charmides
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Comment · 5 years ago
I might be wrong, but regarding the anecdote about the physicists at Michigan’s Albion College attempts to model the spread of COVID-19, I think the author misfired. From what I understand, many non-epidemiologists have been surprisingly insightful during the pandemic.
Comment · 6 years ago
What did you end up doing instead?
Comment · 6 years ago
"Lichess is for professionals. Plenty of GMs ims and masters play on it. Even Magnus plays the tournaments. This is like saying Linux is not enough for computer professionals."
This is a misunderstanding. Lichess is used by chess professionals for playing online chess against each other (which is mostly recreation and not serious chess preparation). Software like ChessBase is used for game preparation.
Comment · 7 years ago
That is not a favourable comparison for this website.
For those who are looking for chess opening preparation software for free, I recommend just using lichess.org. Considering that lichess is ad-free and run by volunteers only, it is amazing how much it offers (although it's not enough for chess professionals).
Comment · 7 years ago
When I first looked at the website, I thought that it looked like a nice student assignment or a weekend project. But seeing that you are already attempting to monetize this website and that you are treating this somewhat seriously, I have to tell you that your software is lightyears behind the chess opening modules of professional chess software such as ChessBase 15 or Chess Assistant 12.
https://en.chessbase.com/post/announcing-grand-chessbase-15-...
Comment · 7 years ago
"It seems highly likely that these preferences are socially constructed."
People love to think this way, but study after study suggests that those preferences are at least partly biological. It's one of those cases where there is a disconnect between the scientific understanding and the beliefs of the general public (including policymakers).
See for example this research work: https://www.math.kth.se/matstat/gru/5b1501/F/sex.pdf:
"Results showed that the male infants showed a stronger interest in the physical-mechanical mobile while the female infants showed a stronger interest in the face. The results of this research clearly demonstrate that sex differences are in part biological in origin."
Comment · 7 years ago
Thank you for the insight; this makes a lot of sense to me.
Comment · 7 years ago
Sounds like my experience is more unusual then. I would love to hear from other people. Java has been front and center on my CV since I graduated from college and for the ~10 mid-size and small companies that I've interviewed at, not a single one has put me on the spot regarding my knowledge. Not that I would mind. My partner was a little thrown off, though.
Comment · 7 years ago
Do you frequently get direct questions about your technical knowledge during interviews or is your experience more like mine?
Comment · 7 years ago
I don't think psychology is typically considered STEM.
Comment · 7 years ago
Note that this piece is from 2013. I think that should be indicated parenthetically in the title.