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by xevb3k 8y ago
The rest of that sentence is: “then the VCs will want to talk to you anyways.” Which is only a little bit true.
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by xevb3k 8y ago
If it becomes an established practice, over several decades... probably?
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by xevb3k 8y ago
For example?
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Yes, but none of those problems requiring building a really really big radio telescope. Sure there are some common data analysis techniques, but they are common to a lot of applications.
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by xevb3k 8y ago
It just says “developing”. I would imagine this is code for “writing papers about”. I’m sure those papers use whatever technique is currently hot and will produce a decent publication. I doubt they use simple statistical approaches, because
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by xevb3k 8y ago
“At other telescopes, astronomers are developing machine-learning algorithms that could identify, extract, and compensate for dirty data“ Whenever I see “machine-learning” in the context of scientific development I just mentally replace it
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by xevb3k 8y ago
And here I was thinking I’d try to get in first with a Three Body Problem reference, but you beat me to it. It’s interesting though, China does appear to have a much stronger commitment to radio astronomy than the US (at least that’s how th
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by xevb3k 8y ago
The motivation exists elsewhere. The statement “In Japan, we don’t usually doubt a professor” is also true elsewhere. I don’t usually read any paper with the assumption that data was fabricated (maybe selected, possibly presented in a way t
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by xevb3k 8y ago
I was involved in a project with a researcher in Japan, it was impossible to replicate their work. Numerous people (academics in the field) have suggested that the work was falsified. I somehow can’t quite bring myself the believe it. I can
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Personally I find it pretty painful creating large documents in Word. Creating documents in Latex helps me focus on the text/structure without worrying about figure/table placement (I can still have them in the markup, but and fix
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by xevb3k 8y ago
The largest group in the poll was US (not including SF/NY) followed by Europe (not including UK). From your list that leaves Berlin. Few other towns have the density and variety of startups that the Bay Area has to be honest.
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by xevb3k 8y ago
The employment bubble you describe really only exists in the Bay Area. The majority of users on HN are not in the Bay Area: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3298905 People 35 and over, are somewhat likely to have famili
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by xevb3k 8y ago
I’m confused, did they somehow just include the source code in the app bundle? As a resource perhaps? Or can source code leak into the app through some other vector?
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by xevb3k 8y ago
As far as I can tell, it’s not really true any more than in other countries. It’s just really very hard to learn Japanese well, and also to get a good grasp on Japanese culture. The vast majority of foreigners coming to Japan never achieve
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by xevb3k 8y ago
That’s really interesting, thanks for providing some context!
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Well the reddit allegations gained publicity because they were repeated by the editor of Make. I’d think it weird if Vice didn’t mention them, they were repeated and rebutted everywhere in the Maker community. In my view it’s unreasonable t
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Is this bullying or just a misunderstanding? Is it normal or even possible for western journalists to let a source/interviewer dictate the final content of an article? I always assume that journalists can, and should, have freedom to w
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Yes, the connection is weird. Prompted me to look up the numbers though. Apple could buy TSMC for cash, four times over... pretty incredible.
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Yes, my phrasing was not ideal. I don’t know if it’s particular bad in tech. But it is a general problem I’ve seen (and also noticed in tech).
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by xevb3k 8y ago
There’s a reasonable amount of evidence that fathers still don’t do their share of parenting in general: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jul/05/childca... Though I’d be interested in more s
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by xevb3k 8y ago
It’s great that kids feel safe in Tokyo. And I understand the reaction against helicopter parenting generally. But the arguments against helicopter parenting never discuss how safe things really are, or if the rates of child abuse have decl
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by xevb3k 8y ago
A lot of men in tech don’t spend a lot of time looking after their kids. They then criticise their wives parenting methods. I’m not saying this is what you’re doing, but it’s made me a cynic about most of what I read on HN.
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by xevb3k 8y ago
14 month old child... it’s not unreasonable to expect that a 14 month old child would be supervised. The police reaction was clearly over the top... but yea can’t say it reasonable to leave a 14 month old outside a restaurant in a busy city
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Your scientific society sounds bad, and essentially has morphed in to a publishing company. Seriously, a society should not be funded by publication fees. Personally I think it would be better for the societies to stay small and be funded b
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Well, academic societies like this are the problem. When high journal fees are talked about an often over looked fact is that scientists chose this model. Scientific journals were originally run as non-profits by their members. I guess it w
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Yep! Based on personal experience I couldn’t agree more. I don’t think British society is ready to address these issues either, there’s still a lot of unacknowledged classism and racism. Overall, I’d sum up the British attitude as “it’s not
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Do you have a reference? Not doubting it, but I’m curious to know if this is true.
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by xevb3k 8y ago
I don’t think it’s just that they contracted subtitles and dubbing to different teams. The requirements are different. This is particularly true in Japanese, the space constraints on speech and normal modes of expression are very different.
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by xevb3k 8y ago
That’s very interesting, thanks! I now need to go read more about those 450,000 year old fragments.
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by xevb3k 8y ago
I thought the half life of DNA was around 400 years. Anyone know how this is possible?

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