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by orzig 5y ago
$13 if at the same rate as my cat!
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by orzig 6y ago
Summary: Operational energy efficiency is one of several goals of LEED, and in practice it's not high priority enough to be (statistically significantly) improved, in the sample of buildings they have data on, in the time period they t
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by orzig 6y ago
Yes, and I think that so many internet conversations would benefit from an explicit reminder that "People are different", and "Groups of people (teams) are even more different", so we should bear in mind that any average
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by orzig 6y ago
Historians (professional or otherwise) help me out: Empires rose and fell based on spice trade, and I cannot bring myself to believe it is just because they taste good. Why were they so valuable?
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by orzig 6y ago
Posted at 4am - parent status checks out
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by orzig 6y ago
I don't know more than is in this podcast, and n=1, but the leash isn't always very tight: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/07/19/538141248/epis... > They weren't ideal
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by orzig 6y ago
Agreed, starting my career as an in-house data analyst at a mid-sized public software company, I was able to show executives things they didn't know within a few months. Not because I was particularly smart, but because there was so mu
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by orzig 6y ago
As long as we're talking about objective facts, I'll add that "Going to nothing" means going from $25B/y down to $5B/y, which is a huge drop - but also $5B/y. It's continuing to trend downward, so &qu
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by orzig 6y ago
And, while I don't debate the premise of the OP's article, the big redeeming virtue of objective facts is that we can dig into them - exactly like we're doing here.
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by orzig 6y ago
I don’t even work with semantic technologies, but I just love the structure and completeness of arguments in the space. I suppose I should not make enemies by being specific, but compare this comment to the average (or even 90th percentil
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by orzig 6y ago
Worth noting that the portion of people dealing with something that could drain at least some energy each day is almost certainly more than 5% It could be as simple as having a young child, for example.
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by orzig 6y ago
A million times this. People are diverse, in basically every way. It’s the worst and best part about them.
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by orzig 6y ago
Thank you for a well reasoned argument, and linked evidence. I do want to point out for anyone who does not click through the link that the study is focused on just one industry (sawmills) in one year. It may well be a solid contribution t
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by orzig 6y ago
Whoa - [citation needed] on "Most of science has been debunked" We've learned to be much more skeptical, and the previous standards were scandalous, but there's a difference between "too much of" and "most
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by orzig 6y ago
So the question is whether “most“ of long term robotics applications are on a simple flat surface or not. I truly do not know, but presumably they have some ideas in mind
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by orzig 6y ago
Keep in mind that “previous buyers” is a very small sample size, and there are a huge number of contributing variables. It is certainly not guaranteed to work out, but given the value of really nailing a leap in the space, the price does
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by orzig 6y ago
To extend this, a casino that has built a brand has a higher profit margin than a hospital. If I had $10 million to make something new, I might well build a hospital. I don’t claim deep knowledge of either industry, but I suspect that survi
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by orzig 6y ago
Me too, though I urge everyone to avoid jumping from a gut feeling to judgements about what each “should” be worth without being explicit about the philosophy that determines your “should”. There are lots of ways to determine value. I do n
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by orzig 6y ago
Thank you for laying this out. I remember in my early years as a aspiring scientific thinker, I fell into the trap of thinking things were gold standard or BS. This is the clearest breakdown I’ve seen of how knowledge actually solidifies
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by orzig 6y ago
I’ve heard another similar documentary is “Fourteen's Good, Eighteen's Better”. It’s well known that events get coverage almost inversely proportional to how frequently they occur. But the day to day stories in these films tell us
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by orzig 6y ago
That’s precisely what is so amazing about it, relative to even a well-captured snapshot in time
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by orzig 6y ago
Very wise, and it's important to remember that no matter how 'in the right frame of mind' you are normally, you are basically a different person when coming out from general anesthesia.
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by orzig 6y ago
My primary advantage over the Scrum Master that I replaced was hand writing all the required JIRA changes during the meeting, and doing them on my own time later. I was a hero! Highly recommended.
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by orzig 6y ago
That article is interesting, but really just talks about one guy's journey with GTD (Mann), and another guy's great-but-different proposal for higher-than-individual level changes. I spent a little time trying to find an actual st
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by orzig 6y ago
Everything is snappier for a while if you turn it off and then on again
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by orzig 6y ago
This is asserting that the number of incorrectly positive results is equal to ALL truly negative test takers ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_positive_rate ). >> Citation needed <<
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by orzig 6y ago
There were some studies about how colors had systematic effects on user mood. But they were before the replication crisis and I could easily imagine them falling through - does anyone know the current state?
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by orzig 6y ago
I suspect your unusual convergence of skills and domain knowledge will make you perfect for /some/ job at any age!
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by orzig 6y ago
Counter-anecdata : I’m nowhere near 80 but even looking back to college, having the respect of people I respected was/is deeply satisfying. As with most human motivators, there is the cheap version (fame across everyone) and the sustai
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by orzig 6y ago
The part he bolds is: > It’s the difference between what you have and what you spend I think I hear a lot of people rewriting that as > It’s the difference between what you CAN MAKE and what you NEED Depending on the 'YOU'

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