brahmwg

On the topic of work attire, one interesting argument/explanation in favor of professional (read: suit) clothing is for the compartmentalization; like Peter Parker becoming spiderman, you only do work in that set of clothing. When the suit is on, you're in work mode. When the suit is removed, you're in non-work mode. This way you don't associate work with your casual clothes. I thought it was an interesting point in favor of a specific set of work clothing.

Personally, I've reduced my food waste by eating almost primarily freeze-dried foods. They have a 30 year shelf life in most cases and just need a bit of hot water to be rehydrated, and it tastes just like fresh. The process of freeze-drying apparently keeps the nutritional value intact, as opposed to other preservation methods. It's great for planning meals for the week, and it's excellent for making delicious backpacking recipes!

It seems in any given pack of fresh blueberries/strawberries/brocolli/whatever, inevitably some part of it gets moldy or subpar eating conditions. With the freeze dried equivalent, I know I have as-good-as-fresh ingredients that won't spoil anytime soon. I don't see myself ever buying fresh berries or brocolli or chicken ever again now that I've discovered freeze dried foods. It's just too efficient and convenient to have all these good quality foods on-demand that virtually never spoil.

Edit: well actually I'd still buy fresh food... If I had my own freeze drier and freeze-dried them myself!

Fair enough, but I understood your comment to mean that college was a "point in [your] life" that had ample time for sleep. I was just pointing out that that point in many people's lives has less sleep due to college, not more.

There's been some study(s) which suggest that medical error is the 3rd leading cause of death. This may have been debunked so if wrong please correct me.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/22/medical-errors-third-leading...

Probably depends what you study and at what rate. Alot of students work fulltime in addition to studying fulltime, which basically puts sleep and eating secondary or even tertiary. Socializing isn't on the radar for many.

You're right, I'm sure there are alot of very health conscious vegetarians who actively monitor their health. Perhaps that's actually more common. My experience has been, perhaps contrarily, that the vegan/vegetarians I've met think that by simply omitting meat they don't need to be concerned about monitoring their health. Since that was my observation and was counter intuitive I thought I'd share.

Isn't it more likely they were vegetarians not by choice but because they were essentially slaves, being fed the cheapest food possible (grains, etc)?

Though I'm sure many will use this as evidence in favor of vegetarianism... "Yeah but even the mighty gladiators were vegans!"

Anecdote storytime; I was actually born and raised into a vegetarian household, and spent the first approx 22 years of my life as a vegetarian. Then I switched to eating meat (really, just chicken and fish, maybe red meat once a year) and for me I feel healthier this way. When eating meat I can just eat less total volume of food to get the same amount of calories and nutrients compared to fueling up on a plant based diet. I love running, hiking and rock climbing, and nothing quite hits the spot like a nice protein rich chicken sandwich after a day in the mountains. YMMV, but for me, for now, I think I will continue with my consumption of animal flesh. I think to pull off the veg diet you have to carefully measure and monitor things, you can't just omit entire food groups from your diet and expect to be healthy. It's very naive but many vegan and vegetarians think this way; As long as the food has that VeganTM label, it must be good, why bother even checking the ingredients?

Tldr; ex-vegetarian since birth prefers chicken sandwiches for climber fuel

> human intuition shouldn't be trusted when it comes to statistics problems, because humans aren't naturally statistical thinkers.

Would be interested to hear what you have to say to these counterpoints which suggest we do think in a statistical way.

https://rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1740-...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160504142122.h...

I generally agree that SQL could do alot of what these companies need, and not AI/ML. That said, there is definitely proper use cases for AI/ML and SQL cannot address them all. Furthermore, employing AI/ML may not just be to solve whichever problem they are trying to solve, but it may also be used to impress investors and stakeholders through the use of buzzwords; AKA, using AI/ML may be out of FOMO, used not only to address a real business problem but also to show stakeholders that they are keeping up with trends.

Related https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16898827

Tangentially related, I was reading about the negative aspects of pursuing high self-control[1], which could perhaps equate to overthinking. The text also includes links to research purporting the situations where relying on intuition is, perhaps counterintuitively, more advantageous than rationality.

Also quasi-related, a while back there was an article on HN about the human brain's Bayesian like processes[2], which again seem to form the basis of intuitive decision making.

[1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321621803_The_Intri...

[2] https://rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1740-...?

80% of China’s clinical trial data are fraudulent, investigation finds

https://www.bmj.com/content/355/bmj.i5396

I've made the front page several times by sharing sciency articles that I found interesting. Sometimes articles I thought would flop ended up doing well. Other times articles I thought would do well ended up with 2 upvotes. Theres likely a myriad of factors to consider, like the time you submit (if alot of readers are on at that time), etc. I've never resorted to using friends or subverting the upvote system, which doesn't really jive with the whole "authentic" bit you mention... So yes you can definitely make front page, don't take it so personally. I personally think the HN audience is averse to bullshit and clickbait, so trying to "game the system" will actually backfire. Speak honest truths that are relevant because they should be shared, not for the pursuit of upvotes.

Striving to work as a teacher at my alma mater. Despite everyone telling me I could not do it, that it would not be possible, I became the youngest lecturer at my university.

I like how succinctly you've put it. I may add that as long as you are creating value or reducing the amount of collective headaches for the people around you, they'll keep you around.

Mine was in captivity since a child, so I don't think it ever developed the skills to fly. But sometimes when I would handle it, it would open and reveal it's eye-spotted wings; maybe because it thought I was a threat, or maybe just to impress me :P. When it was close to dying, it's behavior became erratic and it would fall over and not really be in control of itself. It did clamp onto my finger and take some nibbles in its near death state of confusion, but the spines nor bites could Pierce the skin. I barely felt it.

TL;DR = mine handled fine and possibly enjoyed the excitement of adventuring up my arm. Never any naughty behavior until senility set in.

Often though they tend to target the head or neck for their first bites, I think with the intent that biting there will make the meal stop struggling[1]. Not all the time though, sometimes they grab the prey and just start chowing down, butt first :P

[1] I had an African flower mantis as a pet ;)

80% of China’s clinical trial data are fraudulent, investigation finds

https://www.bmj.com/content/355/bmj.i5396

Amateur bug-guy here. To me it looks like an early predecessor to the whip-scorpion / vinegaroon.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelyphonida

Not a kinesiologist, but I think running landing on the ball of the foot will be more energy efficient, recycling momentum more effectively than heel-first landing. Eventually, you'll get faster and better at running using the ball of foot landing, at least that's what happened anecdotally for me. At first it was a difficult transition, but long term more efficient and effective.

As far as I know eToro already allows users to copy other traders strategies. The incentive for the trader to allow others to copy their strategy is likely some % gain based on the number of copyers, so if you develop a successful trading strategy and allow others to profit off it, you also profit. Just a hunch.

Explore El Capitan via Google street view

https://www.google.com/maps/about/behind-the-scenes/streetvi...

Should be noted, just to appreciate the kind of badass Tommy is, that he climbed the Dawn Wall with only 9 fingers :)

Interesting timing for this post, given the lecture Snowden gave at McGill earlier this week.

https://youtu.be/4x8ZI0IaInE

Related thread; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11232111

Not a botanist, but I would guess that the turpines found in forest plants (such as pinene) play a role. I've experimented with pycnogenol, which is an extract from pine bark, and noticed some mild improvements in respiratory and mental acuity. Completely anecdotal, though there is some science backing pine bark extract and it's benefits. Although from my experience, I would universally recommend spending time in the woods as opposed to consuming trademarked products, despite the hippie nootropic marketing.

To write off the whole sport as stupid is a bit unfair. Just because it is far outside of your comfort zone (and mine for that matter) doesn't mean it is stupid.

These wingsuit wearing daredevils have the chutzpah to plunge into the void and experience soaring like birds.... Probably one of the best feelings a living being can experience. They may be bold, but I wouldn't call them stupid.

I get what you're saying, and i think the whole "you gotta work your butt off to be successful" thing is a lingering noting from workoholic culture. "How many hours you put in?" is the corporate version of "how much can you lift?" And I believe it's not exactly right; working smarter is better than just working harder. But both do entail work.

Then again, isn't there some quote about inspiration and perspiration ;)

I was hoping it would have been birds and bees talking to each other to outsmart humans.

Time to chime in with my own experience;

The climbing gym is definitely cult-like, and ive chugged a tall glass of kool-aid. The very nature of climbing is social (you need a partner to belay you) and people (at least at my gym) are all super friendly. Everybody climbs differently based on their own anatomy, and you can learn alot from watching and speaking with others. Normally I prefer training alone, but this is one instance where having a climbing cult definitely helps motivate, not to mention build trust in your belayer. I highly recommend joining this particular cult, or at least giving the kool-aid a taste.

I've actually found this tool to be very convenient for explaining the data mining process visually to laymen.

Does anyone have any experience using Orange? How would you rate it compared to SAS EG or other alternatives?