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by jyounker 2y ago
When you get a scrape and you bleed, thousands of your cells burst forth and die. Each has the same set of information necessary to rebuild an entire person. Have you committed mass murder?
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by jyounker 2y ago
For the most part epigenetic traits seem to be transmitted by DNA too. Rather than being encoded in the pattern of base pairs, the epigenetic changes are made by slightly modifying the structure of individual bases. Think of it as adding ta
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by jyounker 2y ago
Which of course actually means nothing. Being against DEI is just a coded way of saying, "we don't want to compete with women and non-white people".
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It's not a trick though. It's normal Python code. It's so common that you don't even think about it. It's just how equality comparisons work in the language.
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As someone who trained in mathematics, I would 100% say that mathematicians would evaluate it as true. It's not the cleanest way to write it, but intent is clear.
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by jyounker 2y ago
TL;DR; Declares claim that "that feature is only good for specific rare workloads" is odd. Justifies that statement by pointing out that the feature works well of their specific rare workload.
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by jyounker 2y ago
I wrote intentionally bad sorting algorithms for a while. One worked by making a random interchange, and then checking to see if the list was sorted. I refer to this as the minimal maximally stupid sort. You to be inventive to get a sorting
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by jyounker 2y ago
There is an easy solution: Don't require residency for employment. Everyone is entitled to full protections of labor law, document immigrant or not. This eliminates much of the incentive to abuse non-documented labor. Then make it even
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When they leave their country it's called Brain Drain.
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It sounds like you're having a hard time, but I'm not sure you're assessing your situation accurately. Thirty-five is not when age discrimination kicks in. Age-wise it is the sweet spot. People have had enough time to master
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by jyounker 3y ago
It's more like summary of a 30+ year research program with many many many academic papers behind it. He's a leading theoretician of complex systems, and this is probably intended to wrap up his work before he dies, and to provide
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by jyounker 3y ago
I went I read the first few paragraphs I thought, "Is someone ripping off Stuart Kaufmann? He was writing about this idea thirty years ago." Then I read the first author: Stuart Kaufmann. For those of you following along at home,
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by jyounker 3y ago
An expected phase transition in this context is stochastic. The transition to order is expected, and there are bulk properties that are the same on each run, but the exact details differ each time.
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by jyounker 3y ago
I was really turned off by the mention of Kant at first, but reading on it's relevant to the discussion. This is a real scientist applying Kant's idea to real phenomena in a useful way. Please read the paper in detail.
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by jyounker 3y ago
The first author is Stuart Kaufmann: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Kauffman Not a crackpot.
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by jyounker 3y ago
Readers should be aware that The Quillette has been known to produce things which are strictly propaganda, and to take what they write with a significant grain of salt. An example would be their description of the Cider Riot confrontation i
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by jyounker 3y ago
The poster is referring to estimation, which is different than planning. Estimating is hard, and requires a many people working together. It can be done for a group, but not for individuals. In many places estimates are actually lies. There
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by jyounker 3y ago
After 30 years in the job, I say that the poster you're responding to is just realistic. I love my job. I love what I do, but it's worth remembering that it's just a job. There is so much more to life.
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by jyounker 3y ago
The poster's entire article is based on a strawman. The "Defund The Police" movement has very specific and very well documented goals: Use police only for law-enforcement, and use specialized responders for non-law enforcem
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by jyounker 3y ago
> Redefining words in order to win arguments. Nice. Defunding means exactly > that. I know this because that is what happened to the police forces that > were defunded. Not entirely defunded, but they ended up with less money >
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by jyounker 3y ago
Thank you! "Data catalog" is indeed the magic phrase I was looking for.
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by jyounker 3y ago
Its very easy to look at your own time, and the particular details of your time, and see something unique and special, but it's rarely true. The quick-talking-stream-of-connsciousness bullshitter aptly describes snake oil salesman and
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by jyounker 3y ago
Assassination as a Service?
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Ask HN: Looking for DB schema management tool
3 points by jyounker 3y ago|2 comments
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by jyounker 3y ago
Because it's a euphemism for "killing innocent people".
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Ask HN: Looking for turnkey Python application back end
3 points by jyounker 3y ago|2 comments
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by jyounker 3y ago
Pigeons aren't a problem. Killing off pigeon predators is a problem.
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Same thing. Just more colorful. At least to our eyes.
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by jyounker 3y ago
So true. So sad.
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Why it's hard to pay your taxes(npr.org)
1 points by jyounker 3y ago|3 comments

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