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by parpfish 2y ago
You remember why you did something 25years ago? I have a hard time remembering what I did two weeks ago in a sprint retro
872.
by parpfish 2y ago
And how many of those people programming in 2000 left during the dotcom crash and never came back? That would line up with my anecdotal experience of seeing a huge drop off for people past age ~45
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Ask HN: Where are the old folks in tech?
26 points by parpfish 2y ago|41 comments
874.
by parpfish 2y ago
Yeah, this level of dysfunction takes years to cultivate. You need the “Dead Sea effect” to be in effect long enough that not only have the good people left, but for them to have been gone long enough that people rising into management have
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by parpfish 2y ago
there are a lot of people that like the national anthem and fly flags, but that's for a distinct slice of america. one tribe likes flags and overt patriotism, the other side does not. if i see a person with a flag sticker on their car,
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by parpfish 2y ago
when community is formed geographically, it also helps that there's a diversity of people/opinions which serves to moderate the group. if people select community based on some other criterion, you are more likely to get narrow gro
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by parpfish 2y ago
It would be better to say “Google uses math to…” People understand “math” as well or better than they do “AI”, but the perception is way different “Doing math” makes you think that google is filled with curious little scientists doing some
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by parpfish 2y ago
If you’re looking for flexible work accommodations, I doubt state/federal gigs would be a fit. Not sure which state you’re in, but those tend to be much more conventional “9 to 5” than you might find at other tech companies. If you wan
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by parpfish 2y ago
objective measures would be great for the physiological questions about a link between sugar and hyperactivity. but these studies are about our cultural beliefs in the link between sugar and hyperactivity which requires subjective measures.
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by parpfish 2y ago
yes, you're right about that being a misinterpretation of 'could not reject the null hypothesis'. i couldn't get the full text of the meta-analysis, but i've read similar studies in the past and one critical effect
881.
by parpfish 2y ago
i made so many cards. and so many "keep out" signs for my bedroom door (with the skull and crossbones clipart and their Thames font because it looked pirate-y)
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by parpfish 2y ago
if you want to convert people into loving linear models (and you should), we need to make sure that they learn the difference between 'linear models' and 'linear models fit using OLS' i've met smart people that cant
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by parpfish 2y ago
There’s a double-whammy of helicopter parents that don’t let kids out AND neighborhood busybodies that would call the police about kids being left alone or loitering
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by parpfish 2y ago
There are so many social/economic confounders going into the urban/suburban divide that any study showing one effect would be refuted by another that used different controls and methodology
885.
by parpfish 2y ago
I think the both rate thing is in reference to studies like those discussed here: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/c4daDbQD398BmW5k5/on-car-sea... The idea is that you can only fit two car seats in the backseat and
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by parpfish 2y ago
Can you actually fit seven in you car (I assume minivan)? Because that’d be great. I remember groups of sevenish kids piling into a car after a soccer game and getting ice cream. I think little things like that do a lot for your sense of au
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by parpfish 2y ago
Urban areas are not nearly as damaging to kids as SUBurban areas. Urban areas provide the potential for lots of human interaction and culture. Rural areas provide nature and solitude. Suburban areas give you a three mile walk to a convenien
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by parpfish 2y ago
One other way that cars are affecting childhood is that car seat requirements keep getting stricter and stricter. It used to be that parents would offer to run carpools to take kids home from activities. Or if you had a sleepover your frien
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by parpfish 2y ago
They arent hiding anything nefarious, they’re just organizing their day. Start a session with the cases most likely to run long and have extra paperwork so you’re more likely to finish at the right time and not go over
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by parpfish 2y ago
Did anybody ever ask the judges/clerks about this finding? It seems like the whole thing could have been rebutted with one phone call and the judge saying “yeah, we make the schedules and intentionally backload the negative/easy o
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by parpfish 2y ago
It’s not required, but so much of socializing and the existence of various “third places” hinges on alcohol that the choice is “do something social centered on drinking” or “do nothing”. You can’t expect people to single handedly overturn t
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by parpfish 2y ago
Im always conflicted about stories like these. All of the mathematicians I’ve known ARE weird - really into technicalities and finding loopholes. But for some of them (particularly undergrad math majors)… I think the weirdness is a bit of a
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by parpfish 2y ago
I’m looking forward to see it how modern language models can improve these games. One peeve I’ve always had is that in a game like disco elysium, I don’t feel like I (the player) am solving a mystery because dialogue trees are always leadin
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by parpfish 2y ago
once you learn that term, you see it everywhere in games. Two that always bug me: - game narrative introduces urgency (“we have to hurry up and catch X before it’s too late!”), but time doesn’t matter at all. And in fact you’re encouraged
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by parpfish 2y ago
I don’t think mathematical ability has much to do with it. I think it’s useful to break down the anti-Bayesians into statisticians and non-statistician scientists. The former are mathematically savvy enough to understand bayes but object on
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by parpfish 2y ago
In small businesses like that, how often do profits actually appear? It seems like big public companies often decide to increase spending to chase growth that would increase revenue and be profit-neutral. Do smaller companies think about it
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by parpfish 2y ago
how does equity in privately held companies work? I get that some share provide voting rights, but that's not generally what to employees. when the people in the article cash out their ESOP shares to buy a house... who's on the ot
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by parpfish 2y ago
I think an under appreciated part of their most is that people hate logging in to things and making new accounts. I know there have been times where I see a product is a little cheaper on the actual brand website but I decide to just order
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by parpfish 2y ago
Id love to buy a voice activated timer that didn’t require an internet connection, but I’m guessing that once you pack in enough compute to do language transcription on the device you can’t help but stack on lots of other features and compl
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by parpfish 2y ago
> Possibly, but would null publications be cited as often? Don’t underestimate an academics ability to cite ALL of their previous publications each time they publish

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