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by jmcgough 6y ago
A lot of things that seemed obvious at the time (spontaneous generation, geocentrism) didn't turn out to be true after being studied.
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by jmcgough 6y ago
I'm not sure about other fields, but in Neuroscience we were taught to follow APA guidelines in our undergrad research fundamentals class. The APA style guide is very specific about things like when to spell out numbers, etc.
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by jmcgough 6y ago
I have had my own frustrations with traditional medicine, so I understand where you're coming from. And I have effectively used "alternative" medicine, like skullcap for anxiety, which has actually shown to be effective in st
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by jmcgough 6y ago
I've seen stuff like this a number of times. Someone gets their opinions horribly warped by well-crafted YouTube videos and graduates to spending a lot of time with like-minded peers on Facebook groups, subreddits or discord, reinforci
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by jmcgough 6y ago
This isn't just about science. Conspiracy theorists and unethical people with agendas use documents like this to support their beliefs, and it becomes impossible to refute them. In the age of social media, misinformation and conspiracy
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by jmcgough 6y ago
The argument is identical to arguments supporting intelligent design, that because it evolved in an unlikely or complex way, it must have been intentionally created. There's a reason we haven't seen a virus like this in a century
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by jmcgough 6y ago
I've only experienced a non-technical manager once - maybe this more common in older, more traditional companies. I don't agree that a manager should spend 80% of their time coding, though. Maybe for smaller teams at early stage s
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by jmcgough 6y ago
I'm building some unobtrusive alerting with mine (they have a public API). I'm bipolar, and less sleep is often correlated with a hypomanic episode. My oura helps me track my overall sleep and see patterns over time. It also shows
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by jmcgough 6y ago
I'm sure the 16th century engineer realized that too and designed it more because it was an amusing idea than anything practical. There's a reason it wasn't built until now.
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Some day it'll get taken down and we'll all be sad.
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by jmcgough 6y ago
It also makes chess way more approachable to see novice players play and see GMs discuss why a move is good or bad. I picked up chess about two weeks ago from watching the tourney, and the streams where GMs give lessons to tournament partic
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by jmcgough 6y ago
It's pretty typical of corrupt demagogues to commit crimes to call others corrupt while they imprison dissenters, etc.
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by jmcgough 6y ago
Most genetic modification by viruses is deleterious, as are most random genetic mutations. Part of endosymbiotic theory is pretty well accepted now (I remember being told in school that mitochondria may have come from prokaryotic cells), bu
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by jmcgough 6y ago
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
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by jmcgough 6y ago
She was commenting on the security concerns around using curl to download and run programs.
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by jmcgough 6y ago
For me as a kid, there was this sense of confusion and whiplash when it came to post-genesis hardware. The CD came out in 92, with no real notable games at launch: Sonic CD came out a year later, and Snatcher + Lunar at the end of its life
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by jmcgough 7y ago
A sizeable chunk (like 1-4%) of our DNA comes from Neanderthals, and there's recent evidence that they produced offspring with humans. The two coexisted and interbred for many years. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2F
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by jmcgough 7y ago
In cities where prices have risen because Airbnb has reduced long-term rentals, it feels more like rent-seeking behavior creating problems than actually providing value because so few can afford to buy.
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by jmcgough 7y ago
Cuomo has already said this iirc; most people who go on a ventilator don't come off of it alive. That doesn't make it pointless to even have ventilators though, a 40% survival rate is certainly better than a 0% survival rate for t
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by jmcgough 7y ago
I have studio cans for music, but these are my dailies. They're so convenient for taking calls and make open offices much more bearable.
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by jmcgough 7y ago
I bought QC 35's a year ago and wish I had sooner. They're very well designed, and reading this makes me respect Bose even more. This is why their brand name is still so trusted.
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by jmcgough 7y ago
Doctors typically go straight to med school from undergrad, which is focused on clinical application, not research.
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by jmcgough 7y ago
I think most people would be sympathetic to your situation, and are having their lives impacted in different ways right now by the pandemic. Have you shared these thoughts with your boss, or with your team? They might be able to help you co
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by jmcgough 7y ago
We have an extreme wealth disparity with many having no savings and no social safety net. We can't force everyone to stay home for months, the economy would collapse. China maintained draconian levels of control - citizens had cards wi
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by jmcgough 7y ago
"The Jungle" in San Jose had 175 at its peak, and that was the largest encampment in the country. SF does monthly tent counts, it's been less than 500 for a while.
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by jmcgough 7y ago
Perhaps not very optimistic but: 1. Climate change is ignored by the US and China (who combined make up half of emissions). It snowballs until it becomes irreversible and catastrophic. 2. Countries lurch from natural disaster to natural dis
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by jmcgough 7y ago
If they were successful in developing the tech behind the scenes while they were faking it, no one would be saying that. They'd say how brilliant Holmes is, how driven and business-savvy she was to use a stop-gap solution. I've se
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by jmcgough 7y ago
You are not the primary target audience for the article. The many colorodoans who have read his column for years have the context to understand what his title is referencing. I think it's a way more compelling than a more straightforwa
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by jmcgough 7y ago
Also highly recommend this. Unlike some other books, it's highly tailored towards being a leader at a tech startup, and has great, specific advice. It's also broken down by chapter, so you can read the bits that are relevant for y

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