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by wisty 5y ago
I think this part of the answer to the Theory of the firm (this weird thing where companies seem to do better than work from home gig economies). On the one hands, if people just do what they want, it's total chaos. Everyone thinks the
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by wisty 5y ago
By "men", I assume you're switching between "male humans" and "whoever controls society". Yes, society has been happy for male humans to work themselves to death. Maybe it's patriarchy, maybe it'
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by wisty 5y ago
Gen Y / Millennials usually know a fair bit about computers. They grew up as internet connected desktops become a mainstream thing. Gen Z usually seem more like Boomers who can maybe do wonderful things with the video-telephone thingy
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by wisty 5y ago
Abstraction makes the mechanics of solving a problem orthogonal to the specifics. It's easier to do abstract reasoning (spotting deep connections between patterns) when you abstract things. I'm pretty sure this has some solid evid
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by wisty 5y ago
Not really. Timing attacks are not all that hard to understand - if the timing (or anything else) a user sees depends on information they shouldn't be able to see, then there's a (theoretical, at least) information leak and that&#
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by wisty 5y ago
I'm sure there are plenty of EE types here who can tell you how to refine silicon, design and print a circuit, program in binary, assembly, C, and high level languages, explain network stacks, and build a web app. But really, can anyon
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by wisty 6y ago
Assuming some kind of long tail, then this just means they're giving slightly more risky authors a chance just in case any becomes the next JK or whatever. Is this a bad thing? I'm sure most authors would rather their work was pub
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by wisty 6y ago
Is it really just a "fight for status among males"? If you don't correct someone, I only see two possibilities: 1. The topic is so worthless (to you) it doesn't matter if they're wrong. 2. They are so worthless (to
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by wisty 6y ago
> Thunderf00t is a troll He has some strident opinions on things outside his field (for example he's got a big problem with Christianity) but does that actually make him a troll?
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by wisty 6y ago
Were they "butt-hurt" or were they feigning outrage to point out the hypocrisy of their opponents? I feel the later happens a lot on the internet (and some people even loose sight of the original intent). It's like "cens
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by wisty 6y ago
There's plenty of "Islamic banking" but I think there's lots of limitations (I think it often involved shared ownership, risk and profit sharing, etc).
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by wisty 6y ago
Instead, parents feel bad about telling their children what to do, and without rules and structure anxiety and depression seem pretty high.
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by wisty 6y ago
You're talking about "induced demand". Induced demand is not so high for housing. I might decide to drive 15 minutes to get a hotdog from Costco is the traffic isn't too awful. I probably won't buy an extra house ju
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by wisty 6y ago
If men and women are "naturally" different (yes, nature-nurture is a bit slippery) then not every sign of unequal outcomes necessarily means unequal treatment (i.e. discrimination).
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by wisty 6y ago
Reminds me of the Space Shuttle, which was meant to be a combination people mover, freighter, and a construction machine. All while being reusable. The US space program is only just recovering. Multiple roles is hard when your biggest enemy
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by wisty 6y ago
I bet a lot of the advocates of these block chains would claim that the lack of sophistication and cumbersomeness was an advantage. You'd say things like "if it ever caught on in a big way, what's to stop banks or even govern
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by wisty 6y ago
Covid barely spreads through children. It spreads through travel and large gathering of adults.
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by wisty 6y ago
There's a few creators who often have a block at the end who tell you that they won't ask you to like or subscribe because even though it's good for the channel they hate doing it and refuse to do it.
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by wisty 6y ago
Go to any Kubernetes page and it's all heavyweight "nodes" and "containers" and "tasks" and "resources" (some of which seem to have very special meanings). It's not easy to get into. I don&#
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by wisty 6y ago
Meta comment, a lot of comments here are not as measured, accurate, or carefully worded as the Damore "memo". Damore was sacked for his memo. Well, arguably he was sacked for people (at his workplace, using company resources and t
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by wisty 6y ago
There's two main personality tests. Big 5 is preferred by scientists. MBTI is preferred by people who are taking it to see which famous person (or fictional character) allegedly has the same personality. The problem isn't just the
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by wisty 6y ago
If weights compress, they have low information, which would suggest they're either useless or the architecture is bad.
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by wisty 6y ago
It seems overly broad, but written in a really snarly way. I think the main popularity of this is how easy it is to apply to anyone who disagree with - just match the overly broad descriptors with your opponents (it will fit on almost any p
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by wisty 6y ago
I've noticed it started taking a long time to download files, they'd "download" to 100%, then stall. Moving all my "Downloads" folder into an "Old Downloads" folder fixed the problem. I suspect there
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by wisty 6y ago
I fail to see how a $500 Intel NUC could possibly justify a team of software engineers to maintain, which means the person responsible for setting it up is not a manager, and their boss isn't someone who manages a manager. The purpose
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by wisty 6y ago
What do you mean by "Critical Thinking"? If something can be explicitly explained, it can be taught. But a lot of people who want "critical thinking" just seem to think "I wish people weren't stupid and would a
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by wisty 6y ago
If you shout fire in a crowded theatre, people will be crushed as they run for the exit.
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by wisty 6y ago
I think it's worth looking into "theory of the firm" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_the_firm Why should employees even exist? Shouldn't firms just sack everyone, then hire contractors? I
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by wisty 6y ago
Doesn't the research now suggest that "finite willpower" / ego depletion is only true if you believe it?
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by wisty 6y ago
Can't the answer be both at the same time?

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