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I’m highly skeptical. There’s only one piece of data cited in the article. In that data, the only mention of a possible trend is this > shows that loneliness is worse in each successive generation.…

If this is true, I’d expect loneliness to be higher in diverse urban centers and lower in rural areas. Is this the case? Anecdotally I’ve notice the opposite... that diverse urban areas are less lonel…

I remember thinking GDPR was yet another intrusive EU bureaucratic exercise. Now I wish it was the norm in the US. I’m starting to think at a minimum it should be the floor of how data professionals e…

Large companies often get stuck in analysis paralysis, so a decisive leader can be a good thing. I think the more important question is whether the decisiveness originates from core values the company…

It’s appalling how one-sided many orgs see the interview process. Instead of treating the candidate as a partner - someone to work together in making a decision - the candidate might as well be a box …

That doesn’t change the fundamental problem. Regulating advertising for political content is a slippery slope that lets some people decide what is “political” and what is not.

The landscape has swung heavily to smaller donors dominating fundraising. The $5 I gave Beto doesn’t mean he’s going to let me dictate anything he does in his political career.

The flaw is that someone has to decide what speech is “political” or not. That person can prioritize their sides speech above competitors, by denying others a comparable platform.

Why is political speech a different category than other forms of speech? Think of the plausible scenario of a certain Presidents FEC deciding friendly speech isn’t “political” (it’s “patriotic”!) But…

Authentication is the real issue. We treat SSNs as a lifelong shared “secret” - shared with just about everyone. When so many need to have this “secret”, trying to hide SSNs is futile. Someone should …

Focus on a niche and specialize more than “software”. As a junior you have some time to figure it out (but don’t take too long). Software is everything these days, so if you can focus on a subfield yo…

To be fair I wore them 2-3 times a week running. Sweat definitely roles off my ears onto the airpods. I bet sweat is particularly corrosive. The Apple store tried to brush off the rust and it worked a…

I find AirPods to be a disappointing product. The pairing isn’t great IMO. So many calls take a minute to figure out AirPod connectivity issues. It’s frustrating switching airpods between a Mac and i…

Another example is Elsevier's Data Search project - https://datasearch.elsevier.com/

Really? I pretty much exclusively buy from iBooks. Is there any data to back your claim up?

Ugh. I was just about to spray weed killer on some spots in my backyard. :) The rain in the east this year has made it impossible to keep up with weeding!

Can we make “makes X great again” not great again?

You’ll pry Dixielands Amtrak tracker from my cold, dead hands Amtrak!! http://www.dixielandsoftware.net/Amtrak/status/StatusMaps/ …

From the article: > For the reader undertaking psychotherapy or who knows someone who is, it is worth keeping some perspective: this is just one critique and the weight of evidence still suggests t…

Funny it seems Netflix has been doing everything it can to be HBO! (And that’s a good thing!)