phobosanomaly

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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
Great comment. Was curious w/ regards to Ulam. Found this on Wikipedia: In January 1946, he suffered an acute attack of encephalitis, which put his life in danger, but which was alleviated by emergency brain surgery. ... Another frien
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
Agree as well. We're seeing a lot of coming-to-terms with both the positive and negative fallout from this access. Hopefully soon we might be able to start deriving a utility function based on what people are using the devices for, and
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
California does have twice the population as Florida and a much, much larger economy. It could just be that all the elderly Floridians sit at home in gated communities, while Californians are more likely to be going-in to work surrounded by
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
Great comment. Just wondering what you meant by this phrase: > The monkey systems around us.
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
I wikipedia'd it before I posted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-s... United States - Total English Speakers: 283,160,411 India - Total English Speakers: 246,344,737
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
There's no other word for people from the United States because of the weird naming of the country. Canada - Canadians, Mexico - Mexicans, Brazil - Brazilians. United States - ......United Statesians? That's like people from the D
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
I have a similar opinion of the usage of the phrase 'systems thinking' in the context of 'you're just not a systems thinker.' Absolutely insufferable.
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
Slightly different tack, but I was thinking if you had a license frame that had enough infrared LEDs around it, it wouldn't be visible to LEO officers, but the glare might disrupt any license-plate scanners on police cars, or traffic c
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
Despite being perhaps the most benign example anybody could come up with off the top of their head, In-N-Out has actually already been targeted as having racist and ageist hiring practices: The class action suit, brought by a Berkeley law
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
Add to this that there is a lot of research that goes into production processes and translation from a basic-sciences setting to a production setting. So, say you have a novel antibody, you have to have a ton of non-academic researchers w
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
There's this loop in medical education where people come into it with lofty goals, but are then hit with $240k of tuition (excluding living expenses). They then take out loans on that, and then have to pay them back. So, when people ta
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
The research part is often funded by public grant money. > They aren't paid to get the PhD. PhD students are often paid salaries/stipends derived from (often public) grant money.
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
It's unfortunate to see people disadvantaged by pursuing a truly difficult major. A 2.97 in bioengineering could represent someone who simply took more challenging courses, and got lower grades because the courses were truly difficult.
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
> "Reporters are just awful human beings." You can't make a statement like that and expect anyone to take you even remotely seriously. Here are some journalists I've particularly looked up to over the years: [CJ Chi
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
I hesitate to label it the equity/social justice movement itself. I mean, we should be striving for these goals. I would argue, rather that the country seems to have been stuck in a place of frustration similar to when a child gets f
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
Depends on your point of view. Most people don't own companies and never will. The guy who parks his Porsche in front of the office makes a few million less, but globally people have cheaper access to new technologies to make their liv
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
Why wouldn't they have a tactical improvement? It's a lever attached to the bottom of the rifle. It allows: 1. The stock to remain in-line with the bore of the rifle. 2. Additional leverage to control recoil. 3. Quicker and more i
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
You raise some really good points, and I appreciate the thought behind your response. I wanted to kind of try to maybe unpack the point you made as best as I can: > Do you not find it easier to simply take action with mental healthcare
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
I'd agree with you in the sense that it isn't a magical force-multiplier or anything.
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
> Look at rifles like the SV98 or AW series. These are both bolt-action rifles. The purpose of assault-weapons bans are to reduce the likelihood of a single, mentally-unstable person from killing large numbers of people with a semi-aut
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
> The Mini-14 has also been used in mass shootings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger_Mini-14#Criminal_use Not in the United States since 1986 according to that list. Tactical maneuverability when discharging ro
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
Why wouldn't a pistol-grip impact leverage? It's literally a lever attached to the bottom of the rifle. > does not make it more deadly since you can always fire more rounds if you miss More rounds on-target is the definition
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
Form follows function. The addition of a pistol grip does lend increased tactical maneuverability to a rifle. It doesn't just look scary. The tactical ability of a semi/fully-automatic rifle does not exclusively come from its abil
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
I think you may be vastly overestimating the scientific literacy of the general public. I don't mean to imply that most people are stupid or anything. Far from it I've met many tradesman (and tradeswomen) who I consider vastly mor
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
Fair enough. So, in the category of science, that leaves Physics, and what else? What would you call all of what we now call the biological, social, medical, sciences at the moment? What would be your proposal for a new category for everyth
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
What's the purpose of being so strict about what constitutes that basis for a valid generalization? What does it ultimately accomplish?
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
I answered one today from the IRS Federal Criminal Something-or-Other, pressed 1, was connected to a real human, and asked the guy to take me off their list. He said without hesitation "Give me $100." I always answer and ask to be
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
Here's a repeatable experiment in the social sciences: Do Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Child Health? Evidence from PROGRESA's Control Randomized Experiment Author(s): Paul Gertler Source: The American Economic Review, Vol.
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
It's probably some adjunct teaching, while the tenured faculty sit at home and fill out grant applications. My buddy is in this position. The university forces him to show up and deliver an in-person lecture for the undergrads. After a
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by phobosanomaly 6y ago
At the very least she's extremely manipulative. She faked her voice in public for years. That's next-level dedication. Although, after reading Bad Blood, David Boies and his law firm came across as one of the scarier characters in

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