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by liamconnell 4y ago
I go back and forth on the push for carbon neutrality for large companies (as opposed to some form of carbon tax). I'll give a few examples that I've seen first-hand in my work as a consultant. 1. A large state-owned African agric
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by liamconnell 7y ago
Krugman also claimed in the same article that Capital in the 20th century was not fully read by most "Like A Brief History of Time". He is right that Piketty's first book is probably just worth it for the introduction and mos
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by liamconnell 7y ago
Interestingly, the moment when property was supposedly deemed sacred was the end of the 18th century ("Life, liberty, estate", derived from Locke but was codified in society with the US Constitution and French Revolution). This i
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by liamconnell 8y ago
> the engineering-related department consuming the ETL’s output should likely be the ones writing/maintaining it. This is exactly the author's point. The Data Scientists are consuming the ETL's output, so they should learn
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by liamconnell 10y ago
Many muslims also believe that the beauty of the Quran's poetry is proof of the existence of God. Although they believe it is explained by the prophetic status of Muhammad, I've always found the belief to be surprisingly humanist
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by liamconnell 10y ago
I'm seeing a lot of comments about the lack of non-MNIST neural network tutorials. Well here's mine. It uses financial data and the goal is to build a trading strategy. Its a work in progress and comments/criticism is welcome
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by liamconnell 10y ago
Anyone have an argument (or the argument Tainter provides) for whether the "trick" that a civilization exploits has to be (1) singular, (2) original, or (3) not exploitable by contemporary civilizations? And who wants to chime in
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by liamconnell 10y ago
> You have to get the amount of salt right Correction: you have to simultaneously have TOO MUCH salt and TOO LITTLE salt. I read David Chang one time... (just practicing how to spin this article for maximum snobbery)
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by liamconnell 10y ago
I studied under the author of this book [1] and I can anecdotally say that I finished with a very strong understanding of the subject. Learning linear algebra and being able to whip out some of the less common theorems has been very valuabl
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by liamconnell 10y ago
I think its about putting the next generation to work. The Chinese model of manufacturing, which has really been the world's model for two decades, is that cheap labor is more economical than technologically advanced industrial robots.
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by liamconnell 11y ago
> Look around you. Every single item you see was given to you by "capitalism". If (god forbid) you or a loved one gets sick in America, "capitalism" will also take away everything you own to pay medical bills. If you
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by liamconnell 11y ago
> did the large banks really attack risk systemically? Or did they just line up their bets all in the same direction? Again they're banks so they don't really line up their bets at all. Like you said, they are mostly making con
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by liamconnell 11y ago
Making a connection inherits risk. On a small scale, a bank loans money to people and then packages those investments into financial assets which it sells to investors who want to buy it. The mortgages HAVE to be packaged otherwise the inv
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by liamconnell 11y ago
I think the bar is a LITTLE higher now. If I could add one skill, its being able to read math language. It's a great skill to be able to read about a new technique on arxiv or a blog and be able to understand it beyond the surface leve
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by liamconnell 11y ago
> Few academics and laymen regard romantic love as an addiction I think dozens on pop songs say otherwise. Jazz: "Like someone in love" "you go to my head" Pop: Kelly Clarkson's "Addicted", Kanye'
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by liamconnell 11y ago
> It is either true (and then it'd still true be even if you dislike it) or false (and then that's the important aspect), or maybe something in between that requires some clarifying. Well first off I dont think anyone's go
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by liamconnell 11y ago
So glad you called that out, I was about to do the same thing. The authors had extremely narrow and simplistic views, especially considering that they carry such lofty tiles as Philosopher and Writer. And at the end of the day, its their na
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by liamconnell 11y ago
Based on economic incentives, I would guess that the mining industry would conquer the new frontier way before any commercial space travel for humans--one way or two way. Unfortunately the mining industry today is the scummiest on earth. I
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by liamconnell 11y ago
Number 3 doesnt sound like a good idea. It seems like a way to ghettoize a large part of the population. The fact is that there will always be competition to be living physically close to the best community, so a low-cost urban center in th
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by liamconnell 11y ago
One of the author's first arguments is a common one, but one that I think is an oversimplification: That after WWI art started depicting the awfulness that Europeans had suddenly been exposed to, and therefore became "unpatronable
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by liamconnell 11y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprezzatura
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by liamconnell 11y ago
Nah I hate that kind of thinking. Someone or some group of people have to be deemed responsible. Here's my thought process with this: So in China, and every country there are a few relevant players. Farmers, farm owners, politicians, a
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by liamconnell 11y ago
Just had myself an asado (barbecue) here in Buenos Aires the other day! :) A few things about the culture and article: The meat is not universally great. One has to find the right butcher- he will be a lifelong friend. Also, the chicken her
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by liamconnell 11y ago
Ok, the title of the article might be misleading, but I suggest you actually read the article, because it talks about the evolution of the microbial community that lives inside you, not your genome at all. To paraphrase the study by Sonnenb
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by liamconnell 11y ago
This comment is completely unacceptable and racist at its core. > ignorant majority ethnic group In fact Indonesia is has thousands of native tribes that constitute many different ethnic groups with a huge diversity of cultures and langu
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by liamconnell 11y ago
> Almost all diseases that happen after a species' reproductive age is very difficult to select out either in a positive or negative way unless it happens to be strongly genetically linked (either through sharing genes or being very
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by liamconnell 11y ago
I'm with you. I think that maybe we take in media passively so often these days (movies, music, radio) that when left to our own devices our mind get a little too excited.
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by liamconnell 11y ago
Someone correct me if I'm way off, but I've been thinking that leveraged markets and margin trading have more of a negative effect than just creating risk of a domino effect. They also resist change (change that is sometimes neede
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by liamconnell 11y ago
Great article. At the risk of fear mongering, the point about supermarkets was very powerful. "Greed is good" is fine until the money controls the entire infrastructure of society. I live in Argentina, where so many factories were
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by liamconnell 11y ago
Upvoted because its well thought-out, but here's what I'm thinkin... > If you get rid of the ad revenue, you reduce the velocity of the crap engine, and then good content can again be successful on a subscription model. Sounds

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