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by smugma 4y ago
The book “Chums” is about how UK politics is dominated by PPE majors from Oxford (and frequently Eton or similar before). In addition to being out of touch and classist, a main thesis of the book is that Oxonians learn “to write and speak f
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by smugma 4y ago
The tests aren’t weighted based on extrinsic factors. If you’re Black and take the SAT you don’t get extra points or more time. In fact, you’re much more likely to get more time if you’re an affluent white parson who has requested and recei
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To name a few: GPA, letters of recommendation, honors/APs taken compared to what’s offered, personal essays
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In many parts of the world including parts of Europe eg Italy, it’s common to live with family until you get married.
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A different, Recent study in China found no benefit to TRE: https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/time-restrict...
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There are people who measure language difficulty. The uS state department does it from a US perspective but I’ve seen others https://www.state.gov/foreign-language-training/
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5-10 hours of test prep may add a couple hundred points to someone’s score, but probably won’t take someone from ann 850 to 1200. Looking at the math section, you might get a 600 if you don’t study but could know all the material but don’t
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I understand what you're saying and often feel that way. I think one point to be taken away is not to judge capabilities of X (say, programming) based on Y (typing speed). However, sometimes I have the opposite desire. I can type on a
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by smugma 4y ago
I hope you never use the stock iOS calculator, which still eats keystrokes.
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Even for MacBooks of the same generation, there’s a (significant, for me) hit when going from a US Mac keyboard to a UK one (enter key is all off).
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by smugma 4y ago
One of the smartest people I met as an undergrad at Berkeley was a theoretical chemistry PhD student. He was an extremely slow typist, with mostly hunt and peck. It would be frustrating for me because it would be like 1/4 my comfortabl
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by smugma 4y ago
Followup to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33007035 Looks like Apple blinked.
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Apple Reportedly Agrees to TSMC Chip Price Hike After Refusing Last Week(macrumors.com)
18 points by smugma 4y ago|5 comments
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Apple blinked: https://www.macrumors.com/2022/10/05/apple-agrees-to-tsmc-ch...
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by smugma 4y ago
Redesigned Oval Office is hilarious: https://twitter.com/paulbohm/status/1576816767573577729?s=20...
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Interior AI autofills photo of room with CG furniture/art(interiorai.com)
134 points by smugma 4y ago|21 comments
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NYT looks to gaming product to grow subscriptions(digiday.com)
1 points by smugma 4y ago|1 comments
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Sounds like the Wordle acquisition was a huge success for them. Some see it as a weekend engineering project, but the design was great. I think ultimately they were buying the brand even more than the existing user base (which they probably
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It's not legal risk that's being discussed, it's reputational risk / cancel culture.
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The trailer is almost unwatchable but includes the relevant quote (it's not a direct quote, but pretty close): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-vMsjd0ccM
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Will do so going forward, but I can't edit it. If this can be edited and merged with the other submission, that probably makes the most sense.
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You’re right, it is editorialized. But it’s a more direct source, the MacRumors article points to the Bloomberg one.
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by smugma 4y ago
VP, not C level. He didn’t give his name let alone his employer. He actually did the opposite. He didn’t state any beliefs or use profanity, he made a crass joke and apologized.
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by smugma 4y ago
He was roughly quoting the movie Arthur: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-vMsjd0ccM
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Apple VP Cancelled for Crude Remarks on TikTok(bloomberg.com)
13 points by smugma 4y ago|15 comments
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Looks like what this means is not that TSMC or Apple fold or even meet in the middle… the article implies that it’s sort of a stalemate that results in a short term lose-lose: products may get delayed or not be as good as they might otherwi
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by smugma 4y ago
Increase in IT staff isn’t necessarily bad. It could be companies moving to the cloud better learn the value of IT.
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by smugma 4y ago
SQL on CSV (using preinstalled Mac tools) previously linked on HN: https://til.simonwillison.net/sqlite/one-line-csv-operations e.g. sqlite3 :memory: -cmd '.mode csv' -cmd '.import royalties.csv Royalty&
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by smugma 4y ago
When I was 6 years old my older brother showed me how to use Copy ][ Plus/Edit (what was it called? This was 35 years ago) to edit my characters’ stats in the Bard’s Tale and other games. I’d learn to search for specific strings like a
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by smugma 4y ago
€1.19 is €0.99 (and $0.99) when you take out 20% VAT

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