9y ago
Yes https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/11/the-relationship-betw...
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by jacalata 9y ago
Mm, that doesn't look terribly convincing compared to a real study like this one from Stanford which shows a much lower figure: (link in the article to the full study if you can access it) https://www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F
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by jacalata 9y ago
Do you have a source for the claim that the majority of post college relationships are between colleagues?
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by jacalata 9y ago
It's not machine learning, but the text in other languages also isn't written by a lawyer according to the authors responses in this thread, so the risk of mistranslation and changed legal meanings is still there.
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by jacalata 10y ago
So how much does daycare cost? Or do none of the couples have kids?
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by jacalata 10y ago
a deeper level than Trump? Yes, of course he does.
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by jacalata 10y ago
You seem to be assuming their conclusion was based on only this data point.
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by jacalata 10y ago
There is certainly room for discussion on the personal home exemptions to the asset test, I agree.
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by jacalata 10y ago
We have an old-age pension if your income and assets are below a certain amount: https://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/centrelin...
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by jacalata 10y ago
I once spent two hours driving through a snowstorm in Canada. There's no reason to expect that the conditions which require human attention would only last for a few minutes.
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by jacalata 10y ago
Not necessarily. The Australian superannuation program has compulsory contributions but the money goes into an account in your own name.
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by jacalata 10y ago
I am very curious to know if the alternative toilets he uses are equally accessible to the poorer people he is advocating on behalf of. I know I can walk into any good hotel and be taken for a guest and probably directed to a bathroom, and
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by jacalata 10y ago
Yes, because they do 100% pair programming. When you rely on someone else being there at the same time as you, you need predictable hours. It's possible they don't need to be as fixed as they are, but that's how they've

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