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by Bsharp 13y ago
I agree - hunger for me is a distraction, and the sooner I can take care of it, the sooner I can get focused again. Eating could certainly be a distraction if you overeat to the point of being tired after a meal, but eating properly, imo, t
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by Bsharp 13y ago
Agree that there are other things this study may be beneficial for. I edited my initial comment to acknowledge that this study and its conclusions are probably being hyped by the media, and it's actual value and the limitations of the
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by Bsharp 13y ago
Size isn't the only consideration. If you sample 10,000 professional athletes, are you getting a sample population which represents 9-5ers and couch potatoes too?
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by Bsharp 13y ago
Reconciliation: NYT wants to report on something that sounds interesting and people will talk about.
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by Bsharp 13y ago
That was my thought as well before even opening the article. If he had won in 2008, he would be right in the middle of this too.
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by Bsharp 13y ago
I'm sorry if this is ignorance, but they can scientifically test the effect of your state of mind on various psychological disorders? That seems like it's another topic of immense subjectivity. Isn't the objective measurement
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by Bsharp 13y ago
So you think "warm relationships" and IQ - two metrics used for some of the study's key conclusions - are represented similarly among this group as the general population? I agree that it may be valuable for things such as he
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by Bsharp 13y ago
Just ordered it off Amazon. From reading the description it seems like I already agree with the premise of the book so it might just reinforce my existing beliefs, but it seems interesting nonetheless.
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by Bsharp 13y ago
Harvard undergrads from the 1930's are not a representative sample of any group other than that specific group. The sample is in no way random or representative of the general population in the least bit. I can't believe that anyo
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by Bsharp 13y ago
Randall must have one of the shortest travel times from expressing an idea (through his comics) to someone making that idea a reality (this, geohashing, etc.).
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by Bsharp 13y ago
I agree that the title is linkbait, which is unfortunate since the content is interesting enough to not need it. Why are those things people should care about? I understand that knowing these things means you have a less-skewed view of the
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by Bsharp 13y ago
The only reason people did worse is because either the questions are worded somewhat deceptively (question 1 presents itself like a math problem where 4bn would be correct) or they challenge something no none would know and would have to ma
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by Bsharp 13y ago
Upvote for making me literally lol
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by Bsharp 13y ago
I think you mean: If you didn't bet on the roulette ball balancing on the divider between numbers, would you say "God damnit I feel like an idiot, I should have bet on that!" The odds of a cryptocurrency catching on the way
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by Bsharp 13y ago
> It could make it much easier for children to get hold of. There are currently no age restrictions on heroin. All a child needs is a morally-bankrupt drug dealer, which imo is easier than finding a morally-bankrupt store clerk if it w
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by Bsharp 13y ago
Interesting, but the title doesn't really match the contents. It sounds like it'd be about sexism/ageism/racism in the tech world, but it's more just a summary of fairly interesting facts about this group of elite t
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by Bsharp 13y ago
Great explanation. I think many people envision the stretching as either a) the entire 1 km being tacked on to the end, or b) as if the ant were walking alongside the rubber band, rather than on it. This helps clear that up.
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by Bsharp 13y ago
It depends on your expected medical costs. If you're relatively young and healthy, saving that 9-12.5% of your income is worth it. If you're sick/old/etc., then it's absolutely worth buying coverage. Note that in th
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by Bsharp 13y ago
Like taxes, this will likely be a largely individual endeavor. Maybe there will be PSAs, but their effectiveness is questionable. Many people (and the politicians who signed it!) don't know the enrollment requirements, subsequent respo
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by Bsharp 13y ago
Of course people will enroll eventually, but the first ones will be the ones with the most to gain. It isn't guaranteed that individuals won't eat the penalty and enroll when they need it, but you can guarantee that people who ben
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by Bsharp 13y ago
> "The first month of the new health law’s rollout reveals an unexpected pattern in several states: a crush of people applying for an expansion of Medicaid and a trickle of sign-ups for private insurance. This early imbalance — in
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by Bsharp 13y ago
What if you find a hard problem but can't solve it? There's no shame in solving a problem yourself which someone else has already solved. You may find a better solution. You may just learn a lot. Either way, you get practice seein
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by Bsharp 13y ago
To be featured on ESPN 8 - The Ocho.
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by Bsharp 13y ago
It's incredible how okay it is to make fun of them too. Bullying is bad, unless you're bullying a hipster.
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by Bsharp 13y ago
Wow, talk about Wadhwa throwing up a strawman there... I think Shiller has a point, though. If young people are so appalled by what Wall Street is doing, they should be the ones working for them and changing things. Self-driving cars are co
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by Bsharp 13y ago
I would agree if it didn't say "Hipster Logo", but it does. What would I be making fun of if I posted an infographic titled "Wearing the Perfect Black-Person Outfit", and featured pictures of saggy jeans, gold chain
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by Bsharp 13y ago
He should have made ESPN post it. Everyone would be so confused.
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by Bsharp 13y ago
They probably did. Parents assume that their kids will learn anything they need to know in school, rather than ensure their kids know something by teaching it themselves.
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by Bsharp 13y ago
That's a response I use whenever people tell me compulsory schooling as it exists now is essential so kids can function in the real world. You learn little-to-no real-world skills in a basic K-12 (US) curriculum. If you'll let me
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by Bsharp 13y ago
I think I find hipster-bashing more annoying than hipsters. So there's a group of people you don't like - what's the big deal? Why spend so much time shaming them? Are we 5 years old?

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