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27,567karma·4,366submissions·November 17, 2011
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"I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are."
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Here's a nice 1h documentary on "Engineering Consent" focusing on Edward Bernays (pioneer of PR and propaganda). https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/071470-000-A…
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> Google dropped their “don’t be evil” motto for a very damn good reason They didn't drop it though. >> "And remember… don’t be evil, and if you see something that you think isn’t r…
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> I'm not really sure what you mean by that but I don't think you're correct. Can you explain, in context to what I said - what exactly is incorrect? I am very well versed with the t…
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> Among the bigger countries, Switzerland has the most per capita Nobel prizes. Be wary of any "per-capita" statistics. Statistically, averages work only if distributions are symmetri…
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There's a quote from the original NYT article that I found interesting. > “It is important to recognize that this group reviewed the evidence and found the same risk from red and processed mea…
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There are a few journals of negative results. For example, https://jnrbm.biomedcentral.com/
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The other implication would be that people genuinely interested in a cause would invest money in such beyond lifetime business ventures. That could fix some of the perverse incentives with such ventur…
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Thank you! It’s been 2 years since this story and yet there have been no follow ups.
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We don’t even need to go that far. Facebook snooped in users via an advertised VPN app to make WhatsApp and Instagram acquisitions. That in itself should be enough fodder to discuss them. https:/…
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They have learnt historical lessons from the USA who stole IP from the U.K. https://www.apnews.com/b40414d22f2248428ce11ff36b88dc53 …
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When you say “meet people” - what does it mean? Does it mean - you just have a 1-time conversation with people or do you hope your conversation goes beyond the conference? If it is the latter, you are…
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Bahrain has 3x the population density of India while Monaco is 56x more dense than India. Yet, the problem doesn't seem to manifest in those countries.
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You don’t need to implement algorithms in order to teach them.
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It would be great to add non US locations too.