oblique63

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by oblique63 13y ago
Dude, you're arguing against a strawman... These 4-letter MBTI type codes do not exist . They're just a helpful lookup table for the cognitive functions which do show a strong preference dichotomy like my handedness analogy and
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by oblique63 13y ago
I don't know, can you think of a situation where it's easier to complicate things needlessly with millions of superfluous variables? There's a reason we no longer program in assembly languages -- abstraction is helpful, and
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by oblique63 13y ago
Interesting. Unfortunately that poll was taken well before I even joined up, cause it definitely feels like it has a strong ISTJ/INTJ slant now somehow (ignoring possible mistyping and all that)...
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by oblique63 13y ago
You can't blame people for trying to harness the power of that psychology in a practical manner though. A simple 4-letter code is much more practical than asking a person for their ranked cognitive function preferences. Dismissing the
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by oblique63 13y ago
Except that MBTI is only a superficial shorthand for the more complex Jungian cognitive function theory[1], which is more nuanced and has functions interacting in more complex ways than just the 4 dimensions represented by the MBTI system.
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by oblique63 13y ago
I too would be very curious about HN's MBTI stats. As an INTP, I often feel like a straight up minority in here sometimes... I also scored as an ICUG on that other test, which seems to fit my INTP description, lol.
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by oblique63 13y ago
Ok, but I doubt PG still hand-codes every update to the site himself, and such small features don't seem like they would require a high ranking staff member to implement them either, which was kinda my point.
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by oblique63 13y ago
> But, the reality is probably that PG is just super busy and does not have the time and bandwidth to build features out. I totally get that, it's the reason I mentioned the 7-year time window though. You'd think that something
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by oblique63 13y ago
Surely I can't be the only one wondering why this kind of functionality isn't just built-in already (with option to enable/disable accordingly)? I mean, the site has been around for about 7 years now, and the whole 'comm
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by oblique63 13y ago
I really wish this wasn't restricted to Windows servers... it's too bad, cause I doubt GitLab is planning on mercurial support anytime soon.
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by oblique63 13y ago
> ...but the effort to get there will be a power of that needed by a "math-inclined" person. 'math-inclined'... so in other words, interested/experienced in math? Um, yeah? You don't like math, we get it.
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by oblique63 13y ago
Exactly, but dyslexics can still read, because they can learn how to. Their genetics may not have given them a good start, but evolution certainly didn't make their lives any easier either; they still had to learn things 'the hard
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by oblique63 13y ago
This argument would be great if you actually had any substance to back up your claims, without it you're not really arguing against anything. Perhaps I linked to a book written by a journalist because it's more accessible , and t
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by oblique63 13y ago
"Now", as in an immensely tiny blink in the human evolutionary time-scale? Sorry, that's more wishful thinking than the notion of skill acquisition. Surely you're aware of feral children, and more 'normal' dys
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by oblique63 13y ago
> It certainly took you many years to learn how to read and write, yet here you are. Exactly. Most people don't realize how unnatural and difficult written language actually is, yet here we are. There's a great book on the su
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by oblique63 13y ago
Yes: http://www.amazon.com/Talent-Code-Greatness-Born-Grown/dp/05... Success/fame/fortune/happiness/etc are another matter, but skill acquisition has been shown to be generally straightforward.
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by oblique63 13y ago
> There's a contingent of people who find this attitude morally offensive. They worked hard for their health and are disgusted by those who want an easy way... and also people who didn't work hard to stay thin and are thin any
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by oblique63 13y ago
Not only that, it completely overlooks the current obesity epidemic . If it was really such an open-shut case, we probably could've at least contained the problem by now. If a theory depends on mass laziness and ineptitude from the
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by oblique63 13y ago
If anybody is having trouble believing this, I highly recommend watching this documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeeFrcvt3KA
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by oblique63 13y ago
Sure, but this is talking about existing symbiotic bacterial communities that already inhabit healthy lean people anyway. The idea is to just transplant these into obese subjects and let them establish that same relationship in their new ho
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by oblique63 13y ago
I'm glad there's finally some evidence to support this theory, but it's not exactly a new line of thinking. There's already been literature published based around the correlation between gut flora and obesity, and one bo
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by oblique63 13y ago
Whoops, I deleted my comment thinking it was pointless, but glad there's some agreement. Here's what I posted for the record: My oh my, now that was hostile. I'm not a facebook fan, and I tend to agree with a lot of the arg
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by oblique63 13y ago
I don't entirely disagree, however the past thread I linked to makes me weary about pursuing this discussion further. The problem is that we are seriously limited in what we can actually do/use if we base psychology entirely on th
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by oblique63 13y ago
It's a semantic nit-pick about the definition of 'science'. He seems to have written an article about it here if you're curious: http://www.arachnoid.com/psychology/index.html Take it with a grain o
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by oblique63 13y ago
It's not so much about the practice itself as it is just a general presentation problem. It's alright to fork a particular software project if you don't like the way the main branch is going, but good luck promoting it by t
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by oblique63 13y ago
I'm 24 and I agree with you 100%. Entrepreneurship isn't a lifestyle I suggest to anyone, however, it is a great tool/means to fulfil something you want. Approaching it from the view of avoiding mediocrity is not only g
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by oblique63 13y ago
The last point is particularly useful, and quite reminiscent of what 'The Now Habit'[1][2] advocates. Some weeks I get so completely burned out, I have to force myself to do nothing but 'veg out' by watching endless netf
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by oblique63 13y ago
I agree. I'm fairly convinced that the nutritional world is in a dark age right now, and I wouldn't be surprised if all those problems you listed continue til long after I'm gone. I don't advocate for soylent, but I&#x27
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by oblique63 13y ago
I don't know why people downvoted you, but it's true that you need testing to explore these things. Unfortunately, it's one of those things where you can't just prove the absence of something (in this case: danger). I fo
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by oblique63 13y ago
I believe the parent's point wasn't the accuracy of the information you'd be receiving, but just the exercise of evaluating conflicting viewpoints and coming out more enlightened as a result of it. Believe it or not, being ab

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