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by mxcrossb 6y ago
This should terrify any researcher working with a private company’s data. I think top journals need to change their policy here ably data availability, especially when private companies get involved.
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
And to distract from the 100,000 dead bodies.
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
The really direct and aggressive negotiating from Jobs and Gates also makes for an interring read.
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
It seems like we’re in trouble if we try to pursue a drug that has to be administered early in the disease process. Such a large percentage of people recover on their own that even a very effective drug has limited returns. And of course yo
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
I mean, if we’re talking old fashion, before all these fancy issue trackers a lot of times you could find devs on their irc channel.
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
When I lived in the United States I frequently used Siri while driving to setup the gps or change what music I was listening to. But indeed, ever since moving to a country with a nice public transportation system, I’ve had it disabled. Ther
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
One of these three is not like the other
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
I’m be been listening to podcasts daily since probably at least 2007. I feel the same way. I have plenty of memories of filling up my iPod shuffle with pods and taking them wherever I wanted. I’ve got nothing against Spotify in general, but
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Kid Culture(aeon.co)
3 points by mxcrossb 6y ago|0 comments
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
> At the end of the day, people are there to come out with a degree and a good grade I’ve been listening to the History of Philosophy podcast, and one thing that struck me is that early philosophers seemed to consider virtue the end goal
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
I enjoyed the Office UK version, where Tim kind of muses on this pint at the end. Offices are a unique social structure, where we spend a huge amount of time interacting with others that we never choose to be with. It seems to me there is d
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
> Not to mention, they've already paused green card processing This one is personal for me. I have a good friend who had been in the US for like a decade, and finally his green card application was going through before the pandemic
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
It says that in the linked article as well...
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The Covid-19 Riddle: Why Does the Virus Wallop Some Places and Spare Others?(nytimes.com)
6 points by mxcrossb 6y ago|4 comments
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
> The shelter-in-place has not only had this effect, it's been too effective. Hospital utilization in the bay area is at around 10% when you count surge capacity that has been added [1]. This matters if the end game is herd immunity
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The Rwandans Offering Themselves as Mosquito Bait(theatlantic.com)
2 points by mxcrossb 6y ago|0 comments
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
I wonder though if the expense is for producing the document, or because Boeing will no longer be the only company that can repair it.
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
> I am not going to even mention Reddit You mean you don’t enjoy the current - > With Joe Biden’s campaign in freefall amid concerns about his declining mental health and new sexual assault allegations, remember this: it’s a good time
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
I love it’s always sunny, but I agree. I think “Seinfeld is a bit terrible people” is really heavily influenced by the final episode. The true core of Seinfeld is having a violation of minor social norms blow up in your face, and funny word
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
What interests me is how many custom chips they’ll pack in to their processor nice they have total control. Phones continue to have more and more specialized accelerators, and I could see computers following that path.
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
Apple actually has a rich history of great shareware.
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
Thanks I was unaware of this. It looks like I was wrong.
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
> But we didn’t then write up a damn preprint and set the publicity machine into action. The latter part is crucial here. I don’t think you should have to apologize about mistakes in a preprint. Papers get improved by the review process.
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
From the employee side, I’m not really sure there’s any benefit to being part time vs. going full free lance. You might think you have additional job security, but the part timer is the first one to go.
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by mxcrossb 7y ago
I think the real issue is that people assume that the success of the company depends on the quality of the employees. This isn’t true, what dominates is the match between consumer and product. And you simply can’t predict the market that we
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by mxcrossb 7y ago
One tip I’d like to add that has helped my writing tremendously: read the sentences you write in reverse order. It basically simulates the taking time away from what you wrote process.
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by mxcrossb 7y ago
I hear mask promoters say the “it’s to protect others from you” line, only to turn around and say “masks are obviously useful, that’s why doctors wear them.” The truth is, mask use is built on incredibly shaky evidence, so it’s no surprise
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by mxcrossb 7y ago
Let me start with the following caveat: I’m not convinced journalism’s quality now is worse than any time in the past. That being said, I think content aggregators are partly to blame. I mean if you’re just reading the daily paper, maybe th
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by mxcrossb 7y ago
FYI Michael Redmond has been doing free commentaries on Alpha Go’s games against itself which are really fun to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqpN3-2FP-kIxXhhdDds9...
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by mxcrossb 7y ago
The article blames the corona lockdown, but other sources I’ve seen have the OPEC-Russia price war. Does anyone have some good analysis articles that break down the factors?

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