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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
This reminds me of the pigeon experiments[0] where pigeons were found to repeat behaviors that randomly coincided with a positive outcome. [0] https://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Skinner/Pigeon/
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Well if you have to go to court over something you did with the grapes you bought, you have likely already lost
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Exactly. That is why we have politicians - they are (or could be) our representatives to propose compromises that try to consider everybody's goals. Scientific or technical inputs should be inputs to these proposals, to identify causa
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
The chart linked below [1] shows a relationship between bias and level of synthesis is the reporting. Reality is more complex, but the idea is that information services that are just presenting facts can have less bias than investigative ne
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
This attitude is a real problem for society: leaving outdated laws on the books just because they are not the most pressing issue encourages bureaucracy, a bloated enforcement system, and worst of all selective enforcement that can mean its
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Get to know a sympathetic university professor in the area you're interested in. They can help you publish, including, vitally, providing feedback on the work that you've done and how it fits into the current state of the art in t
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
I have not had a cold for the last year, presumably because of the restrictions that are in place. I had begun to worry what will happen the next time I encounter germs, I guess this supports my concern.
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Yes, your point applies to many modern discussions and an often used rhetorical device I see is to jump away from the "should we do this" discussions and into the "does this work discussion" (to paraphrase jurassic park
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Yes, there are many bad things one could say about Facebook but I think the relevant sentiment here is "let he who is without sin cast the first stone." How many employers are there that are above any kind of criticism? In most em
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Maybe they could just say that, and explain how it is different
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
That was the original narrative I was sold as well. "Flatten the curve" and all the simulations showing how we'd all get it, but ideally slowly enough that it was manageable. But somewhere the narrative changed and, well, it&
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
The company is ironic because they say they want to be a new, humane kind of tech company, don't explain what they do, and have a site and vibe that epitomize modern sv tech, almost to the level of the "tables" pied piper com
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Yeah, that is one facet of the overall institutional approach to procurement that treats everything like a commodity that can be perfectly substituted and comes down just to cost (and maybe a few other checkbox categories). A flexible appro
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Here is a similar story from a couple years ago of lemures using chemicals from crushed millipedes to treat infections: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/08/lemurs-mi...
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Procurement is one of the root causes, specifically running the procurement out of a government bureaucracy where the actual tactical outcomes (refurbishing the train station in the example above) are way down the list from other priorities
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
> It feels like this is the defining premise of the US tax code See also, drug laws
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
I feel like it means this person is self aware enough to know this is something they have to develop, which is a step beyond most people's awareness. I'm speaking from experience, I spend the first 30+ years of my life in academic
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Something I've found about recent "activism" (not sure if that's the best word) is that the supporters act like it's not enough to acknowledge and agree with the activists aims, but that these aims must in fact be t
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Someone who works in time series forecasting once told me that (to paraphrase) you know that if someone publishes a new method it's not all that good, because if it was they would have started a hedge fund instead.
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
> Novels from Nordic and British Isles authors have been easier for this American to discover. So the Martin Beck novels by Sjowall / Wahloo are probably on your radar then, for mystery fans that have not seen them they are worth re
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Others have mentioned it depends on what problem you are trying to solve, but it also depends on your past experience and what you are already bringing to the table. E.g. If you are a recent high school grad, more CS fundamentals might be v
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
I'm coming late to this, but I think there is a parallel in policing generally, where cops would rather take on low risk, easy win "mall cop" activities like petty drug and traffic enforcement than deal with major crimes that
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Interesting, I had meant to point out that I had no evidence one way or the other if it was actually true, the point is just the idea of keeping it simple. And your counterpoint about the graphite floating around is a good parable for why s
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
> line workers have valuable and inexpensive insights to offer I saw it more as just a lesson about not overthinking things. Another version of the "During the space age Americans spent money developed a special compressed ink pen t
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
This is important and is largely what I wanted to add. At my company we have sales, who do the traditional listening to understand customer needs and working with them to build a deal that addresses those needs. But then we also have demand
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
I'm buying a new computer. Currently I have only ubuntu linux machines and was just saying to someone that I would actually consider trying windows and WSL because it would let me use the linux tools I want alongside MS office, and it
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Like another poster, I had this thought some time ago. What I wondered was if there is a gravitational equivalent to metamaterials (in electromagnetism, periodic structures that have specific bulk properties not otherwise achievable), that
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Thank you, I was hoping for an indication that at least somebody got it.
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
Bacon tastes good, porkchops taste good...
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by mdifrgechd 6y ago
It's interesting, I think I would broadly characterize a lot of the preening work as administrative type tasks, like writing down a process for something as you say, or making a style guide, or a maintaining a table of something, etc.

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