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by sgustard 4y ago
There's literally a definition of under-represented groups in that article. What are they hiding? The whole point is that raw intelligence on some absolute scale (however measured) is not the only factor in admissions.
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by sgustard 4y ago
I continue to be amazed at the notion that anyone could walk the grounds of an elite university and conclude they discriminate against Asians. Why not focus on institutions where Asians are actually under-represented? Government, executive
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by sgustard 4y ago
I'm also that hiring manager. First of all: HR is throwing out your best hires? Get on the same page with HR already. Next: Isn't FAANG all in a hiring freeze right now? All their staff looking at a 50% drop in their RSUs? Twitter
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by sgustard 4y ago
Conversely, you can lose 50% market share per year indefinitely. Just ask Blackberry.
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by sgustard 4y ago
One thing I learned about the industry is that dealership salespeople are hired from the same pool as, say, McDonalds employees. These are not college graduates who have white-collar job offers. They join with no existing skills at low wage
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by sgustard 4y ago
Properly disposing of an EXIT sign is no picnic either. https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/f...
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by sgustard 4y ago
There are lots of things visible from my house that I don't want to look at. Power lines, poles, buildings, cars and roads come to mind. I believe if you own a thousand acres you get to look at what you want, otherwise it's not up
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by sgustard 4y ago
In practice what's the difference in finger location between these almost identical notes on a violin? A millimeter?
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by sgustard 4y ago
Another possible cause: Do people even know how to make high-quality products any more? Who are the top 1% of refrigerator engineers, and do they still even go into refrigerator design, or did they become wall street quants instead? This is
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by sgustard 4y ago
As an engineer, I ask these questions all the time. Clueless product marketing people will request the most ridiculous features. I ask them: don't tell me the solution, tell me the customer problem. And what's it worth to you to s
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by sgustard 4y ago
DaVinci, Picasso & other western artists also score highest on the list of most expensive paintings. Would you consider an economic view to be a more balanced measure of fame? Many of the buyers are Middle Eastern or Asian too. https:&
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These were the highest-paying Silicon Valley tech companies in 2021(sfgate.com)
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by sgustard 4y ago
More believable as a machine superintelligence rather than aliens, since we "know" the former will be here in 10 or 20 or 100 years, and immediately formulate ways to get humans out of the picture.
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by sgustard 4y ago
Crustacean independence
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by sgustard 4y ago
The point is, a private one-on-one meeting is usually a required precursor to marriage and children. Casual group hangouts don't jump to that step.
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by sgustard 4y ago
There is a standard: https://schema.org/Menu "A structured representation of food or drink items available from a FoodEstablishment." Clearly the issue is that no one has convinced FoodEstablishments of the busine
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by sgustard 4y ago
Well, many people bolt their safe to their house. That adds some time for the thief to abscond with it. But I don't think "not meant to be secure anyway" is an excuse for "designed with a trivial security flaw." I m
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by sgustard 4y ago
Companies will flat-out decline to answer most of these questions, citing the information as confidential. There's a reason most employees, not to mention competitors, potential investors, etc, don't know the intimate details of a
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by sgustard 4y ago
US is 6th, so not far off, but fewer cars per person than the rampant car culture of ... Iceland and New Zealand? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_vehicles_...
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by sgustard 4y ago
In March 2020 when the pandemic lockdowns hit, my CEO literally cried as he told us on Zoom we had to furlough our friends and take a pay cut. He did not hide it in an email or call attention to how it made him feel. What he did do was bust
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by sgustard 4y ago
I've ordered things from not-Amazon and had them arrive weeks late, or they ship the wrong or damaged items, or returns are a hassle, etc. One-click checkout is not the solution to any of that.
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by sgustard 4y ago
Fred's also the author of "Get Paid In Crypto." Yet crypto warrants no mention in his analysis of the current bubble? https://avc.com/2022/02/get-paid-in-crypto/
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by sgustard 4y ago
Adams was brilliant, of course, but to me part of the appeal of Hitchhiker's was its deep Britishness. Absurdity is funnier against a backdrop of English inhibition. Monty Python's "Ministry of Silly Walks" is only funny
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Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability(go2.stanford.edu)
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by sgustard 4y ago
This is a C vs Java argument. There are people who prefer each. > when you get it right, there's nothing to second guess Given the topic is "how to corrupt your db file," does that mean they didn't get it right yet? O
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by sgustard 4y ago
I've always wondered how you handle those lights at night, if you can't see the enclosure; and how you handle the occasional horizontal traffic light, which my town has one of.
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by sgustard 4y ago
This is also why I don't go to the doctor.
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I do that extensively when hiring and it is valuable. But sadly, many people can hold a technical discussion without actually being able to read/write code. I'd like my orchestra to have a lively discussion of music theory, but I
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by sgustard 5y ago
For much of the past century, the best career advice in the world was: go to IBM, General Motors, General Electric. Climb the ladder for a few decades, get a pension, retire at the top 1% of the income pyramid. That worked great until it di
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by sgustard 5y ago
Interesting that commenters here assert "most users don't want to be tracked," whereas in fact most users happily choose Chrome over any privacy-focused platforms.

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