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by spangry 4y ago
> "anyone can ban anyone else for a non-trivial amount of time, but you must reply to their post, and people will see that you banned them." Was that on a per-thread basis i.e. if I start a thread, I have the power to publicly
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by spangry 4y ago
From a purely practical perspective, if you're trying to convey an idea the onus is kinda on you to communicate it clearly. If the literal meaning of what you're saying ('defund the police') is not actually what you&#x27
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by spangry 4y ago
I found parts of the handbook insightful, but that bit about competing offers and promotions bothered me too. The section goes on: > After you fold, three things happen: > Word gets out that “all you need to do to get a raise is to as
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by spangry 4y ago
I don't think these guys are trying to encourage people to be thoughtful, despite what they may claim - it feels more like one tribe using the power of google to try and control another tribe. Giving these dummies what they want won&#x
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by spangry 5y ago
This will sound counter-intuitive, but calling individuals to ask for small favours is a good way to build rapport and to learn more about your colleagues. Most people are very happy to help out the new guy, and asking a small favour is a g
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by spangry 5y ago
This is something I wish I'd understood earlier in my career. Your company doesn't care about you, nor should you expect them to. You might give 110% and be a well-regarded model employee. But I guarantee the day after you leave t
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by spangry 5y ago
I once used VPNs as proxies for web scraping, using 2-3 VPN providers with multiple servers in different countries. It was a while ago, so my memory is a little hazy but I'll try to describe how I did it as best I remember. I configure
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by spangry 5y ago
Hey thanks for the recommendation. I too am a (lapsed) classically trained pianist with poor sight reading. This might just be the motivation I need to get back into playing :)
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by spangry 5y ago
That all seems like pretty solid advice. Chunking the piece up but practicing overlapping parts is particularly good - if you neglect the overlapping part you can end up with obvious 'seams' in the piece when you put it all togeth
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by spangry 5y ago
There's some evidence, at least in first-world countries, that more recently the Flynn effect is stagnating and even reversing (i.e. average IQs are declining). See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect#Possi
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by spangry 5y ago
There are pros and cons to either approach. I've been wondering recently if voluntary voting in the US is partially responsible for the tribal political atmosphere? As I understand it, one of the big challenges both major parties face
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by spangry 5y ago
There's an organisation called Prosper Australia that does analysis of 'speculative vacancies' in Melbourne using water consumption data: https://www.prosper.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01&#x
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by spangry 5y ago
https://equitablemath.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11... "This tool provides teachers an opportunity to examine their actions, beliefs, and values around teaching mathematics. The framew
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by spangry 5y ago
Sounds very similar to "Prevalence-induced concept change in human judgment" - https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.aap8731 > Why do some social problems seem so intractable? In a seri
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by spangry 5y ago
I'm having a bit of trouble understanding this. What you you mean by 'requires powerlessness'? If I commit a sin against wokeness, how do I demonstrate powerlessness in order to gain forgiveness?
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by spangry 5y ago
Any idea what Massachusetts is doing to achieve such results, and could it be replicated in other states?
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by spangry 5y ago
Because standards would hinder "equity" in educational outcomes. The SF Board of Education recently voted to end selective admissions for Lowell High School in favour of a lottery, citing lack of diversity and "pervasive syst
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by spangry 5y ago
I agree it's far from perfect. The whole employment services provider model is a weird frankenstein pseudo-market which operates according to bureaucratic rules and artificial 'prices'. And this model requires the bureaucracy
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by spangry 5y ago
FWIW your views are not what I think of when I hear the phrase 'progressive activist'. I tend to think of someone who is concerned almost exclusively with race, gender and sexuality.
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by spangry 5y ago
> The refined point (and all preceding points) are not based in any sort of actionable public policy. I would argue that that point is as much based in emotion as the leftist points the parent is talking about. Yes, it sounds good that i
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by spangry 6y ago
Worth considering the first iPhone wasn't released until 2007. I think you had a very unique sample of the population: women who used internet forums pre-smartphone ubiquity.
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by spangry 6y ago
> I don't think it actually matters at all, it's like the Seattle autonomous anarchists. It's all simulated outrage. Perhaps not the best example. Two people have been shot and killed in the CHAZ, one of them a 16 year old
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by spangry 6y ago
To take it another step further, a bias towards action can be harmful as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primum_non_nocere . I have often wondered if Google/Alphabet erred in switching from "don't be
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by spangry 6y ago
I can see the rationale for this. Companies that publicly boycott Facebook harm Facebook's reputation (which in turn hurts Facebook's bottom line). These companies now pose a higher risk (given past behaviour) of publicly boycotti
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by spangry 6y ago
You might find this Harvard study on the issue illuminating: https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/fryer/files/empirical_anal...
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by spangry 6y ago
I agree. The second you start censoring $VIEW_X, people will start questioning why you aren't also censoring $VIEW_Y. Are you not censoring $VIEW_Y because you endorse it, Facebook? Is Facebook $VIEW_Y-ist? Rinse and repeat for every f
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by spangry 6y ago
Sounds like you're describing Pigovian taxes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigovian_tax
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by spangry 6y ago
On the other hand, it's difficult to be diplomatic when one side is so belligerent, sensitive and petty. China has started imposing trade sanctions on my country (Australia) because our Prime Minister had the audacity to suggest there
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by spangry 6y ago
57.7% of comments removed. Huh.
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by spangry 6y ago
Evolution seems to be gaining traction in some ultra right wing circles, albeit in support of other distasteful ideas...

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