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by steve_g 2y ago
I interpret the article to say the "myth" is exactly true. It may also be true that Semmelweis could have done a better job communicating his findings and persuading others. But that doesn't take away from the truth of the
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NTSB Report Abstract: East Palestine Derailment [pdf](ntsb.gov)
1 points by steve_g 2y ago|0 comments
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by steve_g 3y ago
Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson
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by steve_g 3y ago
"We should be more like Columbo" is a great general rule for life.
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Be Wary of Smart Homes(tomknighton.substack.com)
4 points by steve_g 3y ago|2 comments
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by steve_g 3y ago
I agree with you 100%. The average person now lives better than the richest kings a few hundred years ago. But I think it's funny that you use Nick Cage as an example. Not to be mean - I like him too. But it's still funny.
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by steve_g 4y ago
Take about 20% off there, bud.
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by steve_g 4y ago
I meant "still use math" as a proxy for "still use formal languages to communicate". Maybe in 100 years AI will be so powerful that we'll just ask our question in natural language and get the answer we need. Or may
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by steve_g 4y ago
If we still use math 100 years from now, we'll still use SQL. It's a fine way to query relational data, and relational data is a fine way to model reality. I'd like to hear from people that think I'm wrong.
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Republican Party claims Gmail blocks their fundraising(twitter.com)
2 points by steve_g 4y ago|0 comments
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by steve_g 4y ago
Could this be a protected concerted activity? In the US, there are some basic protections when two or more employees work together to improve the conditions of their employment. I don't know what does or doesn't qualify for this
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by steve_g 4y ago
I had the "oof" but I got rid of it by lifting weights, starting at age 51. I don't lift much anymore, because I kept hurting myself doing powerlifting. But it got rid of the "oof." I'm sure there's a ha
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by steve_g 4y ago
My initial thought was that I didn't like that prescription. But I'd like to know _why_ the author thinks "joke less, laugh less" would help with divisiveness.
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The Extreme Discomfort of Sharing Salary Information(2018)(theatlantic.com)
1 points by steve_g 4y ago|0 comments
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by steve_g 4y ago
Well, the two owners referenced in the articles both died - one from cancer and one from general old age (>90 years).
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by steve_g 4y ago
The article says that his Parkinson's tremor makes using the ATM difficult. As a guy with tremor, I can tell you that it sucks. There are some things I can't physically do now, even though my brain works fine.
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by steve_g 5y ago
I think "my wife is a hospice worker who has provided care to over 5000 patients and hasn't heard these regrets" is a pretty decent argument. I'm not saying Hanson is right, but I wouldn't dismiss his wife's e
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by steve_g 5y ago
Contact your favorite lawyer first.
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by steve_g 5y ago
This was the argument made by Larry Lessig in Eldred vs Ashcroft - the extreme length of the US copyright term is well beyond what's necessary "to promote the progress of science and useful arts." 95 years is by no means a &q
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by steve_g 5y ago
There's a lot to unwrap in your questions, so I won't answer them fully. But I work in a job/industry that I consider to be meaningful and have done so for about 36 years. I work in the environmental industry, specifically
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by steve_g 5y ago
Isn't that the muppet version? That is a great one.
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Ask HN: English speakers, how many ways do you say “a”?
4 points by steve_g 5y ago|9 comments
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Ransomware attack takes down HR and payroll company, potentially for weeks(usatoday.com)
8 points by steve_g 5y ago|0 comments
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by steve_g 5y ago
This is an interesting way to think about why utilitarianism doesn't alway comport with our moral intuitions. But I was really hoping this article would be about a user interface for business applications.
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by steve_g 5y ago
He says he's a subscriber to YouTube music. So he is paying.
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Port Congestion: Supply Chains, Stakeholders, etc.[2014] [video](youtube.com)
3 points by steve_g 5y ago|0 comments
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by steve_g 5y ago
I would be a combination of total mass of the items plus some terms that reflect inventory demand - like weight_factor* (actual_inventory - target inventory)*planned_production for an item category. If I have too much of a category, proces
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Ask HN: 0/1 Decision variables vs. bounded integers for selection problem
3 points by steve_g 5y ago|3 comments
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by steve_g 5y ago
A good way to think about it would be "useful" energy vs waste energy. The energy used by a chiller to cool a cellar is useful energy. The heat (energy) that is removed from the cellar and rejected to the atmosphere is waste ene
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by steve_g 5y ago
Consider getting fired gracefully. You don't have to take it personally, especially if you know it's a tactic the company is using against you. Use the time to prepare for a job search/job change. Just make sure you behave

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