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Sleeping and waking one hour earlier cuts risk of depression: study(thehill.com)
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In a new study from University of Sydney, researchers found that human br (cont)(sciencedaily.com)
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Open-plan office noise increases stress and worsens mood: we've measured (cont)(abc.net.au)
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According to a new report, US soldiers are four times as likely to die by (cont)(psychologytoday.com)
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Anyone over 6-feet should be Banned from the NBA(outlookzen.com)
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Economic instability and low career prospects are not the only contributi (cont)(resetyoureveryday.com)
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Honey Bees on the Move: From Pollination to Honey Production and Back(ers.usda.gov)
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Bayes vs. Frequentists – An Empirical Test in Code(software.rajivprab.com)
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by whack 5y ago
> No, my point is the morality of it doesn’t matter in the end I don't understand this mindset. If enough people take actions to punish immoral behavior, then it will have a real and meaningful impact. For example, apartheid in So
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by whack 5y ago
It gets worse > At one point I learned that one company we connected with would literally just invent concerts: they would guess “they’re probably doing a tour next year” and start “pre-selling” tickets for it at extraordinary prices.
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I deleted a production database, or how everyone makes mistakes(threadreaderapp.com)
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by whack 5y ago
So in your book, if USA were to invade and occupy Mexico, that would be morally justifiable. Got it
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by whack 5y ago
Colonialism has historically not worked out well for the colonized people. If you mean incorporating Philippines into USA and giving them full citizenship, voting rights, and representation in the House/Senate, that's something I
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WSJ News Exclusive – U.S. Housing Market Needs 5.5M More Units, Sa (Cont)(wsj.com)
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by whack 5y ago
> get throwaway head count It's not like they are choosing whether or not to fire someone. They know they have to let someone go. They are just strategically choosing who it should be. Their headcount doesn't change as a resu
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Running my .NET nanoFramework for 8 years on a battery(devblogs.microsoft.com)
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Shame vs. Guilt – research has shown that shame is highly correlated with (cont)(medium.com)
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In a world first, El Salvador makes Bitcoin legal tender(reuters.com)
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It’s Surprisingly Common to Misremember Where You Were on a Specific Time (Cont)(digest.bps.org.uk)
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Superintendent: Load multiple CSV files and write SQL(superintendent.app)
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European stocks slightly higher as U.S. inflation data dominates week ahead(cnbc.com)
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Alert Fast(software.rajivprab.com)
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by whack 5y ago
Wow. I was expecting a critique on how a 4-hour week causes harm to your colleagues through your laziness. Instead, the article only tangentially mentions this, with no supporting evidence or arguments. And 90% of the article consists of ab
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What might accelerate the greatest wealth transfer in human history? The (cont)(wsj.com)
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A small randomized trial from Johns Hopkins suggests magic mushrooms may (cont)(psychologytoday.com)
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by whack 5y ago
> I don't know the answer, but it seems like a bit of a snowflake situation. I'm sure someone is out there is basically a psychopath who'll hire someone just to fire them, in order to protect their buddy. But it doesn&#x2
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by whack 5y ago
See my other comment in this thread. Regretted attrition rates will indeed penalize managers, and weed out the lousiest managers. The article is only describing unregretted attrition rates.
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by whack 5y ago
> Managers should possibly be penalized if they fire (or lose) too many people (it shows that either ... or that their people hate them and leave) There is a nuance here, which is that Amazon is only targeting unregretted attrition r
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by whack 5y ago
> The article suggests using a probabilistic failure model instead of a large a safety factor That wasn't my takeaway from the article, and the article discusses the same problems you've brought up. To quote: > On the fli
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by whack 5y ago
> The average consumer is an idiot, so the bean counters keep milking them... They want pizzaz over functionality and durability. They want shiny stuff in a bigger box... The industrial, military and commercial market doesn't mess

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