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by zacherates 7y ago
While funding and conflicts of interest are an issue, a much bigger problem with nutrition research is that it is extremely difficult/expensive/unethical to study the outcomes people actually care about (living longer, losing weig
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by zacherates 7y ago
"Give employees a statement showing how much the employer paid..." Box 12, code DD on your W-2 reports "the cost of coverage under an employer-sponsored group health plan" as required by the ACA [1] (includes the premiu
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by zacherates 7y ago
You should bear the cost of whether you keep your A/C at 68° or 72°, whether you heat your house with baseboard heaters or central air, whether you insulate your house so it's easy to keep it at whatever temperature you care to, w
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by zacherates 7y ago
Consider that possibly the stated reason is not the true reason. Maybe the authoritarian regime that run NK wants to control the way people look for various reasons: So the people don't culturally identify with other societies, so they
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by zacherates 7y ago
That's fair, the gift guides don't seem to be particularly useful; however, I've found the buying guides to be really useful, to the extent that I have developed muscle memory for "best X wirecutter" whenever I need
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by zacherates 7y ago
The Wirecutter ( https://thewirecutter.com/ ) is a site dedicated to this kind of advertising and it is extremely useful.
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by zacherates 7y ago
Here's a statement from someone robbed at gunpoint doing exactly that (arguing to keep the perpetrator out of prison): https://twitter.com/stainerson/status/1125956097997774850
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by zacherates 7y ago
That's true, but it's much easier to pay for the 20% of a car that you actually use when you're renting it as needed. While it's less obvious with housing the same applies: People buy houses that are bigger than they nee
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by zacherates 8y ago
Bezos discusses how long they take to write in the 2018 Amazon Shareholder Letter [1]: "... they mistakenly believe a high-standards, six-page memo can be written in one or two days or even a few hours, when really it might take a week
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by zacherates 8y ago
"... could hire someone like this but to handle job outreach and negotiation ..." They're called recruiters.
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by zacherates 8y ago
Games are a place this comes of frequently. In poker you will often make the "right" (highest EV) play and still lose a given hand. Making the highest odds plays (and being able to figure out what they are) over and over again reg
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Defense Innovation Board Ten Commandments of Software [pdf](media.defense.gov)
5 points by zacherates 8y ago|0 comments
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by zacherates 8y ago
Obligatory SMBC: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-offensive-truth
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by zacherates 8y ago
Similarly, I have a section on the bottom of my resume labeled "Skills" that's just a dumping ground of any buzzword I'm comfortable talking about.
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by zacherates 8y ago
I had basically the same experience except it was in Toronto instead of Europe.
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by zacherates 8y ago
Being at work doesn't preclude bullying, harassment, assault, etc.
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by zacherates 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
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by zacherates 8y ago
... except seeing the test fail is how I know my test might be working. It's trivial to write passing tests.
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by zacherates 8y ago
... or getting a competing offer.
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by zacherates 8y ago
"The bill will likely receive Royal Assent this week..."
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by zacherates 8y ago
"RCA" likely means "Root Cause Analysis". I'm not sure how to interpret RSA other than as a typo for RCA.
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by zacherates 8y ago
"- People have different tastes and given the choice will rarely choose the same food as those eating with them" There are social dynamics at play here, that you've probably felt yourself: People will feel the need to choose
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by zacherates 8y ago
Headline should be "The drug cartels are wreaking havoc in Mexico". They would be trying to extract rent from any industry, the industry just happens to be avocados.
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by zacherates 9y ago
Salvatore Sanfilippo (antirez) discussing system software development issues using parts of redis as examples.
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Writing System Software(youtube.com)
1 points by zacherates 9y ago|1 comments
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by zacherates 9y ago
Completely anecdotal but I was talking to a Googler who had basically the opposite experience and recommended working at Google because of the promotion panel. The fact that their manager had no say in the process and that they could put to
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by zacherates 10y ago
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires tip pools to only include "employees who customarily and regularly receive tips" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Labor_Standards_Act#Tippi... ). ... my understanding i
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On the myth of the 10x Plumber(aaron.maenpaa.ca)
2 points by zacherates 11y ago|0 comments