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In many cases, I'd agree with you. But in context of what happened here, the fact that the company was Chinese (or simply just foreign, for that matter) is absolutely relevant. A f…

If you want to know how to do something, how something works, you'll use a different, non-google indexer for searching, say, all of the "how to" sites: e.g. wikipedia, stack exchan…

The FDA has more than likely directly prevented hundreds of millions deaths worldwide. It's literally one of very few safeguards you can rely on to know that you're not eating pois…

Thanks for the response; I'm definitely applying to the Data Engineers program. My engineering background has been more on-the-job than from formal coursework, so I was a bit subdu…

I'm seriously thinking about applying (actually to the Data Science program). I'm currently looking to start in the SF Bay Area as a data scientist (or data analyst, if need be) in…

I agree with your general sentiment. However, it only takes one member of the underrepresented group (with endorsing capability), or any member of a centrist or neutral party, to a…

Abstract: http://www.jneurosci.org/content/34/12/4418.short Full Text PDF: http://www.jneurosci.org/content/34/12/4418.full.pdf I'm on an academic network, so I'm not sure if the P…

When I saw "6x4", my immediate thought was a "six by four" matrix. So, by convention, this means 6 rows and 4 columns, corresponding to e.g. 6 observations of 4 variables each (fro…

You might enjoy this story/thread from three months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6815282

> correlation doesn't mean causation. As a statistician, I guess I should be happy that more people are aware of this. But I also think too many people are taking "correlation != c…

> Hospitals don't let uninsured people die and insuring people doesn't magically save their lives. Not sure where you're getting this. A quick Google Scholar or PubMed search shows…

Contrary to the current HN title, the article points out: Evidence presented during Private Manning’s court-martial for his role as the source for large archives of military and di…

But in the US, corporations are people too! [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood

Your statement reminded me of the conclusion Rene Descarte reached a few centuries ago: "I think, therefore I am."

>Something else I just thought of while typing this is that this would make an awesomely sci-fi means of information storage. No need to remember a password, we've encoded your gut…