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by khawkins 7y ago
Actions like these unite communities under a common threat. Voices of moderation and internal division is reduced as they fight for their common space. The people who are saying "it's us v.s. society at large" are lionized
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by khawkins 7y ago
"Dogmatic viewpoints" are the real cancer on society. Actually "lupus" might be a more apt comparison. Take a very broad issue like "advertising", which nearly everyone has had a negative experience with but p
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by khawkins 7y ago
Most science isn't accurate, that's why it's filled with p-values. They're often only reporting the mere hint of an effect which allows them to distinguish between a control and experimental population. Polygraphs are al
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by khawkins 7y ago
There's a lot of hyperbolic claims being made in the article and these comments which seem unsupported by science. The answer to the question, "can polygraphs be utilized to draw out truth?", is a resounding yes: >Notwith
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by khawkins 7y ago
As someone currently dealing with chronic pain, suits like this are highly aggravating. It's just another front of the failed drug war. People who need pain relief get screwed as doctors, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies treat
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by khawkins 7y ago
Anyone else disgusted by the thought of a special club of well-connected journos and socialites elevating the status and relevance of themselves and their group to national levels, because they have the powerful influence of national media?
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by khawkins 7y ago
It's the abject desperation of a media group in full tail-spin. Not only is their journalism constantly in the mud but their jobs are in constant peril. They're projecting the tanking of their own industry onto the industry they c
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by khawkins 7y ago
I disagree that it is a lack of industry exposure. "Best practices, norms, testing, etc." is a waste of time when you develop well written code that doesn't produce good results. After months of tweaking even a good foundat
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by khawkins 7y ago
This argument is akin to the argument that the LHC might create a black hole that will destroy the world. "Scientists might do something that will destroy us all and I know this because I read a few sci-fi novels and read a few popsci
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by khawkins 7y ago
Totally fair analysis and I don't disagree at all. I will add, however, that there are a few points that detract from this take. First of all, when a company aggressively invests in hard capital, innovation, or advertising, they'r
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by khawkins 7y ago
I'm always extremely disappointed by the marketing of extremely expensive engineering kits and robots towards education. Most of the practical learning to be had is in figuring out how to make the thing work. The kits become little mo
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by khawkins 7y ago
This isn't progress, it's tossing out centuries of financial regulations, monetary theory, and power structures to give a consortium of businesses more power than nations. They're trying to set up what is effectively a globa
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by khawkins 7y ago
Nearly the entire subreddit is playing by the rules. If the actions of a minuscule percentage of anonymous social media accounts can result in the destruction of entire political forums, then this establishes a dangerous precedent. You ca
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by khawkins 7y ago
"Fake news" isn't the problem, it's the symptom of a mainstream media landscape which has sacrificed its credibility for partisanship, activism, and sensationalism. People are willing to believe new sources because they
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by khawkins 7y ago
Exploding doesn't just mean increasing, it means accelerating. No one would look at that graph and say the rate is increasing. No doubt they excluded it from their article, and instead chose to cherry-pick years like you're sayi
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by khawkins 7y ago
Bullshit, they're not exploding. Lyme disease confirmed cases are occurring at roughly the same rate in 2017 as 2007. Look at the CDC data yourself: https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/graphs.html
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by khawkins 7y ago
If getting "threatening messages" from anonymous social media accounts is the standard we're going to apply to whether or not we can talk about corruption of power, say goodbye to free speech. Imagine an oil executive saying
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by khawkins 7y ago
This certainly begs the question as to whether she sought out the FCC position in hopes of directing Federal money towards projects like hers. It seems like she was desperate to cover up her fraud for 2 years, and especially around the tim
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by khawkins 7y ago
I love how many paper titles nowadays follow the pattern: "Deep-<topic>: <Actual title of the paper>". And often they aren't doing anything "deeper" than a fully-connected multilayer neural network--a m
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by khawkins 7y ago
One of the big challenges for university researchers is trying to find talent and dedication in the enormous pool of undergrads and masters students. Nearly every professor relies heavily on the recommendation system or grabbing from the p
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by khawkins 7y ago
The point of the article is that hype of most of these technologies doesn't nearly compare to the hype of 7 years ago. We've had smart phones, AWS, deep learning, promises of AR, crypto, etc. for at least that long, and nearly al
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by khawkins 7y ago
Most academics spend the rest of the time they're not doing research trying to simplify their jumbled ideas so that academics in their field can understand it. Most of the "epiphanies" you'll see presented in TED talks
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by khawkins 7y ago
Legislating such a micropayments system would centralize the monetization of internet services in a way unprecedented since the advent of the internet. If you're worried a lack of Net Neutrality would suppress free speech, this would s
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by khawkins 7y ago
You haven't convinced me that the data they collect can harm you as an individual. How is your life actually negatively impacted? How is this a more rational concern than conspiracy theorists thinking the government is monitoring the
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by khawkins 7y ago
I really don't understand the extreme hostility to data collection and data markets. No one likes ads, but no one wants to have to pay a subscription fee to every single site on the internet. If I'm going to see ads, I'd rath
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by khawkins 7y ago
This isn't "progress", it's the silicon valley oligopoly on traffic data trying to maintain its position through legislation. If we're going to hold as a societal standard that it's okay for companies to sell
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by khawkins 7y ago
The Louvre pyramid itself is a beautiful structure and it is certainly a sight to see. That being said, its placement in a courtyard surrounded by strikingly beautiful and unique French Renaissance architecture is a testament to modern arro
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by khawkins 7y ago
The SAT itself has been shown to be a poor measure of performance in college when compared to high school GPA or the challenge level of the coursework offered [1]. Instead of trying to turn students into numbers, we should demand college a
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by khawkins 7y ago
I think the fact that he sided with the liberal justices in favor of Planned Parenthood was less expected [1]. Especially considering his hearings were plagued with disruptions and protests from pro-choice activists. [1] https:/&#x2F
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The holocaust was an event witnessed by countless individuals, complete with historical documents and physical evidence of concentration camps. The moon landing was witnessed by a few dozen people, but supported by the efforts of many engi

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