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The Futility of Cross-System Integration Testing (2017)(draconianoverlord.com)
1 points by l2silver 2y ago|0 comments
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by l2silver 2y ago
Yeah that's a pretty good assessment. There are so many ways to deal with this issue, and so many different implementations of this approach that could have worked better. Just makes you wonder what anyone was thinking here.
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The Perverse Consequences of Tuition-Free Medical School(theatlantic.com)
6 points by l2silver 2y ago|2 comments
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by l2silver 2y ago
I'm very jealous of the cegep program, as a resident of neighbouring Ontario. For all my Quebec friends, it just seemed like an amazing way to test different experiences before committing to a degree. In addition, the work you do in ce
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by l2silver 2y ago
> Some people feel cheated when medication allows others to "effortlessly" join this social club, and then become vile and hateful in response. I don't think this is just about a social club. Battling weight loss and habit
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The Reason People Aren't Having Kids(theatlantic.com)
2 points by l2silver 2y ago|0 comments
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by l2silver 2y ago
In my experience, it's very rare that you're in a job that requires you to come up with a solution to a problem no one has ever dealt with before. Custom solutions are often a sign the engineers in question didn't do the appr
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A Remarkable School-Choice Experiment(theatlantic.com)
2 points by l2silver 2y ago|0 comments
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by l2silver 2y ago
I agree with the urban planning bias here, especially the idea that you shouldn't build more roads to fight congestion because more people will use them, and thus they'll reach the same saturation point anyways. Mind boggling that
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by l2silver 3y ago
Creating a separate for-profit arm is trivially easy.
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by l2silver 3y ago
I love articles like this. Short, concise, and filled with interesting and unique tips instead of the usual cliche dribble. I particularly loved the outlining of Zack's methods.
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by l2silver 3y ago
It's easy enough to find high-potential people. The problem is how long they'll stay. If they stay for a couple of years, great, I'll take it. But anything less than that, and you're probably not recuperating the cost of
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by l2silver 3y ago
The article mentions MBAs graduating from top schools not being able to find a job in a tough job market, but obviously this problem is as old as time for MBA graduating any given year. One of the issues is that the MBA is a money maker for
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Ask HN: Is there any technology that helped you as a poor person?
2 points by l2silver 3y ago|3 comments
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by l2silver 3y ago
Anyone else a bit skeptical?
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World-first gene therapy for 2 blood disorders – sickle cell and thalassemia(cbc.ca)
2 points by l2silver 3y ago|0 comments
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by l2silver 3y ago
You win. Wow.
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by l2silver 3y ago
Oh god that's a depressing statement and implication.
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Ask HN: What was the longest you stuck with a project that failed?
2 points by l2silver 3y ago|5 comments
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by l2silver 3y ago
How We Changed Toronto: The inside story of twelve creative, tumultuous years in civic life, 1969-1980 Accidental City: The Transformation of Toronto Unbuilt Toronto: A History of the City That Might Have Been
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Ask HN: Best non-crypto non-personal-home investment you ever made and why?
24 points by l2silver 3y ago|20 comments
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by l2silver 3y ago
haha, how do you add more than 30 tags to an instagram post
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by l2silver 3y ago
that's some nifty work
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by l2silver 3y ago
Maybe not, you never know... But you're probably right.
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by l2silver 3y ago
Haha, that's amazing. Simple but effective, and not a bad cause either.
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Ask HN: Oh my god Is anyone on this plane a computer programmer?
6 points by l2silver 3y ago|10 comments
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by l2silver 3y ago
This is gonna be a weak comment because I can't find references, but whatever. I remember listening to a podcast recently that compared boys and girls in school. The takeaway was that girls generally try to do all of the work, whereas
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by l2silver 3y ago
If you think racoons are cool, you're definitely not from Toronto.
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by l2silver 3y ago
I can't believe people like you exist. Just a handful of amazing projects
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by l2silver 3y ago
That's really sweet. I think I remember a scene from the TV show Normal People where something similar happens.

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