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by ronaldx 13y ago
Right. If your job can be done in a closed office without interacting with anyone, why do you need to be in an office at all?
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by ronaldx 13y ago
It's commonly said that the West is more creative because of its permissive play culture, but I think I would challenge this for lack of evidence. First, it's not obvious that play is the most effective way to learn creativity. Se
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Sure. I understand that I've been insta-downvoted for that, but it doesn't change that I think it's worth considering. We (in the West) like play because we believe that play influences learning: we have a very positive view
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by ronaldx 13y ago
>What is vitally missing in my view is a recognition that kids learn extremely important lessons through play, and that these lessons are no less important to success than learning math or science in school. Play is sometimes seen as imp
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Exactly. If you are smart enough to recognise that your choice of language is not ideal, it would be better to change it rather than try to justify it. Agree strongly with jwise0 's well-crafted comment: the justification makes it wor
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by ronaldx 13y ago
As an international viewer, this is difficult to understand. Employment discrimination on the grounds of sexuality is illegal here. By saying that they offer healthcare equally to gay employees[0], Mozilla seem to be doing what would here b
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by ronaldx 13y ago
This may benefit from some context: - Civil Partnership was permitted in the UK from 2004. At that time, it was felt by many gay community leaders that this was a great breakthrough and a legal equivalence to marriage represented equality f
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by ronaldx 13y ago
> Can a gay person be a homophobe? I'm not sure if you're asking this question in seriousness, but... yes, gay people can be homophobic. A significant proportion of the population is gay, and every one is unique. http:/&
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I'd be surprised if you don't tell small lies in 'conversational mode'. In natural speech, people generally make simplifications that edge towards oversimplification, or omissions that could be considered misleading if t
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by ronaldx 13y ago
My argument goes as follows: 1. If you invent something, a larger company has the opportunity to copy you. This is inevitable: as an independent inventor, IP law (as it exists) does not help you because you typically would not have the reso
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by ronaldx 13y ago
This is what happens currently anyway, no? The only people who can afford to deal with patent/IP law properly are existing, larger companies. I claim the opposite of you: that current law exclusively helps the existing, larger companie
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I appreciate the definition of Big Data as requiring >1 machine. However... Small Data, that which traditional researchers handle, is normally much, much smaller than that: perhaps 10-10000 data points (and most often on the small end of
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Did we read different articles? Because I read multiple, very clear and specific accusations of sexist behaviour from several sources. There is actually no comment about whether or not her adviser is an asshole: you are drawing that conclus
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by ronaldx 13y ago
It's "good business" in that you maintain higher profit levels. It's "evil" in the sense that you are deliberately and dishonestly screwing employees in the worst possible way. It's exploitation. The very
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by ronaldx 13y ago
You're suggesting it would be better if we cover up sexist behaviour? (Aside: I personally agree with the female professor's comment - it would have been better if factually sexist behaviour was pointed out directly to the source
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I think it's great of her to detail her experience, which must be a difficult process. She has made the choice that academia is not for her, yes, but that was not for any academic reason: if we have any interest in improving academia,
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Sure, but: 1. Homeopathy is probably less harmful than whatever was prescribed as placebo in the past, and whatever would be prescribed in its absence. That is, in many cases it's literally replacing antibiotics in this role. That&#x27
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Apple: Add More Diversity to the Emoji Keyboard(dosomething.org)
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Thanks, I now see more clearly why this is important for comparisons :)
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Are there cases where a program says a * a * a but evaluating it as a * (a * a) would be wrong? I gather (at least in your examples) that dealing with bigger numbers first typically affords more 'real' accuracy?
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I don't believe there is any conjunction fallacy. Conjunction fallacy only applies if A=A. Here, your first A is different than your second A, no? If A is "X will abuse account access, given the opportunity" then it matters
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I'm not really an AI person, but I think it's interesting, yes: Each individual decision is simple (choose from 4 directions), but the overall strategy is difficult (the arrival of each new piece has a random element). The game tr
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I think management style can change over time, especially in startups and even in individual managers. When a company has to face the reality of staying afloat, or when the pressure is on, management ideals and goals can quickly go out the
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I would be curious to see a more detailed writeup of this, as I haven't understood how this algorithm is applied. Question that I didn't understand the answer to: > There are implemented 3 cost functions: > 1. sum of all til
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I am curious to know if you (the staff) were satisfied by the public statement put out?
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by ronaldx 13y ago
> even in states where it is not mandated The whole statement suggests that Mozilla believe treating employees fairly and equally (at least on the specific point of insurance) is somehow remarkably good of them. I found this a very negat
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I understand why you say this, but I think this is not exactly the issue. I do carry an internet-capable device, whenever I might need one (i.e. less often than you would think). If I were to carry a smartphone for this purpose then I would
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Good battery life, but online testing suggests that it will die before day's end if you use it for internet browsing. For comparison, I occasionally don't charge my phone for two weeks. Edit: apologies for editing :)
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by ronaldx 13y ago
> it would take blood being spilled before powers that be would let any kind of secession stand. It's difficult to understand what blood would be spilled within the EU. The UN constitutionally stands for the right to self-determinat
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by ronaldx 13y ago
As soon as I realised that Maps were the only feature of a smartphone that I valued positively, I went back to carrying a dumbphone and a map. Battery life trumps navigation, for me, comfortably. If I'm lost after a long day, I need th

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