maxkwallace

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by maxkwallace 8y ago
For sure it's debatable but this is simply not true: > Studies show that women have the same hard coded visceral, visual sexual physiological response as men I don't know what studies you're looking at but you're misi
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
Your comment is simply veiled misogyny.
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
I don't know what "post-structuralism" means and I don't know the supposed tenets you're referring to. But I agree you can also make an economic argument for why marriage has been an enduring institution in society
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
Enforced monogamy + the risk of pregnancy is not a "solution". The risk of pregnancy is a biological fact with far more severe penalties for women. Enforced monogamy in western societies is part of a broader history of social cont
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
Reading through the comments, there's a shared narrative that emerges: Tinder, etc. leads to a skewed distribution of access to sexual partners based on attractiveness, which leads to unattractive men not having as many partners, which
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
Thanks for the link. I think things are more complicated than what you've said. There may be good reasons to donate to a candidate who wouldn't support these ideas if that donation could nevertheless help sway their views on the i
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
If you flip it around, it I think it's also entirely reasonable that many of these people only feel like they can criticize things after they've made their money. Or they know we wouldn't listen to them beforehand. I'm n
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
Humans are social creatures; we can't live on code alone. If you come from an underrepresented demographic or have interests or social preferences outside the mainstream of the profession, it will be harder to fulfill your need for soc
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
On average, they must be less wasteful simply because their tuition is so much lower. There's lower margins so less room for waste. They are also not a luxury good (college is) so they are more subject to market pressures.
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
In principle I agree, but in practice, it seems like private lenders are empirically doing a bad job evaluating risk. Rates for private loans are so high they can only be explained by a high default rate, even among "low-risk" dem
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
Generally very concerned, but it depends on who you talk to. It's extremely, extremely unlikely China would take any sort of violent military action to bring this about. More likely to continue be a long process of exerting geopolitica
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
Well in that case, it's awesome that you're enjoying things in KL! Glad to hear another opinion.
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
Singapore and Hong Kong are options but they're not inexpensive. Haven't been to KL personally, but from what I understand it's relatively polluted and doesn't have the same quality of life as the other three.
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
I am doing this in Taipei right now. The living costs are low and there is a thriving intellectual community, but there is definitely a language barrier. Most Taiwanese can speak enough English to be friendly and helpful (which they are), b
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
For undergraduate mathematics (semi-opinionated, not exhaustive): Calculus: Apostol and Spivak, take your pick Linear Algebra: Valenza Abstract Algebra: Artin Multivariate Calculus: - Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Diffe
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
This article is contrasting SF's incrementalism with the holistic top-down overhaul of the trash collection system in Taipei. It's not saying Taipei's alleys imply SF should allow more scooters. You have a legitimate grievanc
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
When I was walking around recently, I also ran into a self-service trash disposal/compactor installed on the street called iTrash (cute video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA-clGCo5YI ). For trash, you pay by weight,
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
No, I think your assessment is correct. Few residential buildings in Taipei are that tall (my current one, for instance, has 6 floors) but the households that personally deliver their trash to the trucks tend to be individual units (not par
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
Most young, single, and/or wealthy people don't personally deliver their trash to the truck. The apartment complex I'm living in now in Taipei has trash and recycling bins down the hall on my floor. The last one I lived in ha
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
Definitely interesting! (100% sincere.) My individual data point: I spoke recently with a Taiwanese who finished his military service in the past couple years. In terms of physical strength his account totally corroborates what you said. He
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
We're in the realm of opinion, but my $0.02: "China" is the name of a country. For historical reasons the "Republic of China" is one of the names of a different country, but having "China" in its name does
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
Taiwan is not "China" for reasonable and informed definitions of China. Independent of that, to the best of my understanding: (1) The talent pools in Taiwan and China are different (2) The markets in Taiwan and China are very diff
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Speeding Up Your Engineering Org: Beyond the Cost Center Mentality(blog.hut8labs.com)
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by maxkwallace 8y ago
I agree with most of your post, but here's where I disagree: Yes, new car consumption will likely decline in the USA and Europe, but in the coming decades, more folks in China and India (and elsewhere) will enter the middle class and s
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by maxkwallace 9y ago
The title is clickbait-- I read the article and it's not worth reading.
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by maxkwallace 10y ago
From my experience, the ecosystems are qualitatively different. In Ember's, there's typically one community-sanctioned library that solves a particular problem, whereas React's tends to have more competing libraries. Like the