qub1t

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by qub1t 6y ago
If you actually find yourself falling from a similar height as described in this story, what can you do to maximize your chances of survival? Try to impact feet first? Sideways and cradle head with your arms? TFA says head impact is the mai
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by qub1t 7y ago
“the type of person who can build frontends for Google AdWords doesn’t have the skills necessary to do something better and should be content providing a service and taking care of their family” is one of the most condescending things I’ve
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by qub1t 7y ago
Literally the next paragraph he writes: “But that’s not what happened, because her aggressive tattletale move immediately threw my Primitive Mind into a rage, plummeting me down the Psych Spectrum. This banished my Higher Mind to the closet
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by qub1t 7y ago
It’s not more intellectually challenging but it’s a hell of a lot more work. You need to get accepted into a top-5 law school, study like crazy for three years and rack up a couple hundred grand in debt, then you need to grind out 70+ hour
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by qub1t 7y ago
Just because Hong Kong “belongs” to China doesn’t mean the west should ignore the wishes of what seems like the majority of the population that lives there. Especially when they’re protesting against an anti-democratic authoritarian governm
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by qub1t 7y ago
Heating a house is much more expensive than cooling down a house [1], so if avg temps rise total carbon footprint due to temperature control will most likely fall. A very small silver lining to a very shitty situation. [1] https:/&#x2
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by qub1t 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_financial_transaction_... This is some relevant background reading for anyone who thinks Bernie's tax revenue numbers are realistic.
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by qub1t 7y ago
It's your description that is completely wrong. A transaction tax has been tried before in Sweden[1], had disastrous effects on their stock markets, and had to eventually be repealed. I don't think most people appreciate how effic
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by qub1t 9y ago
I'm going to illustrate why I think the points brought up by this post have at minimum some level of validity with a toy example, that takes sex out of the equation completely. Lets say you took a population of candidates with some dis
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by qub1t 9y ago
I used to be pretty active on iccup, and I was a masters-level sc2 player for a while during the beta and when it was first released. So I'm definitely familiar with starcraft and what it takes to become a good player. I think you&#x27
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by qub1t 9y ago
A lot of people here seem to be underestimating the difficulty of this problem. There are several incorrect comments saying that in SC1 AIs have already been able to beat professionals - right now they are nowhere near that level. Go is a d
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by qub1t 9y ago
Different strokes for different folks. You don't need to convince me about the benefits of a digital nomad lifestyle - I travel extensively and spend 30+ days skiing/riding every year. At the same time I can also see the appeal of
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by qub1t 9y ago
Hong Kong has one of the best subway systems in the world and it generates a profit every year [1]. The USPS also generates profits as well [2]. I would argue that the profit motive incentivises efficiency in both of those examples. The bes
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by qub1t 9y ago
The problem with stock options is that the majority of their value is not directly tied with your individual performance. You can be a stellar employee but your options could turn out to be worthless. Likewise, you could be extremely medioc
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by qub1t 9y ago
50 years ago, who would have thought of search engine optimization as a job? Social media manager? Video game storyline writer? I'm not saying that people who are displaced will easily be able to retrain to a new job. They will have a