viableSprocket1

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   by viableSprocket1 3y ago

   I get this is tongue in cheek, and it's true that everyone's brown, but a couple of points of note: 1. ISRO has reserved spots for Scheduled Castes / Tribes (historically under-represented castes and tribes), which is far mor
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   by viableSprocket1 3y ago

   Oversimplifying for brevity (and there is definitely more nuance to this). This is basically the modeling approach: 1. Have a biological brain do a task, record neuronal data + task performance 2. Copy some of those biological features and
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   by viableSprocket1 4y ago

   yep. that's 100% a strategy.
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   by viableSprocket1 4y ago

   i'm sure it's happened somewhere...I'm not sure but from what I've seen, incredibly hard to game recruitment. Even if you do, the kid won't survive long -- it's up or out every ~2 years. Seems like a lot of wor
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   by viableSprocket1 4y ago

   Is it more or less difficult than counteracting Dunning-Kruger? (for the record...former salary, several years ago)
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   by viableSprocket1 4y ago

   Not my experience over a decade or so, but sorry it was yours. Sounds awful.
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   by viableSprocket1 4y ago

   These topics on HN (where I know the industry well) make me realize how stupid I must sound when I have strong opinions on things I have nothing but anecdotal experience with. It's humbling to realize that I must also say things that a
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   by viableSprocket1 4y ago

   Questioning is useful. Stereotypes also can be useful. But that doesn't preclude recognizing and calling out bias and correlation/causation issues. My views are: 1) Size of population, education and language are better explainers
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   by viableSprocket1 4y ago

   I'm not defending Nepotism. I'm saying there is an obvious explanation of the effect the article is talking about (and several bad explanations that rely on cultural tropes)
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    by viableSprocket1 4y ago

    This is a non-article as there's nothing shocking about a large population of people who are generally fluent in English and generally have undergraduate and graduate education doing well in knowledge work. But it won't stop the t
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    by viableSprocket1 4y ago

    I've lived here (Lower Manhattan, BK, and now Astoria) for the last 10 years and wouldn't move anywhere else. For reference, I lived in SF (Pac Heights) for ~4 years during and after grad school and a couple of other metros tooThe