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Legit question: what's going to happen when bitcoin is no longer produced? Like, there's a finite amount of bitcoin that will ever be mined, and after that, why would anyone keep r…

> developers who work for big companies will get jealous and they will reject you. If you're very good, you need to pretend to be mediocre and above all; compliant. To add to what …

2 questions: 1) What would you expect be implemented to reduce/eradicate doom scrolling? 2) What would making the algorithm public do for us? I'm not an ML engineer, but presumably…

> Philip Morris doesn't make money every drag someone takes, that's exactly my point. It's different. I see. You're right that it was an imperfect comparison. Philip Morris makes _…

> engagement with social media doesn't directly create value for Facebook. Yes it absolutely does. They get value by showing ads. If you're staring at facebook for 4 hours a day, t…

> I personally ran analysis like this to detect high and unexpected latency on people with cheaper cell phones (disproportionately minorities in the US). The results of my analysis…

I think you're overlooking the role that rapport plays in this. If you don't have a rapport (it's a new relationship, for example), one doesn't have that to rely on (this describes…

The political divide is because the institutions of power are winning. It will be and always has been the goal of those with power to deflect attacks directed at them, usually to o…

Wow, glad someone else caught that. I read that comment a few times because it seemed almost exactly the opposite in intent of the general intent of the PR (as explained by the twi…

You act like fucking up is the end of the world. In my experience, when someone "fucks up", I can reflect on my rapport with that person to determine whether or not it was intentio…

"The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house" -Audre Lorde

That article is really interesting and something that, as an academic scientist, is pretty obvious. In theory, we have peer-review to keep ourselves honest, but as the article poin…