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by smadge 8y ago
A more parsimonious explanation is that people’s incomes are less than or equal to their expenses (rent, healthcare, food, taxes, etc) preventing them from accumulating wealth. Until we reverse the trend of stagnating wages and rising expen
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In casual conversation people use the term “photoshopped” to describe montages where different images are combined together, or using painting tools to remove or add to the image. This is very different from adjusting color balance and cont
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The classic textbook Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs has a chapter on implementing a logic programming language embedded in Scheme. [source: https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp&
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My point is that the growth mindset is real science and additionally makes students better at learning real science.
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The proofs in Metamath are not produced by machines. Humans write them, but machines validate them.
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One of the main benefits of science is being able to make perceptible to humans phenomena that are usually imperceptible. We can look at planets millions of light years away. With microscope we can see tiny microscopic crittters we didnt kn
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A person can choose to spend less time on a hobby at any point, but once a child is born their parents have an ethical obligation to their children.
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The article includes a picture of Prince Charles wearing a mended jacket. If it’s acceptable for royalty to appear in public in mended clothing I imagine it’s ok for us plebeians.
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I think one of the main motivations for studying the growth mindset is to understand why underrepresented minorities perform poorly and to develop strategies to improve their outcomes. This evidence suggests it does and it is important that
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In a recent college mathematics course I took, the professor took an hour in the first week to explain research on the growth mindset. More professors should do this!
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Sure, if a growth mindset didn’t actually improve outcomes it would be negligent to promote a growth mindset. However, the evidence suggests that a growth mindset does improve outcomes. In the interest of improving outcomes a growth mindset
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You could implement an upvote or like as a hyperlink or a form, then progressively enhance that feature to not initiate a full page reload (iirc this is how HN implements upvotes). Similarly expanding or collapsing an accordion menu could b
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Don't have any application state transitions that are not hyperlinks or a forms.
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I second this recommendation! I agree with the sentiment expressed by some in these comments that intermediate category theory probably isn’t going to help you too much as a programmer. However the introduction to Category Theory in “Concep
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My undergraduate Abstract Algebra course used Gallian’s “Contemporary Abstract Algebra.” Unfortunately if you are truly looking for an introduction assuming no mathematics, you will need to learn high school algebra and a bit about sets and
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Some people have called it brutalist web design[1]. Sites with minimalistic design whose functionality is transparent to the user. It is similar to how the brutalist architectural style doesn’t hide the underlying materials behind a facade
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Why can’t something just be what it is? Does everything have to be a temporary stop along the way to something bigger?
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There are classified journals that are used to publish classified scientific results from the intelligence, defense, and national security communities. This is what came to mind when you mentioned “dark journals,” although I initially inter
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There’s also this: “As seriously as Fellows seemed to take his preparation, he did not appear to consider witnesses would notice a cyclist wearing both commando gear and a hi-vis safety vest while toting a gun (they did, and they told the p
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Are you talking about an outcome different than the replacement tunnel? What alternative do you have in mind? Personally, I live in the South Sound and I would love alternatives that would allow me to visit the city without the hassle of br
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Explaining how changes to transportation patterns effect quality of life in general was way outside the scope of the article. It’s claim was limited and it argued it well: road closures don’t necessarily cause traffic congestion. It’s uncle
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While I agree that the fossil fuel industry is positioning itself to prosper in a post fossil fuel economy, I don’t believe that it is completely manufacturing the concern over climate change.
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They are trying to squeeze every last ounce of profit they can out of the carbon economy with the full knowledge that it must be dismantled within the next few decades. It’s a cynical game, externalizing the catastrophic costs of climate ch
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Presumably the owner with the actual deed will object.
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Regardless of proof that these particular doctors are being influenced by the money, the offer of the money creates a perverse incentive. If a doctor likes a particular drug they can proselytize it on their own time and dime.
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I don’t understand your anger. The conclusion is that it was previously empirically believed to be the case but logically unproven that these polynomial representations of integers were unlikely to be factorable. If I understand this articl
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The US has previously had top marginal income tax rates even higher than 70%. As far as I can tell, currently the highest tax bracket is 37% at income over $600,000. Why not add more brackets with progressively higher rates? The largest bar
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Playing as a birder was definitely an option by design. There are in game achievements for spotting through your binoculars and “studying” each species of animal. It is not even out of character of Arthur Morgan, who often draws landscapes
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> Sharing data between servers & clients while being able to make sure the data wasn't changed. I think the main use is sharing data between the server and itself. The client shouldn’t depend on the internal structure of the tok
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I agree. Learning python requires learning the various data structures that are built in to the language (list, dict, set, classes) and learning the various control structures (if, for, while, etc). These are initially black boxes that a st

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