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by ronaldx 13y ago
Since it's not clear, it seems to be that PYLL on the y-axis of the graph is measured per 100,000 population.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
In principle everybody can decide for themselves which bitcoin they are willing to accept (there's no need for a central authority to do this). If enough participants agree that bitcoin from a certain source are 'tainted', th
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Exactly. Committing something of worth acts as a super-token. It's way of illustrating your commitment and (internally) reinforcing that commitment. One of the psychological effects is that Personal Bests almost always come from compet
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Hanlon's razor is just the worst. Systematic incompetence is malice. Here's my alternative but equally reasonable platitude: "Never attribute to incompetence what could be attributed to malice with plausible deniability.&qu
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Suppose that by "placebo effect", we really are identifying a marker for something like "experimenter effect" or "physician effect" and only on subjective end-points. I believe it would still be correct, and of
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by ronaldx 13y ago
If you're looking for infotainment, there are plenty of other rare diseases and disabilities that also deserve coverage. Example that comes to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nodding_disease
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I had no problem keeping up with the 500 words per minute example, but was bored after a few seconds of marketing copy that I couldn't skip over.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Sorry, but I don't understand how Bayesian statistics could possibly solve the problems described here. Sometimes bad scenarios will get good results, by luck, and sometimes good scenarios will get bad results, by luck. Using more adva
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by ronaldx 13y ago
sigh, no. When the author says "p-value cutoff", this refers to the significance level. I interpreted this correctly.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Perhaps, but zero of the paycheck is for knowing the theory of organic chemistry.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
> it's not a sustainable way to fund anything, let alone the massive expenditures required for UBI. I'm open-minded but not convinced that printing money for UBI is an awful idea. Printing money and sharing it out equally resul
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Yes, there's perhaps a small error, although it might be that he's rounded up in his favour. In his described scenario there are 90 cases where the null hypothesis is true (he states as a premise: "10 out of our 100 variants
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I love the concept of A/A testing here, illustrating that you get apparent results even when you compare something to itself. I can't imagine how A/B tests are a productive use of time for any site with less than a million us
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by ronaldx 13y ago
If you think National Insurance pays for those directly (it doesn't) , you're the reason we've been fooled into paying a second income tax.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I understand that you don't personally find this appealing, but I suggest that you are likely in a minority: 1. Background noise is said to be good for creative-type work: http://www.prevention.com/health/brain-gam
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I think it is in the spirit of basic income. Basic income allows people to better choose their own destiny. I can move from London to Wales, or move from Wales to London, knowing in both cases that I'll at least have a basic income t
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by ronaldx 13y ago
>Freeing people to work on things they desire will mean no one will ever wash dishes at a restaurant, no one will pick up trash, no one will spend time wiring your house for internet, or fix your computer, or do a large swath of jobs. Ab
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by ronaldx 13y ago
This used to be true about social networks as well, but Facebook (still) seems to be the end of that.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
It may be as much a product of the school system. In my local area, schools are formally ranked by their average grades. This means they spend 13 years encouraging kids to believe that taking easier subjects (with better pass rates for the
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Yeah, and that's a big problem. If I'm motivated to move away from existing social networks for any reason, it's because they are centralized... The fact that app.net is/was pay-to-play doesn't eliminate the issues
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by ronaldx 13y ago
> I believe, was a key component in getting huge amount of users in 3rd countries. In the UK as well. Although many people have free effectively-unlimited SMS in the UK, this costs £ and not everyone has. Also consider that international
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I can't see the images in the article but you have it right - the histogram is color values against frequency. You can then use the histogram to identify and highlight particular color values in the image. This would identify the simpl
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Also, a cliff is very unattractive because we know you're motivated to fire us before the cliff - probably even if we do a good job. Indeed, you openly admit it.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Apart from the impracticality of this advice, I found it strangely misanthropic. Essentially: "be generous now so you can afford to be even more selfish later".
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by ronaldx 13y ago
"Always remember to buy lunch for people who are richer than you" I have spotted a conflict of interest here.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
This is true, and absolutely worth considering. As long as you have access to enough of the market that open-minded employers are competing for your work, I believe that this wouldn't harm your salary or propsects in a meaningful way.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
A completely opposite summary is just as valid, in my opinion. "Front-end engineering" is a cutting-edge craft and a working knowledge of this will develop into the next important thing 5-10-20 years from now. "Computer Scien
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by ronaldx 13y ago
If you can access $60k jobs after leaving high school, then pursuing a full-time degree will cost you at least 3x$60k + tuition. This advice is specific to your situation and not my general advice: If your assessment is accurate, and if y
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Absolutely disagree. As discussed in the accepted answer, vertical line cursors predate the slanted shape. Changing to a different style only makes sense as a design decision.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Yep: a better reason (than those given on SO) is that it's designed for minimal UX annoyance - it is least likely to cover up what you need to see while still serving its purpose; the asymmetry allows you to more quickly understand whi

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