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Avoiding Unqualified Gatekeepers
19 points by sbarbarian 4y ago|9 comments
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by sbarbarian 4y ago
"...like nothing on earth seen before..." was this video made by an AI?
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by sbarbarian 4y ago
not sure about the case here, but a common executive play I've seen at bigcorps is: 1. take credit for what was in-flight when you came in 2. kick off massive projects which you can't possibly be around to measure before you bounc
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by sbarbarian 4y ago
Another element here is that a lot of that "money printing" went overseas. Agree with what you say, this time it was all sent domestically as part of stimulus checks.
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by sbarbarian 4y ago
hot take: it seems everything about crypto is full of problems invented for their own sake.
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by sbarbarian 4y ago
I can see wanting to keep my job secret from my peers, but not from my employer. How can you build trust with whomever you're working with? I can't imagine feeling comfortable sending anything in writing in a work environment to a
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by sbarbarian 4y ago
Once upon a time, the emperor had no clothes.
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by sbarbarian 4y ago
Another major issue in this discussion is the definition of 'teacher'. As referenced throughout these comments, a 'teaching' job varies dramatically on the district, age, etc. Students from a difficult home life need a s
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by sbarbarian 4y ago
rick and morty is on-point, also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAKOWcs8w54
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by sbarbarian 4y ago
Regardless of planted or no - feel sorry for whatever digital forensic examiner had to confirm it was indeed what it was. Not the victim in this scenario, but its an often-overlooked and extremely unpleasant role to confirm this stuff.
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by sbarbarian 4y ago
Tired is the right word. He's a complex person doing interesting things, with a lot of noise mixed in. I don't care for how the cult of celebrity has grown to dominate public discourse, particularly since Trump got elected. Keep y
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by sbarbarian 4y ago
very helpful, thank you. hopefully there are resources available to analyze and action upon this feedback in the productive way described.
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by sbarbarian 4y ago
totally agree! is it because we trust the known (i.e. celebrity faux-experts) over the unknown (i.e. legitimate experts)? For instance, Trump asking voters to place all power in his hands rather than an anonymous administrative class. Is th
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by sbarbarian 4y ago
It appears that the end point of debates around this end in both parties having their own "lived experiences" based on fundamentally different "truths". How can anyone reach agreement on anything under these rules? Could
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by sbarbarian 4y ago
I deferred joining a Bio lab out of undergrad after being pulled aside during my acceptance visit and given an 'academia life 101' from a postdoc. There were too many bio PhDs, too few academic positions, and too few opportunities
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by sbarbarian 4y ago
Sorry, didn't mean to imply that. Its the best of the worst. You just lower the threshold to hit the volumes / default rate you're comfortable with to make a profit. Subprime is anything lower than 670, so you don't need
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by sbarbarian 4y ago
The subprime space is really interesting vs mortgages. Like others mention, the due diligence these providers run for these is minimal. The business model has been so successful in recent years because there have been such large numbers of
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by sbarbarian 4y ago
Musk has a point - the reality is that each and every Twitter user wades through obviously fake accounts every time they use the service. this is a problem that hasn't been solved. all explanations around why that is are meaningless co
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by sbarbarian 5y ago
On point, but its even worse than that. As you mention, poorer students are denied the opportunity to take more advanced classes. But even those who do are faced with a massive disadvantage. See, top tier private schools shamelessly pass st