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by warbaker 7y ago
Given that the researcher was a participant directly, and that he lied about his actions (he in fact presented suicidal thoughts, etc), I believe the balance of evidence says we should reject the study.
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by warbaker 7y ago
My default position on the follow-up is likewise skepticism. It seems like the filters at the time were so low that it is likely the follow-up is just a better constructed lie.
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by warbaker 7y ago
I am glad the government forced us to pay for those things. That's a lot of the job!
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by warbaker 8y ago
300k is usually considered to be upper middle class, if not upper class. The threshold for being in the top 1% of earners is 420k ( https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/19/what-you-have-to-earn-to-be-... ).
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by warbaker 8y ago
We didn't do everything we could, but this goes beyond palliative care. We underinvested in research. We aren't as far along as we could be, and we're moving slower than we can. We, the voting public, are responsible for this
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by warbaker 8y ago
I use Gobble and still like it. Unlike BlueApron etc, Gobble is intended to be quick and easy. Like, rather than giving you potato and expecting you to mash it, Gobble gives you the damn mashed potatoes and you microwave them.
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by warbaker 8y ago
Let's not conflate wealth with income. Generally, you get income by providing a service to the market in excess of that income (as perceived by the market, which can be wrong). If you have really high taxes, the only way to get rich is
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by warbaker 8y ago
I like "power." It's evocative, and it maps to the feeling you get with a good language - when your intent is made manifest with little effort, you feel powerful (and _are_ powerful).
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by warbaker 8y ago
Maps was always a better product, though...
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by warbaker 8y ago
I don't know, it looks like the conservation of mutual information is like the fact that entropy always remains constant or increases. This is true for the overall universe, but not true for individuals. A human isn't some magical
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by warbaker 8y ago
This is just a correlation study, showing that states where incarceration went up did not simultaneously have decreasing crime rates. The study can't tell you what would have happened if that state had reduced incarceration rates. Peop
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by warbaker 8y ago
This is just a correlation study, showing that states where incarceration went up did not simultaneously have decreasing crime rates. The study can't tell you what would have happened if that state had reduced incarceration rates. Peop
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by warbaker 9y ago
The analysis is kinder to the rapists than the data. They state that they believe that this ruins the woman's marital prospects forever, but that didn't stop them from doing it. Even within their belief system, they are acting mon
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by warbaker 9y ago
They don't lower the bar for women.
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by warbaker 10y ago
What? That is happening.
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by warbaker 10y ago
Tech companies have a strict interview process because a mediocre engineer is actively harmful. At most companies, the hiring manager and interviewers, who are predominantly other engineers, get to decide whether or not to hire a candidate.
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by warbaker 10y ago
This follows the standard rule of questions as article titles: the answer is "probably not."
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by warbaker 11y ago
This is why we can't have nice things.
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by warbaker 11y ago
Anyone have insight as to why the upper mode is so unnaturally spikey? Is this somehow a result of law salaries/bonuses being well-publicized in the law community? Maybe collusion between top law firms?
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by warbaker 12y ago
I like this article in large, but sometimes it really is appropriate to blame the instructor/textbook if you feel confused. Everyone wants to believe that the harder and more painful an experience is, the more you got out of it, but th
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by warbaker 12y ago
Yahoo's main business is its investments in Asian companies. It's a hedge fund with a side business in tech. It's not crazy for them to try to break out of that.
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by warbaker 12y ago
Articles like this make me wish Hacker News had a downvote option.
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by warbaker 12y ago
Interesting how they use QR codes to tie-up the installation flow.
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by warbaker 13y ago
Thank you, Google.