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   by sameers 6y ago

   The person who responded had a bunch of good points, but one thing they didn't specifically respond to, is how members of my caste (Brahmins, top of the heap) would know how someone is NOT a brahmin. So if you aren't a brahmin, yo
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   by sameers 6y ago

   I'm surprised there are no opinions on this, at Hacker News. Even if it is just to object to the conclusions that Carr draws :) For the record, I'm a huge fan of Carr and his work.
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   by sameers 6y ago

   Part of the reason you can't show a _why_ at this level is that each of these graphs have too many confounding factors. The lower level of life expectancy for example is owed partly to how the demographics of the US are different becau
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   by sameers 6y ago

   This is essentially what Marc Andreesen's point was in his "build" essay. Most local governments have gotten stuck in a perfect storm of rentier interests, environmental regulation barriers, union disputes, lack of public int
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   by sameers 6y ago

   I think I see now why someone else asked, "Would it be okay if the legend was horizontal?" Because then you don't have the "on top/below" connotation. Is that what you mean by "portrayed as negative",
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   by sameers 6y ago

   Yeah, I am also having a really hard time reading this visualization as perpetuating any stereotypes - assuming ofc that the data itself is correct. It would indeed by perpetuating them if it were not the case that urban stress is dispropor
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   by sameers 6y ago

   Thanks for engaging - I appreciate the chance to have a discussion. Actually, that part of what he said I disagreed with the most vehemently. His logic in that paragraph is very hard to follow - it goes: 1. "Experts get things wrong fo
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   by sameers 6y ago

   Thanks for engaging - I appreciate the chance to have a discussion. I haven't read any previous thread on this issue. Just from your comment, it appears that discussion of this issue is absolutely alive and well - we are discussing it
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   by sameers 6y ago

   Thanks for engaging - I appreciate the chance to have a discussion. I don't intend to chastise Taibbi at all. I am a fan of much of what he writes - I share his disdain for the journalistic class as a whole, and I like that he gets so
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    by sameers 6y ago

    Does anyone understand what point he's trying to make, or is it that the point is a very generic, "hey censorship is bad," which most people will agree with, but is argued rather poorly? At the end he writes, "From every
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    FourSquare anonymized “location trails data”(enterprise.foursquare.com)

    1 points by sameers 7y ago|0 comments
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    by sameers 7y ago

    The pix2code paper is interesting, but it doesn't really answer the question of translating the UI requirements into the corresponding "business logic" - it's limited to producing the code that manipulates the "surf
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    Which US states attract people and which do they leave?(theguardian.com)

    2 points by sameers 7y ago|0 comments
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    by sameers 7y ago

    I believe it's "because on-tap kombucha." That's their secret sauce, or secret juice, if you will.
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    by sameers 7y ago

    I think the author's point is, that in a recession, you wouldn't bite the bullet, because you (the average consumer) become cost-conscious. The idea is that therefore, WeWork's revenue model can turn on a dime but their debt
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    by sameers 7y ago

    For example, this WaPo story, about YouTube videos for some medical queries that go to videos featuring quack remedies and anti-vaxxer misinformation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/they-turn-to-...
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    by sameers 7y ago

    or he could put the mannequin head over an actual human head.
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    by sameers 7y ago

    Re hair cuts: The range is from about $15 all the way to $125, depending on what you are getting done and where. Someone who runs their own small salon, and takes 45 minutes between shampooing, conditioning, talking to you about where to pu
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    by sameers 7y ago

    Yeah, that's what I looked for right away. I mean, I'd read it if someone could tell me if explains the structure of (international) bond markets so at least I can come to my own conclusions about the 'imminent collapse.&#x27
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    by sameers 7y ago

    wait what. "chaddi dost" is literally, "underwear buddies," not "butt buddies." "chaddi" in some cases also generally means just shorts, not necessarily what's closest to your skin. The connotati
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    by sameers 8y ago

    Is there some subset of native capabilities that one can still attack with an RN codebase and not have to deal with the native <> JS issues you ran into? Say, my app "only" needed to access contacts and images (no GPS; no bl
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    by sameers 9y ago

    If you really know your stuff, enough to build good apps and a successful business, then it's possible that a smart enough co-worker (manager or not) will notice a gap between that potential, and your output. So "can I get away&qu
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    by sameers 11y ago

    Ask yourself why these new people have been hired - what was the (perceived) gap, what role do they play and why did this role become necessary to the company? Ask them if you can't figure it out - no better way to get to know these ne