sul_tasto

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by sul_tasto 18d ago
I have two kids in engineering programs at a state University. They are allowed to use AI for homework assignments, but the homework is no longer worth any credit. They have a lot more papers, quizzes, and tests in class that count for thei
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Epstein Forensic Finance(github.com)
27 points by sul_tasto 8mo ago|1 comments
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by sul_tasto 9mo ago
like cage free eggs
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States lodge lawsuit against Trump's $100k H-1B visa fee(politico.com)
7 points by sul_tasto 10mo ago|1 comments
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by sul_tasto 1y ago
Her website is here: https://www.freudenbergs.de/vanessa/start.html
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by sul_tasto 1y ago
Relations between the US and India have been strained recently because India refuses to implement sanctions on Russia for the war in Ukraine. I wonder if there is a geopolitical motive behind the timing of this decision.
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by sul_tasto 1y ago
There isn’t a shortage, they’re just trying to drive down wages.
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by sul_tasto 1y ago
I’ve noticed that prices on amazon will fluctuate if I price compare on other websites. It will dynamically price match if I find an item cheaper somewhere else online.
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Individual Pricing Algorithms on the Rise(hls.harvard.edu)
1 points by sul_tasto 1y ago|1 comments
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by sul_tasto 1y ago
my guess is they want to replace the gov employees and programs with contracts so money can be funneled to cronies
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by sul_tasto 1y ago
Not being done at scale? That is blatantly false. The program needs to end. American workers are being undermined.
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by sul_tasto 2y ago
The electoral college was intended to serve this purpose.
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Microsoft claims creation of new state of matter in quantum computing(wsj.com)
3 points by sul_tasto 2y ago|1 comments
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Updates to H-1B(uscis.gov)
461 points by sul_tasto 2y ago|1354 comments
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by sul_tasto 2y ago
identifying customers based on gait analysis and bluetooth identification (already widely implemented) will certainly lead to individual pricing
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by sul_tasto 3y ago
indeed. social security can be rescued from insolvency by raising the withholding on those without children…
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by sul_tasto 3y ago
this is a great resource https://geoffreysteadman.com/
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by sul_tasto 4y ago
The problem as I see it is the politicians and media stoking the flames of any controversial issue they can for profit. This ‘issue’ is an excellent example.
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by sul_tasto 4y ago
I’ve read Starting Strength, which I thought was excellent. Can you recommend any other resources?
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by sul_tasto 4y ago
You’re right, of coarse, but at that age it wouldn’t have occurred to me to go to the dean. Students are used to the teachers having all the power. My high school junior is still told where she has to sit in class. It’s ridiculous.
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by sul_tasto 4y ago
Does anyone know of any studies on how the proliferation of MBA degrees has affected universities in this way, or other industries in similar ways? That is, the ballooning of administrative roles to the detriment of the student/consume
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by sul_tasto 4y ago
Now that I think about it, the business model seems eerily similar to 23 and Me , where they give you some basic ethnicity report and then do who knows what with your DNA afterwards.
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by sul_tasto 4y ago
Since animal testing is negative PR these days, it seems like de-extincting animals artfully sidesteps any ethical or moral objections. I mean, dead animals/species don’t have any rights, so they can run all the frankenstein experiment
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by sul_tasto 4y ago
It sounds like funeral homes lobbied for the steel box part.
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by sul_tasto 4y ago
I’m sure the cost of daycare and the cost of college are huge factors on a couple’s decision. School schedules are also not built around dual working parent households. A lot more could be done to support parents.
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by sul_tasto 4y ago
I have a few friends who are doctors. One is a primary care physician and he talks about the frustrations of patients refusing to take care of their health or adopt behavioral changes he recommends. Most just want a prescription so that the
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by sul_tasto 4y ago
This is what credentials used to signal, but I’m not sure they’re as reliable anymore…
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by sul_tasto 4y ago
The best book on this topic is by the expert who conducted the research- Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Ericsson ISBN 0544456254
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by sul_tasto 4y ago
You don’t find your purpose, you develop it. https://youtu.be/3rO9DiK7DOg
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by sul_tasto 4y ago
How do we know that the olive oil we buy from the grocery store is actually authentic? I thought most of the olive oil in the US contains cheaper seed oils, just like most of the honey contains corn syrup.

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