bwing

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by bwing 3y ago
A lot of factors: 1) People definitely did get away with this, all the time. Historically, researchers had no obligation (at least that was practically enforced) to maintain and share their data and code. Peer review would check for specifi
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by bwing 3y ago
My understanding is that the overall body of research suggests that artificial sweeteners don't cause additional calorie consumption. Given that is true (and leaving aside the much-studied question of other health risks from artificial
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by bwing 4y ago
If anything, it reflects a greater degree of logical rigor: 1) It's commonly taken as a simple fact that overrepresentation of white people among e.g. the top hedge fund managers is evidence of society being structured in those people&
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by bwing 4y ago
There's no logical endpoint for "disparate group outcomes prove a problem that must be fixed" outside of discrimination against Asians and Jews. (It's an ineffective racist, white supremacist society that allows immigran
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by bwing 4y ago
Oh, transfermarkt is perfectly fine, and your general point about EPL money is definitely right -- just don't think it makes any sense to count pure transfer outlay without taking into account player sales. You aren't "spendi
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by bwing 4y ago
I'm not sure what metrics you're using for "spent around the same amount," but from preliminary looks at AC Milan vs. Brighton that doesn't seem true at all. Breaking things down into transfer vs wages: over the pas
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by bwing 4y ago
good lol
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by bwing 4y ago
yes
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by bwing 4y ago
This overestimates the role of international soccer in predicting future international soccer success. Players get 99% of their development with their club teams. While it is crucial for Americans to regularly play good teams, this experien
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by bwing 5y ago
Yeah, this has been one of the most disappointing things for me. No way his shtick has fooled all of them. Pg in particular I would've expected more rigor from, but maybe that's naivete, or the inevitable awkwardness that comes fr
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by bwing 5y ago
To be frank: I think the main reason is because explicit talk of cost-cutting was at odds with leadership's self-aggrandizing Twitter talk. (Disrupting the education industry, putting four-year colleges out of business, etc.)
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by bwing 5y ago
It's only a double standard if you're assuming the people critical of Lambda aren't also critical of selling valueless $200k college educations to checked-out students.
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by bwing 5y ago
Because they have minimal admissions filter and constantly tell students not to give up, to fight imposter syndrome, student testimonials, "this is the toughest thing you'll ever do but it's so worth it." College is gate
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by bwing 5y ago
I was at Lambda when they announced the switch from 9 to 6 months and the elimination of paid team leaders. The feedback was universally negative. In a channel for open student discussion, Austen Allred deleted a poll from Slack because of
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by bwing 7y ago
https://samzdat.com/2017/06/28/without-belief-in-a-god-but-n... samzdat makes similar points in this article -- esoteric but insightful
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by bwing 7y ago
The reason for this is almost exclusively the Earned Income Tax Credit. A single filer claiming two children and earning $11,000 would be eligible for a (fully refundable) credit of $4,410. While this credit distributes a ton of needed bene