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joey_bob

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    Comment #39377069

    We've never been accepted, but my experience with application process indicates this isn't strictly true. We're not getting any more charismatic, but they have continued to show in…

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    Comment #39007803

    It doesn’t sound like you’re applying online, so this might not apply but: Write the most fragile resume parser you can. Now make it so your resume can be parsed by it. This made a…

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    Comment #38319592

    This is comparing a foot to a mile

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    Comment #37707368

    I honestly had no idea JAX was useful outside autograd, due to my own tunnel vision. I even used it with other libraries to do this kind of work. Is there a term for this type of m…

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    Comment #31471182

    Almost every time I've heard this mentioned it's framed as "I live in such a backward place, they have a law that requires everyone to own guns."

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    Comment #30804145

    The title is a bit inflammatory, but in this clip from Scalia's testimony relates the overall concept well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggz_gd--UO0

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    Comment #30479499

    > We don’t have the stats on how many people the active braking has saved from a collision. In the article, there were several links at the bottom with stats on the impact on Volvo…

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    Comment #30304566

    What portion of student's would you estimate ask you or the TA about exercises?

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    Comment #29988955

    Which part of Manna does this remind you of?

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    Comment #29924123

    Our state has a program that covers tuition if you are in-state, received good grades in high school, and continue to maintain those. Of my (undergraduate) classmates, I believe 60…

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    Comment #29898138

    Any chance the first link is fake?

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    Comment #29832638

    Not a lot of people. What would be the modern day equivalent? It certainly isn’t dating, that’s too broad. Maybe “I started seeing someone”?

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    Comment #29319491

    So if misery of the poor and inequality largely aren't the same, there might be a path where inequality increases while the quality of life of the poor also increases?

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    Comment #29318932

    From the quote, I read: "most people can end up miserably poor" == "ever-increasing inequality" Which begs the question - is the misery of poverty due to the lack of access to impo…

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    Comment #29025448

    > Boats have had a higher level of autonomy than cars for a while. This is really a mixed bag - some categories of vessels have had more advanced navigation systems for decades, bu…

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    Comment #28221310

    Can you explain your reasoning and or insight for these conclusions? Personally I see Comma.ai as more likely to "never figure it out" than Cruise and others, but I lack special in…

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    Comment #27973119

    Probably a lot. On another level, do you think there is a universal ordering of addictions, or might it depend somewhat on individual proclivities? Say, might ones real addiction b…

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    Comment #27936534

    You can try to come up with or attempt to improve an existing technical solution - whether it be a green alternative to reduce emissions or carbon capture/terraforming. If you want…

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    Comment #24082934

    > Now that the US has shown it can ban foreign tech companies if it's in their own interest, and all the moralizing talk about the free market has been exposed as the self-serving …

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    Comment #23640561

    Who are you quoting?

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    Comment #23528278

    https://casetext.com/case/bostock-v-clayton-county

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    Comment #23107207

    I just looked at the System76 laptops, and they are strikingly similar to the Powerspec(Micro Center)/Sager laptops? Is the resemblance superficial or something else?

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    Comment #22779782

    You could change the title to be "What Americans should know about life in California" and the conclusions would still be largely accurate, with the exception of Healthcare and Job…

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    Comment #22779664

    Not typical in the US afaik. In my undergraduate, I had one course taught by a graduate student, and he was somewhere around twice my age. Recitation is typically taught by a gradu…

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    Comment #22619845

    Did the Treasury improve the bank operations for the better? It’s difficult to imagine that they’d do the same jobs as private creditors, considering 1. The Treasury decision maker…