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by mfoy_ 9y ago
And for what it's worth there are articles out there with more compelling alternative explanations, some of which were linked to from this article. Try this one: https://mindhacks.com/2016/12/08/rational-
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
As a layman, it felt like his article was addressed at professional psychologists, not laymen like myself (or, presumably, yourself). It read like it was assumed that you'd realize how massively overblown such a result should be interp
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I agree that simply disregarding things because they're impossible is not great science, but in this case this isn't great science from the start, because we're simply measuring two of many, many variables. We're only lo
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Funny, same thing in my office. It's a small, quiet, well-established professional services firm. We focus solely on serving our clients' needs and delivering solutions. The senior consultant on my team is female. No one makes a t
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I totally agree with the premise of the article. If the problem is that unconscious bias makes a specific demographic under-represented in an area, industry, award, etc.. then how does making a target-demographic-specific area, quota, award
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The pedestrian. You just have to master "the predestrian glare" of making slightly-judgmental eye contact with any drivers that look like they may be wanting to turn into where you want to walk. :)
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Why with the "Us vs. Them" mentality?
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In this case the loan is to build barns, not buy more land. And the barns are specifically for raising chickens. If the contracts or the poultry processing in that area fall through then I don't think the underlying assets would be wor
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Interesting that they say "raise corn" and "grow chickens".
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How many dark patterns are used by truth-finder.com? Seriously.
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I wish more cities would push for the infrastructure and culture required for this to work... in my city there are few bike lanes (and not all interconnected, so you have to switch between bike lane and normal traffic lanes) and both cyclis
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Neat, but it's not exactly the least scientifically accurate depiction in Star Wars.
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Crazy Pixels – Cellular Automata in the Browser(matthewfoy.ca)
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To be fair, their mobile app not being open source is probably the least of all the criticisms. That's not really an expected thing.
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> Tongtianlong limosus — the name means “muddy dragon on the road to heaven” Did they name it after how they discovered it died? Ha. Imagine if species were given posthumous names based on how they were wiped out... Would Dodos would be
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by mfoy_ 10y ago
I was reading Oryx and Crake and I was thinking "There's no way this could happen... right?" then Trump said he basically wants to get rid of the FDA and EPA and now there's talk of a biomedical duel in human gene-editin
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Something like this seems to happen, and make the news, every couple years... Is it not possible to configure their email server to disallow emails with over X recipients from sending?
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Generally speaking, that is how some bonuses work.
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It would be neat if the IRS / CRA / national tax body would publish summaries based on people's actual tax returns. Although you don't specify things like industry, and other career specific quirks on your tax returns. (
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The very first link in the article is to their website.
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So... because some developers might use it tastelessly, no one should be allowed to use it creatively at all?
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Which is part of my criticism of your post. You can't just say something inflammatory and walk away mic-drop style. That's not a constructive comment. That's also not how message boards work.
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If you're going to play Devil's advocate, at least put some effort into it.
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Well stated like that it sounds like a good deal, but that statement makes a list of assumptions as long as my arm that quite simply are not guaranteed.
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I agree that GP is deluded and entitled. Not to absolve him of his own responsibility for his decisions, but there are very strong forces out there proactively pushing this mindset on people. Companies spend insane amounts of money trying t
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by mfoy_ 10y ago
Apples and Oranges. For the majority of firms, a "lack of digital skills" isn't solved by hiring more CompSci graduates.
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Norway isn't even really spending it's oil money, so this entire comparison is entirely invalid. Norway puts 100% of the oil revenue in a trust fund and takes out no more than 4% per year. Think again on the similar GDP Per Capita
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Sure, having a larger population makes it harder to scale, however The GDP of the U.S., Canada, and Norway are all fairly comparable. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/... Norway is
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by mfoy_ 10y ago
American Exceptionalism is the card being played here. It effectively means: "Our country is fundamentally different from your country, so what works for you won't necessarily work for us. Your success or failure is no reason for
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Here comes good ole American Exceptionalism to derail the thread.

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