spikels

70 ms·

691.
NIH Survey – 42% of principal investigator time spent on admin(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
1 points by spikels 13y ago|0 comments
692.
by spikels 13y ago
Plain english tanslation of comment above: I don't care if there is a scientific consensus that GMOs are safe or if millions of people would starve without them but I won't change my opinion despite new information.
693.
Michael Huemer(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by spikels 13y ago|0 comments
694.
by spikels 13y ago
Paper this article is based on: http://obs.rc.fas.harvard.edu/chetty/mobility_trends.pdf
695.
by spikels 13y ago
There is absolutely no shortage of drinking water in the US. (1) Both US freshwater (surface + groundwater) and groundwater usage in the US has been flat for 40+ years despite the population growing by 50%. (2) Less than 2% for freshwater a
696.
by spikels 13y ago
Blue Bottle's secret to success is great PR and a lighter roast than most of their competitors which results in a milder, sweeter cup of coffee. Otherwise they buy their green coffee from the same sources and use the same equipment and
697.
by spikels 13y ago
I would be very cautious drawing any firm conclusion from this kind of simplistic analysis. First, as always with economic analysis, many other things are changing at the same time (inflation, trade, technology, etc.). Any one or some combi
698.
by spikels 13y ago
Funny how the Gilded Age, a pejorative term BTW, gets a bad rap because a few people got extremely rich. It was actually one on the most economically successful periods in US history. As pointed out by Wikipedia real wages were up 60% in 30
699.
Yahoo Earnings Shed More Light on Alibaba's Growth(dealbook.nytimes.com)
1 points by spikels 13y ago|0 comments
700.
by spikels 13y ago
Let me see if I got this straight: There are 2^63 possible outcomes, that's 9,223,372,036,854,775,808, Buffet is allowing only 10,000,000 guesses and if more than one entry has the same prediction they split the prize. So I guess the i
701.
by spikels 13y ago
The article does exactly what it sets out to do: introduce C to programmers used to more modern languages. I started programming in C again a few months ago after a 15 year hiatus and the language I remembered loving seemed strange and tedi
702.
by spikels 13y ago
Since you are so interested why don't you do a little research yourself. This has been extensively studied but I think you need to start with the basics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity
703.
by spikels 13y ago
No need to apologize. I agree the PPP basket weights is a problem without a perfect solution but I has been studied extensively. My understanding is that most experts don't think it is a huge problem. I think most people would agree th
704.
by spikels 13y ago
There is not perfect way to measure output. If you can come up with something better please let everyone know. There are thousands of experts who have spent their entire professional lives on these issues. Good luck!
705.
by spikels 13y ago
PPP was developed for exactly this purpose - to understand differences across areas with different currencies. While it is not perfect it attempts to take things like quality differences into account. Real estate if pretty difficult to comp
706.
by spikels 13y ago
I would argue that PPP is better than exchange rate based comparisons and I think most experts agree.[1] GDP per capita includes everything produced by the country including health care, child care, etc. So that is not the issue here.[2] In
707.
by spikels 13y ago
Sorry to mislead you. Accidentally hit submit and had the USA and Denmark swapped. Numbers are correct now. Delete your post if you like...
708.
by spikels 13y ago
The Danish GDP number you quote is based on the Danish Kroner to US Dollar exchange rate. This does not take into account the much higher cost of living in Denmark. This is why it is generally preferred to use Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
709.
by spikels 13y ago
Bankrolled by who? EU? US? Who? And do you have any evidence? BTW-Do you get your news from RT?
710.
by spikels 13y ago
Do you have a dog in this fight? Read the post then if you disagree present some evidence. What "all reports"? Here's a balanced one that disagrees with your claim: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26&
711.
by spikels 13y ago
Oh oh! Did you really just say "A few people continued to RAG me about it"? I know you think you are very language sensitive and not a mysoginst. But to use the word RAG! http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?t
712.
by spikels 13y ago
As best I can tell Tufte thinks "data dumps" are the best kinds of visualizations: "Above all else show the data". Unlike salesman, campaigners or reporters Tufte doesn't think good data visualization is about getti
713.
by spikels 13y ago
Here's a BBC article but it has been discussed frequently in the Scottish press. Google is your friend. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-2573...
714.
by spikels 13y ago
That's how is is supposed to work in the US too. However like everywhere things do not always work as they are supposed too. The Grand Jury mentioned is the article is not the actual trial but a pre-trial procedure to decide whether to
715.
by spikels 13y ago
There are two distinct types of data visualizations: ones that seek to understand data and ones that use data to convince. Tufte believes strongly in the first: we should strive for understanding the data and avoid distorting what the data
716.
by spikels 13y ago
I apologize if I misunderstood you - so much simplistic inequality talk lately. I completely agree that government corruption (and simple incompetence) are a big part of the reason the poor are poor and many of the super rich are super rich
717.
by spikels 13y ago
The distribution of wealth is a symptom of a problem not the problem itself. We haven't failed at distributing wealth: poor people are not poor because somebody didn't distribute wealth to them. Most poor people are poor because t
718.
by spikels 13y ago
This is so stupid. The fee is equal to the cost of the program. Flushing $1.5 million a year down the toilet. Bizarrely this is a victory as the activists wanted the buses outlawed completely. SF will always be a second best city until it c
719.
by spikels 13y ago
Philosophy professors talking about something they don't fully understand. Analytic solutions are almost always prefferable when they are available because they are much easier to analyze. Naturally economists will prefer models with a
720.
by spikels 13y ago
That is insane. How can you not love these guys?

More ›