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no, its not. Not in any white collar professions, not in any blue collar jobs, not in the military, not in academia. You are only safe when you don't have bosses and all responsibi…

> but that argument depends on assuming we have a complete archaeological record, which we of course do not. In other words that argument depends on the available evidence rather t…

Just because they don't mention this not-widely-accepted hypothesis you're going to dismiss it? Ok.

Anybody looking for information not filtered through science journalism wouldn't go wrong checking out the Twitter threads of two of the researchers: https://twitter.com/KristerVas…

Eat your own dogfood right?

See also the trailers for "Predator". Movie is still fantastic, but plays out so much better if you don't know the nature of the predator.

this is a 'haha Americans so dumb' myth that's been blown up - it's the result of a NY Times article that outline a private restaurant chain focus group result. So tldr; some peopl…

I gotta say that your distinction between 'hackers' and 'developers' is pretty ill-informed - just out of curiosity, have you primarily worked in start-ups?

Sprints when used correctly are invaluable to a development team. Source: My own experience as a junior dev and a lead dev on teams working in this methodology. Note it's not usefu…

So... developers aren't productive? This is a weird take.

My mother-in-law was a nurse at an orthopedic surgery center. She always said the major classes of patients she saw were: 1. old folks getting joint replacements 2. young athletes …

Speaking of cats and the Viking age, cats played a prominent and mixed role in early medieval Scandinavia: https://www.academia.edu/42251199/The_Warrior_and_the_Cat_A_... Pull quot…

Way too early. From the dates, its more likely to be Roman sailors and/or Roman-affiliated traders.

Blind being the semi-toxic mess it is, I could see this being true, but I could also see this as an epic troll.

I know this is a joke, but pottery is kind of the road sign of archaeology. Pottery can tell all kinds of stories about technology levels, trade routes, cultural patterns, foods ea…

I kinda wish everybody here had forgotten about that option. Was prepared to get some serious heads down time.

Yeah, as much as I think the whole concept of social media influencers is sad and dumb, this smells like one of those 'dang kids and their ' articles that have cursed us since Aris…

I get nostalgic for some of the toys I had during the late 70s and 80s too, but really, I am super jealous, if that's the right word, of my kids for the toys available to them. Toy…

Whatcha mean useless? There's some serious SEM money behind that from AT&T/Warner/whatever. I am sure Google is enjoying the sales revenue.

Wow. "We conclude that it is impossible to say that taking SSRI antidepressants is worthwhile, or even completely safe. People need all this information to make informed decisions …

I started a few years after you, around about 2003. There were certainly pockets of industry that still operated exactly the same as the article described, especially defense and a…

>One of the things many people who've never had to wear armor for an extended period of time on a hot day don't realize is how horribly uncomfortable armor is, and how that discomf…

Yeah exactly. Usenet wasn't what it was because of the technology, it was because the participants were mostly there to have 'professional' conversations, and the kinds of conversa…

The article mentions the need for the ramped-up steel producers to find an outlet post WWII, hence the rise in popularity of steel cabinetry. I wonder if this also what led to the …