majos

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by majos 7y ago
Are you talking about math/CS theory or a more empirical field like economics or physics? Peer review is not perfect, but to the best of my knowledge long-standing errors in published work are still pretty rare. Especially because inco
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by majos 7y ago
I'm curious, if you think that this big problem has a simple solution, why do you think that the solution has not been widely adopted?
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by majos 7y ago
Do HAM radio operators write scripts, pay people to appear, generally...put on entertainment? I’m genuinely asking. I thought HAM radio was mostly chatting, or occasionally broadcasting useful info during a disaster. Also: note that restric
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by majos 7y ago
Based on my strictly amateur readings of research in archaeology and historical anthropology, they’re more contentious than I expected. People who jump to unsupported conclusions draw public criticism. There are many papers along the lines
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by majos 7y ago
Yikes. > Male Dancers and Choreographers partner with: Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years
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by majos 7y ago
But this is a terrible way to live. You’ll never be vulnerable with anybody, and vulnerability is a big component of close relationships.
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by majos 7y ago
I'd be very curious about any study about outcomes for good school-type kids (i.e., ones whose parents could afford to buy a nice house and send them to a good school) who go to schools in poor neighborhoods. Does anyone know of such a
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by majos 7y ago
Now? I've been seeing Hurley, Billabong, etc. clothes in downmarket retailers like Ross and TJ Maxx for at least a decade.
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by majos 7y ago
1. it’s good to flag clearly false statements 2. it’s not a “fact it’s easy to have good ratios when your country is tiny”?
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by majos 7y ago
He also briefly interned at Merrill Lynch during the 2011 NBA lockout while the league and players’ union negotiated a new deal. It’s on his LinkedIn page [1]. [1] https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreiguodala
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by majos 7y ago
I learned about a similar concept in my high school world history class of all places. Except that was for nomadic traders in north Africa and the Arabian peninsula. The first generation could traipse endlessly across the desert and build a
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by majos 7y ago
I guess this falls under the "Dumb Starbucks" defense?
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by majos 7y ago
What do people usually do afterward?
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by majos 7y ago
What do you think is the split between these stories? How many gigs/how much revenue fall into bucket one vs bucket two, if you had to guess?
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by majos 7y ago
> I find it amusing that we recognize grand masters in chess and elite performs in other fields, but don't wish to acknowledge that such people exist in our fields. It’s easy to rank people playing a zero-sum game where the only thi
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by majos 7y ago
I only realized in the past year or so that much news isn’t that helpful to consume. And this from somebody who gets most news from a print Economist weekly. On reflection, many stories go like “here are some things that happened, it’s abou
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by majos 7y ago
If person x always wants to/is ready to hang out with person y, person y may soon wonder why person x doesn’t have better things to do. They could hang out with other people, cultivate hobbies, do work, etc. The continual choosing of h
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by majos 7y ago
A stylistically different example is One Central Park in Sydney [1], which appears to still be going strong. Although I don't know what the maintenance for it is like. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Central_
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by majos 7y ago
It's interesting to look at these slides because I so strongly prefer simple straightforward "ugly" presentations to slick vector art ones that include a timeline from 9000 BC. Slick presentations prime my "this is BS&qu
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by majos 7y ago
That's strange. It seems not only wasteful but much riskier. Do you have some guess for why they operate that way?
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by majos 7y ago
Confused about one point, if he can build wildly downloaded games why doesn't he just do that legitimately? Or are those numbers somehow fake?
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by majos 7y ago
A while back I read a little theory that the reason "so easy your mom can use it" is a thing is that older men are less likely to experiment with new stuff in the first place than older women. I have no evidence for this beyond se
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by majos 7y ago
Curious, does anyone know where these spots are? My understanding is that the referees basically move in a fluid triangle [1]. But I also don't know of a public NBA referee's handbook. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/
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by majos 7y ago
So if I can produce evidence that a famous computer scientist likes Kobe, that's all it takes?
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by majos 7y ago
I know "meta-commentary" is generally frowned upon on HN, but a quick question to people considering flagging: why is this flaggable, but Terry Jones' obituary from last week [1] is not? [1] https://news.ycombinato
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by majos 7y ago
To the best of my knowledge, there are no papers about "we deployed this big ethical system in the wild", although some of the big companies have begun testing similar internal efforts on a small scale. A lack of public efforts se
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by majos 7y ago
Can someone explain why “Kobe Bryant has died” submissions seem to all be getting deleted, but the ones that approach it from a tangent (like this one) aren’t? I have seen plenty of “x has died” posts on HN for people who ostensibly have no
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by majos 7y ago
If it’s unnecessary and you consume it (YouTube with ads), doesn’t this imply that it doesn’t suck? Dollar Store, sure, sometimes people need to buy cheap food. But using YouTube is optional.
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by majos 7y ago
Your first analogy might make more sense if people loved to acquire free bad houses and then complained that good houses cost money.
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by majos 7y ago
Thanks for the posts, they’re good context. I am similar to other people in this thread in that I am not a journalist and I fed journalism Twitter...disappointing. But your posts made me think a little more. One question, you touched on thi

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