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> And then he talks about "Google lowering the bar". Strange how you directly quote parts that don't mention the lowering of the bar, then suddenly paraphrase the lowering the bar …

Why did she become a teacher? I mean, the grades difference required to be a teacher vs CS are vast. How does that happen? My mum went through this - she finished 1st in a state in…

Criticism: (buttering up first, as all good criticisms do: I give to the Give Directly UBI test through Effective Altruism Australia, basically because I read Doing good Better, an…

You are 100% correct if you have zero context. Let me provide some context. If you look at https://80000hours.org/about/ their goal is to help people make the world better, by a co…

> What positive connotation could be drawn from it? IMHO that is the wrong question. Connotations aren't something anyone can argue for or against - one can have bad connotations f…

> These findings make clear Where are these findings? It would be rather easy to show Search Console data with a decline, but that isn't the case. Do they have that sort of evidenc…

> if you're one of a few X in a large group of mostly Y. Is that a pun? Maybe ... "if you're one of a few XX in a large group of mostly XY"?

I'd be surprised if there wasNT a lawsuit. I'm not American - but what's the risk to the sacked dude? He sues, loses, and then what? He sues, wins, how much? What do lawyers cost? …

And ~63% is under 24: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Nigeria

$600 per week.

Yep, that's the lesson! But seriously, what are the rules here? I went OS for 6 months once (started out as 1) and worked the whole time. I billed through my AU company, but still,…

I think the idea is you get the research, plus all the citations for or against, versus pages of articles on The Guardian, or Techcrunch, or Breitbart. That tool sounds pretty cool…

> but that it doesn't convincingly argue why these difference are relevant to what is being suggested. This is the most honest critique I have seen, and that speaks to the audience…

I'm not sure I agree. A significant play in the startup playbook is: 1. Double Revenue in X period. 2. Add 50% to costs in same X period. 3. Raise enough money that the money in th…

I love the caveats - and yes, it is really good, and no, I neither endorse nor reject this paper either... at the very least, I'll do neither publicly :) Seriously, a quality read.…

Which you can't show me? Even if I accept that, even if that is true, is it better to make more and lose the other four dimensions? I can see where NOT making more is better for a …

I think we need to follow your thought process through to conclusion: > "a bulk of IT work is about empathizing with users at least as much as attention to detail." HYPOTHESIS: If …

> What are we trying to solve? Lets stop there. What are we trying to solve? I'd say we are trying to solve this question: What makes a good life? STEM gets a lot of press because,…