KhanMahGretsch

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by KhanMahGretsch 7y ago
I find it entirely appropriate that recruiting managers wear their biases on their sleeves, in this manner. As representatives of the organization, you put its core values and culture at the forefront. You represent what the owners are re
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by KhanMahGretsch 7y ago
>From a practical standpoint, this research may ultimately lead to insights about how to improve people’s psychological and physical well-being. If overexcitabilities turn out to be the mechanism underlying the IQ-health relationship, th
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by KhanMahGretsch 8y ago
Thanks for elaborating so well on your initial premise, I think you bring up some good points about how this kind of interactive problem-solving can be an effective tool available to the interviewer. For better and/or worse, there&#x
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by KhanMahGretsch 8y ago
I think you've touched on a crucial point here about making the comparison "fair". In my view, I find the "trivia questions" approach to be an abdication of responsibility for the difficult, nebulous task of assessi
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by KhanMahGretsch 8y ago
> What if you consider part of someone's job to be communicating concepts to people, possibly with the help of visual aids and diagrams? Perhaps it would be more effective to have the candidate whiteboard a concept that they are alr
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by KhanMahGretsch 8y ago
"Be the first one at your daily stand-up, and run it like the Scrum master you know you are." Surely a true alpha would declare that scrum and agile are "dead".
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by KhanMahGretsch 8y ago
One aspect of the protomolecule that I quite enjoyed was the manner in which Earth, Mars, and the Belt attempt to control and leverage it to assert their dominance or, at least, maintain a balance of power. It speaks to the fact that once &
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by KhanMahGretsch 8y ago
According to Aristotle [0], there are three types of friendship: friendship of utility; friendship of pleasure; friendship of the good. I find this to be a useful framework for considering the varying kinds of platonic relationships one can
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by KhanMahGretsch 8y ago
Never let a crisis go to waste.
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by KhanMahGretsch 8y ago
There are also innumerable CG videos on YouTube, targeting children, which appear to be algorithmically generated. Using a combination of popular kids characters (Elsa, Spider-man, etc.) and ostensibly canned animations, the results are oft
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by KhanMahGretsch 8y ago
Isn't "-man" an abbreviation of "human"? Justin Trudeau made a gaffe recently when an audience member referred to "mankind" and he erroneously insisted that she instead use the term "peoplekind".
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by KhanMahGretsch 9y ago
I think we can take that a step further and heap praise on women for choosing work that involve caring for children, the sick, and the elderly. Long periods of crunch-time in tech/finance/etc. can be draining, but IMO the mental a
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by KhanMahGretsch 9y ago
Entirely correct... but only for media outlets and advocacy groups I disagree with, of course! </sarcasm>
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by KhanMahGretsch 9y ago
I'm a little confused as to why you're being down-voted, save your audacity in being cautious about nutritional "experts" having a poor track-record in their dissemination of advice. Mere decades ago, the statement that
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by KhanMahGretsch 9y ago
We’re catching up on the public-transport front! http://uk.businessinsider.com/public-transit-ranking-cities-...
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by KhanMahGretsch 9y ago
In general, I find that assuming that other players will act rationally or in their own best-interests (according to my subjective definitions) is inadvisable. If OP has a major problem with the quality of their hiring process then, by exte
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by KhanMahGretsch 9y ago
The following is just my opinion: Marx certainly used logic to reach his conclusions about the sunset of capitalism in advanced societies, and the dawn of a communal society in which abundant resources remove incentive for competition. He w
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by KhanMahGretsch 9y ago
My observation is that polite, decently-articulated comments are generally well-received at HN, and snarky, mocking comments are not tolerated. Stating an incorrect opinion as fact is not tolerated, but opinions are generally welcome. This
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by KhanMahGretsch 9y ago
>a modicum of financial safety net This is why I'm generally in favour of policies that create jobs, as the welfare system has utterly failed in creating upward-mobility for those in need and their progeny. (Edit: it's worth no
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by KhanMahGretsch 9y ago
How does this not create a voting blocs among those who pay income taxes (incentivised for less spending), and those who rely on public-welfare (incentivised for more spending)? There is much evidence to suggest that it is, under current ci
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by KhanMahGretsch 9y ago
>covering the cost of a moving-average window for the previous x amount of years of spending In principle, I like the concept of anchoring taxation to spending, because it could mitigate the political viability of spending what we don&#x
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by KhanMahGretsch 9y ago
>The U.S. is supposed to be land of opportunity, where the belief is that anyone can thrive given liberty and opportunity, and that talent does not depend on the wealth of your parent To offer an alternative interpretation, I’ve always s
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by KhanMahGretsch 9y ago
At the risk of sounding glib, I can offer Mr. Gates >220 trillion reasons why increased taxes won’t necessarily improve the fiscal solvency of the United States, in and of itself. Debt and un-funded liabilities are staggering, and it’s p
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by KhanMahGretsch 9y ago
I have a hypothesis: perhaps we should interpret "would anyone like the last pork chop?" as "Does anyone need the last pork-chop?". Scenario A: the Provider offers the last piece to the group. If everyone is sufficient
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by KhanMahGretsch 9y ago
Japan is unrivaled in building long-lasting wooden structures using only joinery (no nails, screws). This allows the wood to expand and contract harmoniously without cracking. Multi-story buildings (temples are a great example) have “floati
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by KhanMahGretsch 9y ago
Baking-soda and vinegar lays waste to bathtub stains in a way that can only be described as brutal! 10-min soak and scrubbing with those tiny crystals makes it brand-new.
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by KhanMahGretsch 9y ago
There are millions of black-market firearms available in the United States that may be acquired by a motivated killer with relative ease. I'm not entirely convinced they can "unfry that egg", so to speak. For now, in the shor
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by KhanMahGretsch 9y ago
Ditto the rest of the cephalopod family, the ingenuity demonstrated by octopuses is well-documented but endlessly fascinating!
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by KhanMahGretsch 9y ago
Indeed, I was referring to the flippant dismissal of the above poster’s comment, and I addressed the flu-shot’s status as an exception. Of course that won’t save you from the “I f’ing love science”-brigade down voting without rebuttal.
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by KhanMahGretsch 9y ago
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/vaccineeffect.htm >During years when the flu vaccine is not well matched to circulating influenza viruses, it is possible that no benefit from flu vaccination may be observ

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