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Comment · 4 years ago
Artillery with spotters accomplished the same task.
Comment · 5 years ago
William Catton is another visonary. I consider his book, Overshoot to be better than limits to growth.
This lecture sums up his work well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WPB2u8EzL8
Comment · 5 years ago
A discussion between Li and Fujiyama: https://youtube.com/watch?v=r0yIMs2qqb4
Comment · 5 years ago
Dominico Lorsudo's Liberalism: A Counter History https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9670246-liberalism is a a must read for the history of liberalism.
Comment · 5 years ago
Eliminating suffering and preventing (re)birth? Sounds like Buddhism.
Comment · 5 years ago
What is the use case of blockchain besides evasion of law enforcement and speculation?
Comment · 5 years ago
I'm ready to accept that these phenomena might really be of Earth origin.
Comment · 8 years ago
Arstechnica had a good piece on how patent reform was killed in Congress:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/how-the-patent-t...
Comment · 8 years ago
Actually that's exactly what happened in the 1920s onward.
Harvard’s admissions committee began using the euphemistic criteria of “character and fitness” to limit Jewish enrollment.
From: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/opinion/is-harvard-unfair...
Comment · 9 years ago
> how they're "just middlemen"
As are Uber/AirBnb and internet advertising giants Google and Facebook.
Comment · 9 years ago
Have you tried IQ testing instead of algorithm questions to measure intelligence?
Comment · 9 years ago
I agree, it's bad for candidates but companies might like it. If everyone gives out take home assignments, it would be harder for candidates to negotiate by lining up multiple offers.
Comment · 9 years ago
In my case, every company that gave me a take home assignment had on-site white board interviews as well.