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by neumann 7y ago
Pretty sure that is the point OP is making.
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by neumann 7y ago
I tried working from home with 2 year old. Impossible. I actually sometimes work from home on days she is at child care.
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by neumann 7y ago
3. That's why you should not rely on p-values!
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by neumann 7y ago
yes - I sadly left my kickstarter edition on a beach, and tried replacing it with a steel and both watches I ended up buying had screen tearing issues. Tried all the tricks, but ended up going back to my old analog.
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by neumann 7y ago
This is focused purely on people who think VPN is for privacy/security. I use a VPN to get around geo-fencing - in Australia there is a lot of media agreements that mean you can't watch stuff here that is free elsewhere without p
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by neumann 7y ago
"The only advice I have is, is that give you have to do some things anyway, you might as well find the joy in them and do them with a smile" Changing a nappy bleary eyed at 4 am with an inconsolable screaming infant I recalled thi
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by neumann 7y ago
I haven't seen him branded as a pedophile. I'll happily brand him as a former pedophile apologist, and have yet to read anything that suggests he has renounced those views explicitly.
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by neumann 7y ago
Of course people are allowed to have opinions or interests. AFAIK nobody has said you can't. He was also not fired, but resigned. People in prominent positions have visibility and platform that elevates their voice as well as tacitly t
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by neumann 7y ago
you still have free speech - what you don't have is immunity to real world consequences if your views are so far out of whack with social norms regarding exploitation of vulnerable groups (eg. underage kids) that your coworkers and col
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by neumann 7y ago
In that case (and this might be unpacking something else), can you just hang in for a few months?
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by neumann 7y ago
For a entrepreneur's forum, HN is pretty averse to the idea you can learn lessons from failure when it comes to political systems (especially if it would come at the cost of your own material wealth and comforts). If you think the USSR
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by neumann 7y ago
thanks - that was super interesting article.
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by neumann 7y ago
It requires the world to stop buying the cheaper options offered by countries that provide you with goods because they have lower (or no) regulatory bar for pollution, environment, human rights, equality, welfare. It is a real side effect o
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by neumann 7y ago
I have a vague sense that climate change deniers/skeptics or those that simply get angry at climate change activism have either consciously or unconsciously grokked one of the fundamentals of the problem - action on climate change is a
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by neumann 7y ago
Simulations and modelling is used to try and extrapolate trends to be predictive. And that is important, especially give the problems we are having right now. If people don't believe there are problems relating to climate change it is
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by neumann 7y ago
currently Malcolm Gladwell is doing sponsorship for Revisionist History by splicing episodes with mini 30-60sec advertorials in which he interviews AT&T Chief Marketing Officer about the awesomeness of AT&T's 5G. It's geni
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by neumann 7y ago
https://www.talespin.company/virtual-human/ The amount of bullshit corporate jargon and jarring video of a bunch of 20 year olds with headsets practicing firing an old CGI employee while a chirpy upbeat voice talking a
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by neumann 7y ago
As I get older, I have had a harder time losing myself in many forms of passive entertainment if I can see the author's - for lack of a better word - schtick. So, with games, movies, books, music and even paintings - if I my brain pick
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by neumann 7y ago
All headless: One for Kodi+VPN. With yatse on Android I have my own Netflix and Spotify for my own owned content on demand whenever. Another for a baby monitor that feeds TinyCamPro with audio and video A third that is a slave Kodi to play
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by neumann 7y ago
Does that mean Zulip is worth $16B? Cos it is awesome and self-hostable if you want it to be.
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by neumann 7y ago
It is currently abhorrent. They do appear to be updating regularly, but so much of the UX should have been fixed at the beginning. - Messages don't get delivered for hours on mobile. - UX is so bad I don't think they are even dog
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by neumann 7y ago
And for kids under two, you give two options and place the one you prefer second and emphasize it. Most of the kids agree. And then disagree. and then agree. and then disagree. and then you distract them with a snack and they happily go wit
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by neumann 7y ago
Not really. You can lodge an empty ballot paper.
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Discriminating Systems(ainowinstitute.org)
3 points by neumann 7y ago|0 comments
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by neumann 8y ago
That was such an awesome story that I immediately tried to find the source. Unfortunately, all I found was an article and a stack exchange answer arguing that it is made-up by the authors of the book it first appeared in. [0] [1] Neverthele
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by neumann 8y ago
hands down best (and most painful) joke today.
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Most powerful person in Silicon Valley(fastcompany.com)
2 points by neumann 8y ago|0 comments
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by neumann 8y ago
or perhaps implicit in the language of "I'm just your average guy" is that the central limit theorem applies.
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by neumann 8y ago
^ This. In Melbourne, I graduated school in 1997. With a bachelor and a PhD and a few years in R&D in biotech I am able to rent in the inner city. My neighbour is a 1) a tradie my age, 2) owns the house and has another investment proper
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by neumann 8y ago
At my startup, the sycophant with the least skills got promoted to CTO when the other one threw in the towel and there was only 3 weeks to the AGM. So... yeah - job titles don't belie abilities/experience

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