thedevil

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by thedevil 10y ago
I hear you. Right now, statistics are limited and misleading. Frankly, I think Tesla is intentionally misleading with statistics (the miles aren't apples-to-apples but Tesla is using them as if they are). But autonomous vehicles will
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by thedevil 10y ago
One day my son will drive. Do I want for him to face a 1/10000 chance of being killed each year by a human driver? Or do I want for him to face a 1/20000 chance of being killed each year by an autonomous vehicle? I'll take op
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by thedevil 10y ago
You beat me to the comment. I never worried about Russia growing up but then I started reading Russian news 10-15 years ago. It was Russian news, not western news, that made me realize that Russia is a threat.
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by thedevil 10y ago
You should read Russian news. Every single day, military propaganda in the headlines. Every single day, anti-EU, anti-NATO, anti-US propaganda in the headlines. Seriously, google a Russian news source. On their page, you'll see tank
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by thedevil 10y ago
I agree with a lot of what you said but wanted to point out that Google Now is actually quite useful and nice to use. I look at it every day for traffic warnings, an overview of my schedule, reminders and updates, and interesting stories. I
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by thedevil 10y ago
Somehow, I had never even heard of auction theory. Thanks! This has to be the only comments section on the internet where I actually get smarter by participating. :)
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by thedevil 10y ago
An idea I've been tossing around: What if domains cost $100 if more than one person wants it? The idea here is to squeeze the squatters with 000s of domains. Whenever I want a domain, most of the ones I want are taken. Not by people
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by thedevil 10y ago
I like coding questions because I have an easier time then most. That said, I have sympathy with those who struggle with whiteboard questions. Even for an easy problem, you have to context switch to the language and problem type then simu
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by thedevil 10y ago
The problem is that those bullies are using this argument to pretend they're doing nothing wrong. Even if true free speech never existed, the idea of it shows exactly how they're being assholes.
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by thedevil 10y ago
I've recently seen this used as an excuse to do some horrible things. If we define "free speech" to mean freedom from oppression only by government, then we need a new word to mean freedom to express ideas without people acti
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by thedevil 10y ago
Thank you. Not sure how to fix 2. I also hope BI would reduce 2 and 3. It seems like it would. I certainly wouldn't work those jobs if didn't need money.
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by thedevil 10y ago
Thank you. Although I haven't heard anyone ever use the same breakdown as me, I have heard a lot of people who want to "change the world". I always interpreted that to mean that they want to do type 1 work.
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by thedevil 10y ago
Maybe it will be, but we're still a long way off of robots being able to do a good job of organizing my house or babysitting my kid. Edit: And once we get there, I'm sure there will be more things I want done for me if I have mone
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by thedevil 10y ago
I use a different model than everyone else which I think gives insight on this. I split jobs into 3 categories (simplified here to make it easy to understand): 1) jobs that mostly create economic value (doctors, farmers, programmers): the
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by thedevil 10y ago
It's funny that we now need a tldr for the abstract, which is itself used as a tldr.
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by thedevil 10y ago
Interesting note: The map looks almost like a map of average temperatures. http://climate.ncsu.edu/secc_edu/images/meandailytemp1961_19...
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by thedevil 10y ago
Not only did he call it, he explained and predicted in detail. For example, he predicted the Megyn Kelly interview. Edit: He predicted the interview and that it would mark a turning point where Trump softens his image, destroys Clinton&#x27
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by thedevil 10y ago
I up voted your comment because we think the same way on this but your comment was better and less snarky than mine (although also less entertaining).
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by thedevil 10y ago
I see a different problem: lack of jobs that don't drug test. I don't do any drugs and never been a fan of weed, but I sometimes won't apply for a job if they drug test. I wish I could stick to this every time. The no-drug-sc
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by thedevil 10y ago
In addition to the ability to shut the door, the office limits noise and sights to one direction - in front of you. And it limits it to when people actually have something to say to you specifically. Open office has you surrounded, includin
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by thedevil 10y ago
What type of work do you do?
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by thedevil 10y ago
Actuary is a great cozy career (less exciting in both good and bad ways). I recommend it if you like it. The only downside is limited geographic range. But for me, software is a calling.
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by thedevil 10y ago
I'm a career changer from actuary to software developer. The most shocking part of the career change was open office arrangements. Both careers are technical and require both concentration and collaboration. Actuaries tend to have the
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by thedevil 10y ago
Can you back this up with an example or explanation? It seems like a counter intuitive claim By learning about biases, I've been able to spot a lot of my own. I don't see how that makes me more overconfident (I was already arrogan
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by thedevil 10y ago
I assumed postings but not sure. It's just the most interesting google result I got looking around on this. Edit: I meant that my indeed link was about postings. My assumption was that the 2400 figure (800/month) from the articl
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by thedevil 10y ago
If I'm understanding the article, there was a net increase of 2400 jobs in the quarter. That's still pretty good. (Edit: it may seem gloomy by comparing to 2015, which seemed like an extremely good year). I googled a little beca
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by thedevil 10y ago
I made an app with Swift (my only iOS app). I like it. I like clean, easy-to-read languages where I can get stuff done quickly and reading code isn't a huge pain and using a new library isn't a huge pain. Swift seems to fit those
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Fear and Loathing across Party Lines: New Evidence on Group Polarization (2015) [pdf](pcl.stanford.edu)
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by thedevil 10y ago
While it's noble to give away $30M, it won't necessarily give strong support for universal basic income. In order to have an effective experiment, you need to also tax those people $30M and redistribute it. That's missing fr
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by thedevil 10y ago
Another, bigger long term effect: everyone is either A) becoming extremist in their political ideas or B) just won't talk about politics at all. Edit: I've been moving towards B myself.

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