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by pmiller2 6y ago
What is "Career Choice" in the context of Amazon? Also, I think the claim to have pioneered "marketplace" might be exaggerated. I would say eBay lead in that department, so, unless Amazon Marketplace was around before 1
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I don't remember how I discovered my first web site, but it might have been from a computer magazine at the time. Later, I would use Yahoo! as my search engine, eventually switching to Google.
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Here's a great example of why search engines started using more sophisticated examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_Google_bombs_in_the_... People started to understand how PageRank worked, and managed
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by pmiller2 6y ago
My favorite search engine at the time was Dogpile. It was a meta search engine that probably did much the same as your desktop software. Usually I could get relevant results out of it more quickly than using individual search engines.
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Context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
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They didn't. It's a cornerstone of their electoral strategy to blow up the national debt when in power, then crow about debt reduction when not: https://www.salon.com/2018/02/12/thom-hartmann-how-th
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by pmiller2 6y ago
The results and conclusions here are rather interesting: > Results > After adjustment for covariates, the habitual use of vitamin D supplements was significantly associated with a 34% lower risk of COVID-19 infection (OR, 0.66; 95% CI
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Habitual use of Vitamin D supplements and risk of cCOVID-19 infection(academic.oup.com)
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Guess what? Neither do car dealerships: https://yourautoadvocate.com/guides/how-do-car-dealerships-m... A more accurate title for TFA would be "Tesla doesn't make money from car buyers," though. They
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If you're concerned about availability of parts, why not just keep some cold spares around? It's not like we're talking about expensive and specialized hardware here.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
> Instead of pocketing the difference in greater photon production efficiency the trend has been to just make things brighter.(where they really don't need to be) Are you saying that people are replacing, say, 100W bulbs with LEDs c
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by pmiller2 6y ago
What does "strong math background" mean in this context? Would the equivalent of an undergrad degree in math be sufficient, or are we talking about graduate level analysis and stats here?
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Even in the same time zone, it would be relatively easy for me to disappear for 30 minutes after lunch. All I'd have to do is block it off on my calendar as "busy," and nobody would ever say anything, which is how it should
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by pmiller2 6y ago
I don't know about you, but I need, and typically get between 7-9 hours of sleep per night. Less than 7 and I feel sleep deprived. More than 9 and I don't feel sleep deprived per se , but I don't have much energy (physical
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by pmiller2 6y ago
That can be a pretty hard sell if you work in an office for a company that doesn't have dedicated nap pods. I've never really felt comfortable taking a nap at the office, myself.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
I don't know if there's definitive research saying this, but this ability to fall asleep quickly may be due to sleep deprivation. However, polyphasic sleep is linked to lower academic performance and increased daytime sleepiness.
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That would be the measured value, not the calculated value.
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What is the calculated value? Is it even tractable to calculate it?
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I don't know of a single US research university that doesn't have a math department.
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Legalized slavery? Enslaving prisoners was never illegal in the US.
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You also get downvotes if you dare to question capitalism or the "free market." This isn't just an issue for right wingers.
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Suppose you're right. How do you explain the $1B loan Robinhood took out?
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I would.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Well, it does also mean that, but, in this context, that's not what came to mind when I saw it.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
There’s a subreddit about how phones are bad that most people probably access on their phones? I think my head just exploded.
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I would say that depends more on the culture of the institution than anything. "Professor" is acceptable at some places, first name is the norm at others, and "Mr./Mrs./Ms." at still others. When I was a grad
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Yes, PhD = "doctor." That's what the "D" is actually for. PhD is shortened from philosophiae doctor , meaning "doctor of philosophy." Anyone who holds a legitimate PhD can use the title "doctor,&q
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by pmiller2 6y ago
This is my understanding as well. IIRC, copyright attaches automatically upon creation, and there's no way to disclaim all intellectual property rights under the Berne Convention. I suppose one could theoretically release something an
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It's not correct at all for graduate student instructors, though.
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The polluters aren't the ones paying the increased medical costs. That's the problem.

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