someguy321

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by someguy321 5y ago
15 seconds isn't worth it.
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by someguy321 5y ago
>What I see is that if a difference is indeed found, there can only be two reasons for it: Racism or sexism. This seems absurd to me. As an example, I figure that the reason that there are more male construction workers than female const
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by someguy321 5y ago
If outcomes between groups are different, investigation into underlying causes of differences in group outcomes is often useful- bigotry need not be a motivation.
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by someguy321 5y ago
If you notice your fan motor or cord getting hot you can reduce the pressure differential (and therefore torque/load on the motor) by allowing some airflow to get around the filter- i.e. push the filter a bit to the side or add a tiny
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by someguy321 5y ago
I think PTFE pans are overheated more often than we expect.
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by someguy321 5y ago
I figure that my above comment is pithy more than it's snarky, especially considering that many repliers understood its intent accurately. People disagree on where the blame lies regarding consumption vs production, and it's diffi
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by someguy321 5y ago
On the money. I read Snow Crash about two years ago and the theme of virality increasing as dynamic systems get larger feels all too real right now.
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by someguy321 5y ago
I read that fellow's blog (marginalrevolution.com) and he goes out of the way to get the best authentic local food he can get, he's well read about the history of many different countries and the economic implications of the recen
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by someguy321 5y ago
Value judgements exist in a separate domain than pure rationality. I like chocolate ice cream more than vanilla ice cream, and you're not gonna convince me otherwise by debating the flavor with me. It entirely could be the case that my
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by someguy321 5y ago
If you read more of Philip Greenspun's writings it's apparent that he likes to inject a bit of satire into them. Both self-deprecating and deprecating others. I figure that he hit it on the nose with that bit.
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by someguy321 5y ago
You have an explicit choice to either not invest or invest. If you spend all your money instead of investing it, you're still making somebody work for you- they're immediately being made (although I'd disagree with this portr
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by someguy321 5y ago
I am seeing a lot of resentment in this thread. My best guess is that some of it is deserved and some of it isn't. Something that this thread reminded me of is the fact that several of my friends (millenial like myself) think that brin
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by someguy321 5y ago
Gas stations are a notoriously low-margin business. Realistically costs get passed on to the consumer.
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by someguy321 5y ago
You pay for that service whether you realize it or not.
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by someguy321 5y ago
I can try to provide a perspective. From what moral authority do positive rights originate? (a right that requires someone to provide you with a good or service) From what moral authority do negative rights originate? (a right that prevents
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by someguy321 5y ago
I'm a mechanical engineer. The version control software that we use (I'm most familiar with Windchill, and just a wee bit familiar with SolidWorks PDM) is dumb. It's a B2B market with fat margins that is ripe to be disrupted.
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by someguy321 5y ago
I kind of figure that a lot of people are trapped in a "local optimum." Their life is fairly comfortable, but not extremely satisfying, and any direction they push doesn't yield results in an easily accessible way. I kind of
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by someguy321 5y ago
Talking about the specifics of the person the article is about is talking about the signal. Creating an abstract notion of what he represents as a member of the billionaire class is talking about something entirely different, and something
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by someguy321 5y ago
I would like to specifically talk about Warren Buffett. If we can determine whether we agree or disagree about whether Warren Buffett is more or less virtuous than the average billionaire, then we can have a productive conversation.
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by someguy321 5y ago
Thankfully, the government still exists and also works to solve problems in parallel with charities. I don't advocate that Buffett takes charge of the world. It's also nice that Buffett doesn't give all his money to one chari
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by someguy321 5y ago
>In a long statement last week, Mr. Buffett defended himself by pointing to his long advocacy for a fairer taxation system, and then he immediately told on himself by undermining the very idea of taxes in the same letter. “I believe the
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by someguy321 5y ago
When the OCEAN model of personality (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism) was developed, they used a statistical approach. Researchers asked hundreds or thousands of study participants hundreds of overlappi
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by someguy321 5y ago
And to be even more precise (pedantic?)- A treadmill design using large rollers would have a chosen motor and gearing combination to accomodate the large rollers, likewise for one with small rollers. They would likely be able to impart the
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by someguy321 5y ago
One I can think of off the top of my head (statistics, not AI, although AI would also allow it) is that the actuarial calculations for home/car insurance quotes rely on risk data by zip code, education level, income, and any and all ot