jchien17

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Comment · 9 years ago

Don't think it is - do you have anything to back this up? I think IQ is pretty accepted as a measure of intelligence.

Comment · 9 years ago

Should one learn ES2015 before learning ES5? Is there any value or need to learn ES5 if you're not maintaining an old codebase?

Comment · 9 years ago

It links to https://www.battleforthenet.com/ - it's putting the fight for net neutrality in the forefront.

Comment · 9 years ago

The evidence I know of that hint at monitoring being effective is from the Italians, where they say they thwart terrorism by closely monitoring and infiltrating potential groups. I remember reading that the Italian police says it takes 20 people to monitor one person effectively (will need to find a link). That kind of man-power is hard to scale.

edit: link on Italian anti-terrorist efforts: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/23/why-has-italy-...

Further debate on the SlateStarCodex subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/6j8703/cult...

Comment · 9 years ago

Can you expand more? Is it the difference in opinion of the totalitarianism exhibited in 1984 vs. the anarchism from Homage?

Comment · 9 years ago

If you read a little further, they were important details because the author used them as evidence in court to show he had his bag with him on the trip.

Comment · 9 years ago

Wow, I thought he was just going to step away and take a break. Do we know who might replace him?

It's also interesting that the five shareholders mentioned in the NYTimes article want 2 "truly independent directors". What does that mean? Depending on how many board seats there are, maybe two votes aren't enough?