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by josh_fyi 5y ago
There is a counter-signaling effect. The people who are so good that they do not need a certification to prove themselves, do not get one. So getting one is a signal that you have something to prove. That said, it's good for juniors wh
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by josh_fyi 5y ago
There goes £125 million!
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And at the same time, blacklisted a Russian and a Singaporean company -- which are treated as far less newsworthy. https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-blacklists-four-compan...
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by josh_fyi 5y ago
Jews have lived in Europe for 2000 years. Who's importing whom? https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/what-disraeli-actua... "In the course of his unrestrained invective, he referred to Disraeli’s Jewish ancest
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Israel has offered help. 8n fact, Israel is offering help even if Lebanon does not make peace with Israel or recognize its existence. Aid would be passed through intermediaries https://www.timesofisrael.com/gantz-offers-leba
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by josh_fyi 5y ago
Just $30 to view it!
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by josh_fyi 5y ago
Upper classes get annoyed when nouveau riche show off their wealth, and so impose restrictions by class.
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by josh_fyi 5y ago
When all managers suddenly change their "green" report to "red", it is because no one wants to be the first to admit defeat, so they informally coordinate, even with the vaguest of hints, to all do so at once.
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by josh_fyi 5y ago
It is very rare to get 10x recognition on legacy systems, in contrast to what this article states.
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by josh_fyi 5y ago
Here in Israel, if you go to the ER without are for referral from an urgent care clinic and the issue is found to be minor, you pay $140. Enough to deter frivolous cases, but not crippling.
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by josh_fyi 5y ago
Why do arbitrators ever act fairly? They are chosen and paid by one side, who does this many times.
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by josh_fyi 5y ago
I wonder how many product designers read this as a learning opportunity. This site clearly states that dark patterns are effective (if evil).
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by josh_fyi 5y ago
Burglars can crack or steal safes. I wouldn't keep my life savings in one.
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by josh_fyi 5y ago
It is inspected weekly before the Sabbath and fixed, or if it can't be, an announcement is made.
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by josh_fyi 5y ago
Is a night pot a chamber pot or a toke?
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by josh_fyi 6y ago
There were deals between the Soviet Union and the United States that each one would place its books in school libraries of the other. The magazine Soviet Life is the best known item placed by this program. Wonder what access Soviet children
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by josh_fyi 6y ago
This has not been my experience. It's quite easy to send money to any bank account even in another Bank. The online portal at my bank is pretty easy to use
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by josh_fyi 6y ago
Foreign powers did not create Israel. Jews did. > carved out a new action state to give to Native Americans I rather like the idea that Native Americans could have their own country if they choose, as Jews do now, something better than r
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by josh_fyi 6y ago
Asimov says "Tyrannies have worked very well without computers (consider the Nazis)". The Nazis made extensive use of IBM proto-computers (card sorters) for tracking and processing their victims. https://en.wikipedia.or
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by josh_fyi 6y ago
That's wonderful! The guarantees will give the drug companies incentive to sell to these countries at a relatively lower price than the free market will bear. Since there is not enough vaccine yet, even at incredible ramp-up speeds, th
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by josh_fyi 6y ago
They got the deal by quickly offering Pfizer and Moderna (not the devil) whatever they asked: More money (but ~$40 instead of ~$20 per dose is trivial, to both sides), indemnification, and data.
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by josh_fyi 6y ago
SlateStarCodex had the anti neoreactionary FAQ, the best such writing around.
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by josh_fyi 6y ago
It's not a free market. The US health system is highly regulated, and most importantly, there is a huge tax incentive for health care to be paid for not by individuals but by employers who buy full coverage.
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by josh_fyi 6y ago
Germany is a special case. Recognizing that exceptions to freedom of speech are problematic and can lead to slippery slopes, Germany considers its history to show that they are unable to handle and restrain Nazism under the usual democr
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by josh_fyi 6y ago
To do it non-cynically, you would need to, by coincidence, truly want to do exactly those things that are needed to get in: the same causes, organizations, and activities. That coincidence is unlikely.
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by josh_fyi 6y ago
Please tag this as 2012. It would be interesting to see a summary of this issue since then -- has Amazon made this into a regular problem for their customers?
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by josh_fyi 6y ago
I'd like to see more of this. Egan's work got more mathematical and harder to understand as the years went by. Not that I'd want him to dumb it down, but explanations are appreciated.
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by josh_fyi 6y ago
Yes. This hotel got confiscated on that basis. Welcome to America! https://www.wbur.org/news/2012/11/14/tewksbury-motel-owner-f...
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by josh_fyi 6y ago
Can't help but think of Douglas Adams' masterpiece "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe": "A dreadful silence fell across the conference table as the commander of the Vl'hurgs, resplendent in his black je
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by josh_fyi 6y ago
To the extent that these discounts target students at accredited universities in rich countries (and not non-accredited schools or pool countries), the discounts achieve exactly the goal of hooking low-income students who will later have g

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