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by unearthed 7y ago
1) Chill w the superflous language. Nobody is impressed with how much debt you've saddled over your phd. 2) You cite nothing substantiating these claims. Leave it to a woke phd to misrepresent a claim to win an argument. > total fre
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by unearthed 7y ago
More than just this though. Because FBs take is so uninformed, its going to create greater social rifts. LITERALLY contra to what its stated objectives are. SO. WHY would zuck do this? lip service to his employees.
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by unearthed 7y ago
> Assumes FB causes no harm because we've yet to articulate the problems it causes. Look through my posts in this thread. FB causes shitstorms of damage not the least of which is aggregation / indoctrination of dissention throu
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by unearthed 7y ago
> Companies moderating speech on their services is time tested and likely necessary. Here's the thought experiment validating what Im claiming about driving out dissenting views: Where do the ideas that are pushed out of facebook go
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by unearthed 7y ago
> You're denying the existence of a problem, not offering a solution Incorrect. Im saying the solution IS NOT the dogmatic oversight that facebook is pursuing here. Instead the solution is: "The droves of people using face
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by unearthed 7y ago
Yes. Realize that FB is the defacto platform for social discussion and realize that discussion at this scale is the singular path towards cohesive integration of multi-culture societies. Stop policing speech/thoughts/ideas/co
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Ask HN: Make money programming w/o full-time job
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by unearthed 7y ago
I know for programmers / coders its a weird question but what about part time?
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by unearthed 7y ago
Right. Im not claiming that it is. However a trait which is more readily attributed to academic research ( not creating a profitable product ) is more applicable to academic research than to startups. Per the Thiel quote (summarized): The h
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by unearthed 7y ago
I love git. Literally the only way to be productive when you've got more than 4 people touching code. Do you guys allow remote work?
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by unearthed 7y ago
Why are Phds so cheap to hire if their skills are so valueable?
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by unearthed 7y ago
> "You don’t need a PhD, but it helps." > "A PhD is nice because because it demonstrates ..." An employees willingness + investment to singularly do just one thing for the rest of their life. It works as really goo
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by unearthed 7y ago
This is the central argument for pursuing a phd. But its rubbish. Speed + onus behind learning > everything. Also note the self-serving bias where Phd's swear: "You need a phd"
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by unearthed 7y ago
Hire the PHD. God knows they'll work for 3rd-world labor rates.
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by unearthed 7y ago
> "That's the failure point for most biotech startups -- they dont have a useful application of their tech." This is precisely the failure of every academic ever. We can examine this through the Theil-lens where they&#x2