whymauri

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by whymauri 6y ago
Completely agreed. And, I'd like to add a bit more. When I say capable, I absolutely don't mean that in terms of intellectual capacity. I mean it in the context of actual, abject poverty. I'm talking about being incarcerated
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by whymauri 6y ago
Also, a lot of classes are essentially impossible online. Intense lab courses, term-long project courses, and time-sensitive experimentation courses are all screwed. The way classes are coping is interesting: 1. For classes requiring user t
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by whymauri 6y ago
Mm, yeah. You seem to be right.
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by whymauri 6y ago
Currently a student, and I completely agree. The strain is both ways, too. Since timezones are now a very fluid concept, you're seeing courses accommodating completely new challenges in TA-ship. Some TAs have relocated entirely, which
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by whymauri 6y ago
I don't think they're saying IT/computers are a root cause, but rather that they might be modern enablers of these power hierarchies.
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by whymauri 6y ago
>That's why people work hard to acquire skills, to be able to work in better jobs. I know it's a common mantra in these circles to 'acquire skills' and 'learn to code!' And by all means, if you are capable g
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by whymauri 6y ago
>No one is making money off gaming hardware. Huh? I mean, surely nobody is making Apple-money from gaming hardware. But plenty of companies of various sizes are decently profitable and making money in this space.
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by whymauri 6y ago
People who permanently relocate to a country for retirement or work regularly label themselves as 'ex-pats' if they are westerners.
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by whymauri 6y ago
Sorry, I should clarify. My point is that even a candidate who would typically be a viable hire or interviewee is now struggling in the job market. The implication being that other STEM students, including CS students, are severely struggli
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by whymauri 6y ago
CS major graduating in June from a top 3 institution, here. Last fall, my application-to-callback rate was like 80-90+%. I had to stop applying to jobs to make my workload and interviewing manageable. My current rate is like 15-20% after I
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by whymauri 6y ago
My understanding is that while all markets are not zero-sum, that high-frequency trade amongst trading firms approaches zero-sum.
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by whymauri 7y ago
AFAIK, the FANG acronym was meant to represent the FAANG stocks, not the perceived quality of engineering within the industry.
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by whymauri 7y ago
Some context: https://www.reddit.com/r/justneckbeardthings/comments/47nb4e...
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by whymauri 7y ago
>Unless they specifically hardcoded a back door into the game, I’m dubious a leak would result in an RCE so quickly, if ever. AFAIK, parts of the source code have already been leaked since 2018 amongst certain circles outside Valve. It&#
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by whymauri 7y ago
I've been hearing that an RCE for TF2 is confirmed but not for CS:GO or the other leaked code/clients.
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by whymauri 7y ago
Son is a stellar example of failing upwards.
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by whymauri 7y ago
The number of countries they operate in and the assumption that the next few years would be growth years. This isn't really rocket-science.
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by whymauri 7y ago
Sad to see this from a YCombinator company.
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by whymauri 7y ago
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt wrote a really good COVID-19 Food Safety Guide [0]. You may find it useful when preparing food at home or dealing with food delivery. He's also really active on Twitter and Reddit, so you can probably ask him more sp
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by whymauri 7y ago
I'll toss Staples on to there. I ordered a chair two years ago. Relatively modern website, free delivery, and it arrived earlier than anticipated with no damage. Just make sure you unsubscribe from their newsletter. I also think they&#
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by whymauri 7y ago
Bingo. This applies to basically all nationalized sectors due to top-down corruption. It's why PDVSA has been collapsing in on itself over the last 15 years in spectacular fashion. All the competent engineers and administrators are dea
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by whymauri 7y ago
Military and law enforcement personnel tend to be pretty high up in the current hierarchy due to corruption and abuse of power i.e: they have easier access to food, for example. Not sure how that applies to the Navy, though.
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by whymauri 7y ago
Big number good. All jokes aside, I'd make that trade any day for the relevant social safety nets.
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by whymauri 7y ago
>The restriction applies even to Japanese nationals returning from the United States. That's probably the answer. Some amount of heads-up is owed to Japanese nationals. A Taiwanese friend was in a similar situation w.r.t. Taiwan clo
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by whymauri 7y ago
This is the meme referenced by the blog post: https://i.redd.it/lmrf72ko0ro41.png
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by whymauri 7y ago
For the love of God, why don't people understand yet that healthcare systems are not ready to be over-run by the sheer number of patients in the worst case? That the death rate of just the virus is not a good indicator of potential cas
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by whymauri 7y ago
As far as I can read, this is literally the next sentence in my comment.
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by whymauri 7y ago
They're honoring a massive amount of refunds. There's also a lot of logistical work to be done for hosts which will probably be expensive.
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by whymauri 7y ago
Yes. But it is optional.
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by whymauri 7y ago
>The conventional wisdom has long been that the SAT subject tests are MORE predictive of future success at MIT, because the influence of test prep, cramming, test coaches, etc. is minimal for the subject tests. Citation needed? The admis

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