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32,740karma·5,338submissions·November 17, 2011
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That can’t happen. This is why there are courts to interpret the law. Otherwise, the law would be an algorithmic decision maker.
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> JKM wrote in TFA As a human, can you please tell all of us what these abbreviations are?!
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> This sounds like a dangerous thing to think. If the rest of my team does not have more information than me, I have failed to convey the important things I know. Two points 1) I think the advice i…
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That’s an interesting definition of fair. An interview is not a fairness competition. They are rarely fair and subjective. The end goal of any interview is to enter into a contract which exchanges mon…
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> Because of software problems at Facebook, which it has known about and failed to correct for months, people using the apps in free mode are getting unexpectedly charged by local cellular carriers…
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> To be clear: whoever gets heart inflammation from Moderna would’ve almost certainly got it worse from Covid. The issue arises from the spike protein itself. That’s why we don’t see myocarditis fr…
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It depends on the base rates. BTC has a 66% volatility while S&P 500 doesn't. One should expect such crashes with BTC.
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And, why does Google and Facebook not sell data? It’s not out some altruistic concern. They want to play kingmaker. Tomorrow, if there’s an option to sell data versus stay in business let’s see what t…
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The question is - Do you have to? You may have not paid it but that doesn’t tell if one has to.
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The very least, you should not reward alternate behaviour like in my example above. That's a good place to start. In some of the cases I have seen, individual contributors got a pat on the back w…
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It only works if such a behaviour is rewarded. In many settings, stepping up will men you doing the work while someone else gets the reward.
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Pain is mandatory, suffering is a choice. The pain won’t go away - to suffer from the pain is an active choice we make. You clearly need therapy. Decide your values, be conscious of your choices they…
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I know what you and tasogare refer to and I've seen it happen. I had to fight to change my thesis topic 3 times and also change advisors. Of course, it is not simple. I wouldn't change anyth…
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> So many PhDs waft around not doing a whole lot, and so land up being on the program forever. This only benefits the uni and is detrimental to the student. I noticed in the first month of my PhD t…
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> In my experience, this fact was the #1 reason why some peers dropped out of PhD programs. They joined expecting a continuation of undergraduate education, which consists largely of recapitulating…
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> In almost all countries you can buy citizenship if you're rich. I don't think you can buy citizenship in most Central/Western European countries. You may be able to buy residence s…
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> After the initial fear of a cancer prognosis, Arline was diagnosed with lymphatic tuberculosis in 1941, possibly contracted from unpasteurized milk. I want to take a step back and realise how far…
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> I’d gladly buy an Occulus but nope, need a Facebook account Facebook says that Oculus won't require a Facebook sign in anymore. https://www.facebook.com/boz/posts/1…
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In short, it is difficult to infer and different growth CapEx and maintenance CapEx from financial data.