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by sn41 6y ago
People closer to the ground can comment better. But to summarize, tenure decisions in Stanford reputedly take into account whether you are involved in startups etc. Berkeley is more traditionally academic, as far as I understand. As for the
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Ergodic theorist (occasional) here. Ergodic theory is basically studying situations in which the time average of (almost every) trajectory equals the space average of the system. This is a widely studied area in dynamical systems. I am sque
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1. Closeness to the Stanford university ecosystem which promoted tech. Berkeley isn't too far away physically, though it may not be very near ideologically. Talent helps. 2. Matthew Effect: The (talent-)rich (cities) get richer. 3. Wea
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by sn41 6y ago
Thank you for the great list. Could you give examples of 8. subtle errors in online documentation?
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M7.1 quake strikes off coast of New Zealand(stuff.co.nz)
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Yup. This is the same phenomenon in India as well - the salary is "high", so you can splurge on furniture, buy reasonably priced cars etc. much easier than earlier generations. But we cannot afford to buy the same house my parents
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by sn41 6y ago
You might also be interested in "Reviews of this book" [1], a book entirely consisting of reviews of the book, an idea promoted by Douglas Hofstadter. Stansław Lem has published "A Perfect Vacuum", reviews of non-existen
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Wallace and Gromit.... Humane pest control is good for growing giant vegetables [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_%26_Gromit:_The_Curse_...
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Yes, this was my feeling as well. It is very rare that calligraphy in a left-to-right writing system will have letters slanted left. It may have been a photograph from the other side. Rice paper being very thin, it might not be obvious whic
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It looks like Burmese to me... [1] or Javanese [2] , or some such Brahmic script. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese_language [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javanese_script
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by sn41 6y ago
You are absolutely right. But if you are on the road, I was saying that it is possible to regain control of the car even if you momentarily skid/slide. I think winter driving definitely takes getting used to, there is no point in blam
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> Everyone who rear ended the car in front of them was an idiot. Are you serious? Winter driving is no joke. I sympathise with people in Texas who did not have a daily encouter with snow and ice. When I was in the midwest, I was pretty g
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"There are unjust laws, just as there are unjust men." - Mohandas Gandhi. Jim Crow and segregation were also "the law" at some point. Unjust laws must be fought and overcome.
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This is false, it is merely a CSE viewpoint. In science, several prestigious journals are difficult to get into, and afterwards, charge you for the paper, per column or per page, being published. Figures and color may cost extra (significan
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by sn41 6y ago
This sounds like a valid viewpoint, but it could lead to significant downsides. Like pay per review scams on Amazon. I don't know how this policy will play out in reality.
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I find pink noise relaxing when working.
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You can try buiding and selling wood craft computer accessories - there might be a niche market for such things.
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This has nothing to do with sovereign immunity. It is just an act. Expectedly, it was struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional. It was just a ludicrous thing to try in the first place. https://www.timesnownews.com&#x2
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by sn41 6y ago
I am not a fan of any government or political party in particular. Just pointing out an obvious fact. But the newly registered domain is not a red flag per se. That's how experienced groups might also go about covering their tracks.
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enge?
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Everyone seems to assume it is the central government. No one has remarked on this, the following somewhat obvious. One of the screenshots has a heading in Malayalam, saying "Bill Vivarangal" - "Bill details" [1]. Was it
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by sn41 6y ago
Well. Section 47 is a real delight, a diabolical inversion of the principle of locus standi. Increasingly, there are agencies and laws which say that "you cannot take us to court". As though writing it makes it somehow legal. Remi
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by sn41 6y ago
The incentive structures in academia make it easier to opt to cheat. A furious mediocrity is considered more desirable than thoughtful work : Thoughtful work is not "high impact", high "h-index" or whatever, but stuff
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I agree, mate. I've decided to stop brooding over things less. I do still sniff the toxic sludge at my workplace, but turn away by thinking about technical and intense.
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Pretty sure he was a pilot or a sea captain. I definitely would not refer to the right hand engine as "starboard engine".
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As pointed out by others, subtraction is very sensitive. The following are also important examples. 1. The problem of small denominators. This is analogous to the subtraction issue, but it was observed and well-studied in the 19th century i
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I don't disagree with your frustrations. It is hard for anyone to be accused, including the Google management, of being insensitive when you are acting out of good intentions yet getting lumped with blatant racists. Perhaps there was s
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The mandate of the department is ethics. Ethics is not agnostic to one's personal convictions, unlike code. People assume that because someone got fired, they "lost". Another viewpoint is that they retained their ethical inte
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Curse the alphabet!! So many subversives use it to express thoughts...
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Yes it is. And also, all the other times. This has nothing to do with any vulnerability in curl, just that someone might have used curl to script requests. You might as well attack the HTTP protocol.

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