kepler1

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by kepler1 4mo ago
I think there's conflating of problems here (at for the moment let's talk about primary school K-12 rather than university level). There is a fundamental problem with a good percentage of public schools right now, where the previo
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by kepler1 1y ago
This actually a legit question under the surface. The problem, in my opinion, is that MZ/CC/AA-D, are feeling that they have to be releasing models of some flavor every month to stay competitive. And when you have the rest of the
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by kepler1 2y ago
it's a joke
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by kepler1 2y ago
This is pretty much the first half of the article (until the archive.is link starts working): "Google is eliminating its goal of hiring more employees from historically underrepresented groups and reviewing some diversity, equity and i
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by kepler1 2y ago
James Damore must be rolling in his grave
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by kepler1 2y ago
https://archive.is/6O8L5
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Google kills diversity hiring targets(wsj.com)
159 points by kepler1 2y ago|267 comments
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by kepler1 2y ago
Since you seem relatively open minded and objective about it let me ask you this: How much did you get paid for doing all those consulting gigs on DEI topics? Just to point out, even as you highlight the hollowness of the trend passing thro
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by kepler1 2y ago
Made out of manilla file folders is approximately correct for the state of Air India's fleet right now.
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by kepler1 2y ago
Here in California (and generally in the US, as well as other places where the cost of enforcing laws seems to be growing too costly/unpalatable), we seem increasingly interested in documenting and retroactively following up the afterm
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by kepler1 3y ago
A company wants to enforce its copyright, etc., fine. That's their right to do so. Although I beg to differ with our copyright laws. No, what I find objectionable about the NYT games team, such as their spelling bee puzzle, is that
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by kepler1 3y ago
I guess if a core part of your belief system is that an unexplainable deity speaks through only certain people who you need to trust without good reason to, small problems like this sometimes happen! Oh well, acceptable losses, right?
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by kepler1 3y ago
Well, what about the value of making clear to people that in case they fall over that edge and start using drugs, they will be punished? Police being able to arrest people and caution them, rather than being told to actively ignore it? In
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by kepler1 3y ago
The treatment / rehab / injection / addict housing programs (and more) that are required when you decide that having people use drugs isn't something that they believe they will be punished for anymore and no longer exer
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by kepler1 3y ago
I commented a few times here over the years criticizing decriminalization as it came up as an option, against loud / vociferous people saying, how can you continue to embrace criminal penalties that clearly aren't working. As if
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by kepler1 3y ago
If decriminalization relies on a whole raft of practically infeasible (or very expensive) associated programs to make it work, is it really a viable strategy?
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by kepler1 3y ago
Serious , and almost inevitably danger / criminal- and life-destroying behavior inducing drugs.
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by kepler1 3y ago
Two (?) some years ago a review story about Oregon's decriminalization policy was here on HN and I said that I didn't think it was a good idea, and was kind of shouted down by people saying, "this is the only rational choice,
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by kepler1 3y ago
Regardless of the issue here, I just want to say that I'm glad we put up such high standards for allowing people with skills into this country. Because if we didn't, we'd have random people just crossing the border at will an
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by kepler1 3y ago
Constant puzzle to me: Video is just made up of single sequential still images. Why are the color issues / tuning of videos like 100x more complicated and involve so many more tools than those of still images?
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by kepler1 3y ago
At this point I would've imagined Apple would have a moon detection feature and just replace it with a stock image cutout when detected in the field of view.
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by kepler1 3y ago
Can you say a bit more what you think was the factor? -- more control of depth of field / shallower DoF ability? -- faster shutter speeds? -- less chromatic aberrations? It doesn't intuitively feel like sharpness should be a facto
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by kepler1 3y ago
At what point do you realize that you've become one of those collectors of weird railroad information that isn't really useful but somehow interesting to know? And how do you realize it soon enough to catch yourself before you bo
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by kepler1 3y ago
I think if the proper question is asked, you get the right answer. The issue is whether people understand what is the proper question. The proper question is, "would you rather live near solar panels and wind turbines, or coal power p
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by kepler1 3y ago
I'm really glad our kids will have high esteem about their inability to do algebra when it comes time to try to re-onshore our semiconductor design and manufacturing capabilities.
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by kepler1 3y ago
Why should the contract have to dictate that, when it's the production that would have to pay/suffer if they shortsightedly understaffed something? The writers have sick days and time off protections already. Seems to me this
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by kepler1 3y ago
# of Episodes, Minimum # of writers in writers’ room --------------------------------- 6 or fewer, 3 7-12, 5 13+, 6 Minimum number of writers? Ok, go ahead and tell me that union labor isn't about padding payrolls.
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by kepler1 3y ago
I will posit a simple and maybe frivolous reason -- "Mutton" just doesn't sound like an appealing name for a meat. There's something offputting about the sound of it. Or maybe it has just become so, given that it&#x27
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by kepler1 3y ago
Interesting paper, but it only talks about the benefits of cables, not the cost of operating (which was the question above).
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by kepler1 3y ago
Apple chooses not to do that, to be able to give a controlled experience, to be able to review apps and screen them, and to, yes, benefit from the pricing power that allows them. They don't have to allow more competition in their own s

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