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by ljw1001 4y ago
Without peer review, publications without names would be untrusted and untrustworthy, and would probably represent a security issue
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by ljw1001 4y ago
“Back in the early days” being the key phrase.
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by ljw1001 4y ago
I think it’s increasingly likely that technology change will not be fast enough to offset the worst effects of climate change due to the non-linearities in the process, including things like vicious cycles (melting permafrost causing massiv
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by ljw1001 4y ago
I cannot understand why my iPhone, which can both id spam likely calls, and mute calls from unknown numbers cannot mute spam likely calls. This is exactly what I need
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by ljw1001 4y ago
People have always died from cold weather, but now it’s an emergency that justifies accelerating the ruin of the planet through fracking? If people freeze to death because they’re homeless or get lost hiking no amount of cheap energy is goi
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by ljw1001 4y ago
One metaphor two many
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by ljw1001 4y ago
Couldn’t they just write the title as “businesses shouldn’t try to completely eliminate fraud” instead of trying to inflate their argument with this pseudo-academic bullshit? Seriously, “non-zero”? Is the “optimal” amount of fraud sometime
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by ljw1001 4y ago
That they fail regularly is not much of a defense. If they want to make money in Pakistan they should understand the place well enough to avoid facilitating crime.
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by ljw1001 4y ago
No solution is worse than a flawed solution. There are many ways to make progress that aren’t being tried, like using tax code to dissuade Americans from buying SUVs, but those are the only American made cars people buy so there is no actio
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by ljw1001 4y ago
> Americans think it’s great that some dude like Joe Rogan or Elon Musk can make a fortune off being an asshole. Thank you for your service.
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by ljw1001 4y ago
It could also be that milder forms are an asset in an information based economy
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by ljw1001 4y ago
Every team I’ve ever seen converts effort to burn down rate and then into time, because that’s what their bosses care about. Now 50 points per week with a team of five is 10 points per person-week or two points per person-day. So a point is
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by ljw1001 4y ago
There is nothing superstitious about government, money, organizations, etc. This is a fantasy. If you really want to exist as a society of strong individuals (assuming that’s not already a contradiction in terms) in the absence of these con
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by ljw1001 4y ago
Not to mention all those scientists out jet-setting all around the globe in their luxury yachts and private jets
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by ljw1001 4y ago
The cost of banning private jets is too frightening, too terrible to contemplate. Jeff Bezos would have to wait in line at the airport. Also, isn’t the US still the biggest single contributor to greenhouse gasses?
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by ljw1001 4y ago
> Once Google and Facebook started growing it's clear they realized that every talented engineer on the market is a potential threat. You could count on one hand the number of startups that are serious threats to either. And when o
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by ljw1001 4y ago
In science it’s extremely important to confirm expected findings and not just new stuff. Especially when important public health decisions will be made on the basis of those expectations
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by ljw1001 4y ago
Sadly, they will be extinct again in 60.
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by ljw1001 4y ago
If you’re not enjoying the weather this summer you’re already helping to underwrite the cost of the global car culture.
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by ljw1001 4y ago
Great idea. Maybe we should try paying the cost of car travel via gas taxes. We could start by just paying the for the entire road, bridge, and highway network, and then add in the costs associated with climate change.
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by ljw1001 4y ago
Jobs don’t just exist to provide the best possible consumer experience. They are fundamental to individual feelings of self worth and societal stability. Unless you have a replacement for those things, endless automation may ultimately do m
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by ljw1001 4y ago
It’s obvious why he would think it; it’s less obvious why he would say it.
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by ljw1001 4y ago
Ask a bunch of technical people this question and you will be shocked to hear that most prefer technical managers. That’s due at least in part to people placing the highest value on things they are good at. The worst manager I ever had was
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by ljw1001 4y ago
I gave up trying to control my parents a long time ago
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by ljw1001 4y ago
It’s one of the most useless ways to waste energy on a large scale ever invented.
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by ljw1001 4y ago
A team of cryptographers in a Moscow basement is still trying to decipher Charlie Parker.
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by ljw1001 4y ago
Lol. The same money funds uber and proper businesses. They expect to get rich returns on nonsense. When they don’t, they don’t much feel like playing so they take their ball and go home.
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by ljw1001 4y ago
If by mgmt you mean ceo adjacent, sure
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by ljw1001 4y ago
Merlin. The bird identifier app from Cornell. Take some time to stop and smell the birds.
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by ljw1001 4y ago
Twitter is in the outrage business. What’s not to like?

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