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by jl2718 5y ago
Seems like a quick fix for a CRISPR/CAS9 edit.
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by jl2718 5y ago
Ultra swimming
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by jl2718 5y ago
“Included among those tactics … criticize on social media those who raised questions about military spending and accountability.”
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by jl2718 5y ago
Women’s testosterone rises at this age because estrogen declines, and therefore reduces the inhibitory feedback loop.
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by jl2718 5y ago
Torts?
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by jl2718 5y ago
Abstract doesn’t indicate any correction for age or mortality during the observation period.
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by jl2718 5y ago
‘NIMBY’ is usually in reference to low-income housing projects. I think you would get a lot of ‘YIMBY’ in response to a reasonably well-isolated parking development if it came with removing parked cars from the road.
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by jl2718 5y ago
Too many interviews. Mostly just asking me to solve their problems, and then (mutual) ghosting after about 12 ‘interviews’.
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by jl2718 5y ago
The HN title said “math” but the actual term used was “numeracy”, and the example shows the level tested for.
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by jl2718 5y ago
Not true. Lots of people “not in the labor force” are still looking for a job.
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by jl2718 5y ago
I worked for NASA, and, having gotten to know myself quite well, I’m not sure what all the fuss is about.
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by jl2718 5y ago
33% of working age men and 45% of women are not in the labor force. But the unemployment rate is 5.2%. Hmmm… seems legit.
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by jl2718 5y ago
“Numeracy” Example question from the assessment: “Q1. Imagine that we roll a fair, six‐sided die 1000 times. Out of 1000 rolls, how many times do you think the die would come up as an even number?”
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by jl2718 5y ago
“Fair” enforcement of a legally-enforced tax system is impossible. A just system would be physically impossible to cheat, not legally precarious. Shifting that burden of legal compliance onto the individual is crippling for the society. The
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by jl2718 5y ago
But there will be a huge increase in lawyers and accountants and lobbyists.
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by jl2718 5y ago
This is for personal accounts. Corporates are too expensive to go after.
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by jl2718 5y ago
I got hit with a bunch of paid content from fake cryptocurrency ICOs. “Amazon Coin” for instance, claimed that it was created by Jeff Bezos and offered some special deal. They also seem to actively promote blatant phishing through cute litt
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by jl2718 5y ago
Same problem as TOR; the servers can share information. DNS seems like a good service for homomorphic PIR.
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by jl2718 5y ago
This sounds like old information. Things have been declassified since then.
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by jl2718 5y ago
Turning humans into robots. I went to the Air Force Academy and declined the pilot track because I thought they would be fully remote or automated by the time I graduated. Everything necessary was available and battle-proven already. I’d ha
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by jl2718 5y ago
27% support actual legal tender status for Bitcoin. That is astounding. Democrats more so than Republicans, while the actions of the political parties are very clearly the opposite.
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by jl2718 5y ago
Give the man a break. He’s already overwhelmed by people trying to make him do their laundry.
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by jl2718 5y ago
Knowing nothing about Scientology, it seems to mix a lot of practicality with mysticism as a complete system. Coming from that sort of background, what would you say is the best single source of guidance for a ‘complete system’ of modern pr
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by jl2718 5y ago
Safety is the only differentiator. Sun legally controlled sandboxed execution on PCs, while abandoning it. HTML/JS was a poor substitute for iOS/Dalvik, but the only option without legal issues. The linking issue is important, but
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by jl2718 5y ago
Bitcoin addresses have a checksum. Note that ETH does not.
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by jl2718 5y ago
Because the technical implementation already exists with the highest security guarantees in the world. If they were to build their own WU, they could mess it up or get hacked, most likely by whomever they paid to make or operate it. Also, i
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by jl2718 5y ago
Capturing 100% of global CO2 emissions would cost 75% of global energy production. [1] This neglects the economic, energy, and environmental cost of building the plants. Also the environmental cost of the chemicals used in the process. All
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by jl2718 5y ago
I went to a college that taught CS in ADA, and I never took CS because I tested out of 101, but I ended up fixing attempts at the problem sets for about half my dorm section (this was okay as long as and they documented it). Well anyway, I
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by jl2718 5y ago
I say go for it, but maybe don’t bring anything with you, and don’t leave anything behind.
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by jl2718 5y ago
Fed monetary policy nets CEO $750M bonus.

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