vharuck

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1141.
by vharuck 8y ago
This is why I respect psychologists who test ideas most people consider common sense, even if the results confirm the common sense. It's like RSVPing to your sister's wedding: it seems obvious, but making it official helps the res
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by vharuck 8y ago
I use my full name for all government documents, unless it'll be checked against my driver's license. That has my nickname. It's never caused a problem, as most people have the sense to know I'm the same person. The c
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by vharuck 8y ago
You don't need to primarily rely on writing for income to be considered a writer. Granted, a day job and other commitments usually means it'll take a while to finish anything. But only career writers have to care about quantity.
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by vharuck 8y ago
The important part of that stat: > 97 percent of our folks were arriving by themselves in a car Emphasis mine. Cars carrying just one person to and from work every day is a waste.
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by vharuck 8y ago
https://boingboing.net/2014/04/23/tom-the-dancing-bug-lucky-...
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by vharuck 8y ago
"White" is so generic it's meaningless. It only helps when using skin tone to decide things, which is usually bad. There is no "white culture," but there is Irish, German, British, etc. I doubt anyone would bat a
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by vharuck 8y ago
The article often touches a lot of things which probably have a lot of interesting depth, but then it moves on to the next one. It could at least cite more primary sources so I'd know what to read for more.
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by vharuck 8y ago
If "gaming the system" includes setting up MFA and sensible admin rights, then I'd call the test a good use of time.
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by vharuck 8y ago
The five quick rules don't mesh well with the rest of the book's points. The chapters urge tailoring the style to the content, but the quick rules don't mention this at all. They just recommend ranges for basic font measures
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by vharuck 8y ago
I agree with the GP's points, if not its tone. Some basic instructions would really help anyone try this out, and the creator's the best person to write them down. And it seems the creator plans to do just that. So, kudos.
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by vharuck 8y ago
It's worked for me. Few of my tangential studies have been useful, but the ones that were made me very productive at my job. I discovered programming through messing with games instead of studying in college, then learned to automate
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by vharuck 8y ago
The twist would've been better with more set up. I can't fault people for not reading the whole thing and guessing a language at the end.
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by vharuck 8y ago
>Time is so mysterious and it may not even be a constant rate. The word "rate" as you're using it loses all meaning when you're measuring how much time passes over a period of time.
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by vharuck 8y ago
Maps can serve as a chart of data relations and/or a listing for easy lookup. But, yeah, it's disappointing most people dislike non-map charts with geographic categories.
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by vharuck 8y ago
What if the survey respondents value earlier discoveries more because they understand them better? I remember my mathematics professors saying, once they chose a specialty within a field, there wee only a dozen or so people in the world wh
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by vharuck 8y ago
Why not get subjects' consent for each study? Don't a lot of health organizations already do this?
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by vharuck 8y ago
>its anything that can be reasonably used to identify a person. This bar moves over time, especially as people share more (not health-related) personal information with companies.
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by vharuck 8y ago
>We'd have picked it up anyway when actually testing it. Why not automate the tests you often run?
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by vharuck 8y ago
We came really close to war between two nuclear powers at the Cuban blockade[0]. A Russian submarine didn't torpedo a US ship only because 1 of 3 officers on the sub voted against it. Rising nationalism and games of "chicken"
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by vharuck 8y ago
The linked site mentions the money can be spent on any kind of food or drink on the "about" page: >Event organisers may spend the sponsorship money on any food and drink they deem appropriate according to local law and custom.
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How to self-publish a book: A handy list of resources(blog.datascienceheroes.com)
558 points by vharuck 8y ago|88 comments
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by vharuck 8y ago
He sees free software principles as being on the same level as internationally recognized human rights. Sure, there could be certain cases where a right is "overridden": judicial gag orders, imprisoning convicts, eminent domain. B
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by vharuck 8y ago
In scripting languages, writing and sharing a new function isn't hard. And, if the language is open source, that encourages the rapid development of a community which implements useful and state-of-the-art tools. If every tool needs to
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by vharuck 8y ago
> Do you seriously think any reasonable person would ever do that As the other reply points out, this really isn't treason. The President is not the country. > and assume they would get away with it? I don't think they even