yukoncornelius

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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
I appreciate your response, but I disagree with your normative advice.
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
How does this self-righteous non-sense make the front page, again. Just because Danielle was a "conference ho" doesn't mean everyone falls into the trap.
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
I'm not sure if this is a fantastic development. Placing a copy of the journal article on the agency website is cheap, but the burden of opening the data is going to be costly. This may cut funds available for subsequent research due to rea
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
For many workers and managers this is true. For the manager with a crack staff in which many work offsite but are great communicators and productive employees this is a nightmare.
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
If she acted as Mike suggests she likely has a history of being an idiot and CBP will be happy to reprimand/release her.
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
Not even close the USCG was under the Dept of Transportation not the Marines before being merged into DHS in 2002. Also, in time of war the Navy can annex the USCG.
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
If this story went down exactly as Mike suggests the agent will lose her job or at least her federal law enforcement qualification. On the other hand, Mike is pleading his case in the court of public opinion, and his reputation is likely go
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
Do like writing grant proposals? Because in the biological sciences that is what you will be doing, and you will be competing against other smart folks which results in a 6% chance of a successful proposal. Then you can do some research whi
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
The term you are looking for is a post-scarcity economy.
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
You cannot simply blame the government policymakers. Civil servants make the policies based on Congressional direction. Congress develops laws due to public pressure which is often led by lobby efforts. Who funds the the lobbyists? The enti
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
A lot of misinformation in these comments centers around the fact that many universities constructed new buildings from 2008-2012 as construction costs were low due to the high levels of under and unemployed in the construction sector. This
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
Yes, its government failure which is a more inefficient allocation of resources than would occur without the government intervention.
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
Many employers, especially those with a dedicated HR department, call the stated university verify degrees. This is especially true if a security clearance/background check is an employment requirement. I believe a Yahoo exec got caught by
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
Gravity and cohesion-tension theory.
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
Pass on the frat and join the rugby club. The beer is free and fitness is a by product of participation.
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
The Patriots have used this analysis: http://www.math.toronto.edu/mpugh/Teaching/Sci199_03/Footbal... I also believe Belichek/Adams have funded some football economics research.
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
The problem is very few gyms have bumper plates and platforms. Further, many gyms frown upon the use of chalk.
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
What is the app?
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
"I have little doubt that motivated self-study with the appropriate books would have produced an equally valuable education in the subject" Much easier said than done. The course plan, deadlines, and grade that are parts of a university cou
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
In the US try the local microbrewery(s) for relief from a loud bar/pub. Unofrtunately, in the bay Area these may be upper class targeted, but in other areas you get a great mix of townies and beer fans.
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
I'm a mountaineer and never knew of these sites. Absolutely thrilled to see them on HN. Also, I'd pay for a user friendly data centric weather app focused on ski, climb, and outdoor activity weather reporting. I've been using nws.noaa.gov a
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
The work is farmed out to the National Labs and federally funded RDCs from a coordinating office: "Olympic Games borrowed some for what they termed "destructive testing," essentially building a virtual replica of Natanz, but spreading the t
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
He is also a Professor at Georgetown and teaching graduate level theory of computation and distributed computing: http://cs.georgetown.edu/~cnewport/index.html So the opportunity is there to take his course and practice his message.
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by yukoncornelius 14y ago
If you have data, yes. If not, you are just being the antagonist.
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by yukoncornelius 15y ago
As an economist I wish more people would follow the math/econ option and add CS coursework. Unfortunately, most economist are scared to venture beyond Excel, Stata, and SAS, and I believe this creates a professional focus on static models.
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by yukoncornelius 15y ago
FKNA rock on with the ski fanaticism. More importantly, there is a lot of room for disruption in the ski industry, and some interesting startups are pushing the edge of ski design. For example DPS Skis has developed the Spoon--"the first sk