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They are not actually the exact same classes -- some are, if they are cross listed in the undergraduate catalogue. Others are taught by lecturers hired specifically for the extensi…

tldr; "The simplest answer to the question “Do elite colleges matter?” is: It depends on who you are. In the big picture, elite colleges don’t seem to do much extra for rich white …

this is embarassing

These scooters aren't suppose to replace lyft or bart or muni. They're suppose to let you get from 24th mission to 16th mission with minimum context switching & waiting. This trans…

how did you re-learn to read? I am ethnically chinese and have long been meaning to (re?)-acquire the mother tongue.

I find it works best if 'the long game' has short term appeal -- 1. i.e. exercising in a way I find fun (jujitsu, dancing, swimming) 2. plan going out in a way that develops my soc…

tldr; adding bureaucracy makes people give up on everything.........even eating

not at all. the 'facts' are obviously out there, but it's not the job of a university president to promote them, especially when their facticity is a) indispute and b) promotes exp…

It's true that Lawrence Summers was largely ousted for an unpolitic statement; however, I would like to extend more credence to the Harvard Faculty, which collectively, overwhelmin…

Anyone know how burial mounds/roman roads are found? Would love to see that reproduced for the non-academic world.

I agree with you -- I never participated in these science fairs myself, but I attended a couple of summer programs where the majority of my cohort ended up submitting to these cont…

I liked Erik Levenez's giant poster: http://www.levenez.com/lang/ I am looking for anything of that sort -- books, posters, newspaper articles, well-written blog posts. Thanks!

As other people have pointed out, this article seems to argue that women should have work-life balance as if it were a problem specific to women. But that assumption itself is a hu…

The founders of snapchat should be pretty happy right now -- they have an idea worth stealing. And to push your apple vs IBM analogy farther, it seems that they could potentially s…

I think you're misreading the article. Kanazawa makes a claim that intelligent men are more likely to prefer monogamy because the evolutionary norm is polygamy. The reporter/interv…

Catchy title, but very suspicious article. TLDR; author claims that intelligent people are paranoid freaks that prefer evolutionarily stupid things. What things are evolutionarily …

I am in California. Does employer size matter? (It was a startup, but not a tiny one)

Any idea how I might go about finding the attorney? The websites "california employment attorney" turn off look oddly spammy. Also what kind of things would you look for in picking…

I recently left a job with one paycheck still in the works. Now, HR is saying they are unwilling to pay since I left after only a couple of months. No part of my initial offer said…

Ehhh, based on my limited experience with elementary school age children (younger sister & friends), a ton of them are already on facebook, albeit with misstated ages. This move, m…

They do? Which companies? How do I find them? :p

because the lean startup methodology is currently the herd favorite...

I think if you don't believe yourself to be interesting you've got deeper problems to address before you start following this article. If you truly believe that you are a boring pe…