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> In past email conversation i've given you examples of people organizing on 8chan to target threads here

When? I don't remember that, and I just searched the email archive and didn't find it. I found a mention of 8chan, but not with examples, and certainly not with links to people organizing to target threads here—which is hardly something we would be disagreeing about. Obviously that's abusive.
The paper actually mentioned that alumni interviewers tended to give asian applicants personal scores that were better than what the admissions officers gave them (page 5 first paragraph). Which I personally find worse. The student does their best to prepare for the interview to represent who they are as a multifaceted individual. The interviewer that actually meets the student and talks to them gives them a high personal rating and shows that these students are actually not stereotypical math robots. Then the admissions officers lower those personal ratings, negating the work the students did for the interview (and essays and the truth of who they actually are) to find a way to get their admissions statistics to work out. They're discarding the students, the interviewer, rec letters from teachers that knew them well. And, they're doing it in a blatantly racist way that perpetuates deeply harmful stereotypes. An "Asian: -10 points" line would be less damaging than this. We have to live with these stereotypes, we have to see them be perpetuated as we fail to pass "holistic" application processes, we face these barriers in employment, in getting promotions to management, in every step. As you can tell, it really pisses me off, and hey, maybe you are right and it is just actual racism that's seeping through instead of a way of burying affirmative action ratings. I'd almost prefer that - plain and clear racism rather than a perversion of affirmative action (something meant to help end structural inequality) in a way that perpetuates racism.
Either they both made the same comment (certainly possible), or you’re thinking of Larry David: https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/11/larry-david-mode...
Letting admissions "judge individuals on character" is a way to selectively reject applicants that do well on other, well-defined, metrics...
Making a flippy disk was to use the back side of a floppy when you only had a single-sided drive (like I did back in the day).

If you put a flippy disk into a double-sided drive which is expecting to read double-sided disks, you're going to have a bad day. The data on the back side of a flippy disk is written backwards compared to how it would be written on the back side by a double-sided floppy drive.
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exactly. don't forget personality diversity at work too.

I manage a team of border-line spectrum to extroverts. I love them all. Quieter ones bring a lot of values to the company, but guess who get all the recognition?

Workplace bias against certain personality types are a huge drag. For the most part, people are more or less born into their personality and predisposition. If not, it was influenced by their upbringing. Yet we feel it's ok to discriminate.
I don't know how else you'd answer the question when it's "both".
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I absolutely thought I could enter a question and have the site's users decide for me like a strawpoll.

I can't even decide what to put in the choices list. Man.
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I’m not “one of the OCD crew”, but I have been making hand sanitizer for distribution locally. I bought a bunch of aloe gel online in late January, and picked up several gallons of Everclear (190 proof grain alcohol) locally.
From the same Gelman article:

> First off, 3% does not sound implausible. If they said 30%, I’d be skeptical, given how everyone’s been hiding out for awhile, but 3%, sure, maybe so.
I've had some opportunity to have insight into corporate pandemic planning over the years.

It's important to understand that U.S. corporate planning for a pandemic has assumed a certain level of urgency and competency from the federal response.

This has been reasonable, as the federal government has for the last 20 years, under both Republican and Democratic administrations, taken potential pandemics very seriously, and responded aggressively to them.

The federal response to the 2019 novel coronavirus has completely failed to live up to these expectations and the result is that everyone is scrambling to catch up. Corporations and states are following their playbooks... but those playbooks were not written in terms of "let's be ready to fill in for the federal government when they fall on their faces." The whole point of the federal government is to be a backstop for everyone else in the face of huge national threats.

This is one reason you're seeing Republican lawmakers be so willing to pump money out of the government: they know the government screwed up the early response, and so it is fair that the government should pay to help mitigate that.
Interesting question. I would say that collaborative editing of documents with changelog kind of captures that. For e.g Google Docs.

The checkout, edit, diff, merge, review, build, release workflow might be too onerous for other teams.

Curious to know, why do you ask this question?
It seems like crab mentality at work. Pulling down those that succeed the most.

Asian Americans are top performers, both in academics and income:

https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/visualizat...
The problem is that we have also (mostly) agreed that discrimination is bad. In the case of discrimination being bad, we had a massive civil rights movement, and enshrine the notion into constitutional law.

Much of the success of the civil rights movement occurred on the legal front, with a strategy based heavily on fighting against discrimination.

In the case of diversity being good, we (or at least some circles of us) have a general sense that it is good, but no where near the cultural (or legal) momentum behind the notion.

It used to be the case that discrimination was so bad, that fighting against discrimination and fighting for diversity were nearly indistinguishable. Because of how much progress we have made on those fronts, the two camps now realize that they did not actually have the same goal in mind and are now starting to become opposed to each other.

I do not think that either camp has fully internalized this new reality yet, so still assumes that the old coalition all belongs to their camp.

I should also mention that discrimination in collage admissions (in the form of affirmative action) is one of the textbook examples of when we decided that discrimination was justifiable in the name of diversity under some circumstances.
This link explains the new Webpack support in more detail: https://clojurescript.org/news/2020-04-24-bundle-target

Though that post is pretty good, I wish someone could create a more ELI5 version of the post for people who aren't knee-deep in javascript packaging systems. Can someone just answer some newb questions for me?

1. I know there's a website where people store javascript packages in "npm" which can be viewed here: https://www.npmjs.com/package/browse. Does this new clojurescript functionality let me USE all those packages in clojurescript? What are the precise limitations? In what cases do I still want to use cljsjs? (another thing that is confusing to me, tbh)

2. Does this new clojurescript functionality let me CREATE new npm packages and put them on the main npm site? What is "webpack" exactly and how does it relate to npm? If so, what are the precise limitations?

I swear I know a fair amount of stuff on other programming subjects, I just have a blind spot when it comes to javascript packaging and packages, so this info is really appreciated!
He ran the company that chose to give people a platform / pay them for their various forms of hate.

He didn't happen to be in a car with one... that isn't similar at all.
Spiking is great as just a general development process even if you don't have tickets/time-boxed items just for them. For example in Basecamp's "Shape Up" process spiking may be an initial uphill technique used to suss out the rest of the cycle's work and uncover all the hidden issues.

Basically, you blaze a trail to the most disgusting, kluge-y, and otherwise slapdash implementation that validates your assumptions and satisfies your constraints while making note of everything that needs further work. That lets you bail early if some unknown issue will block success given the current criteria and constraints, and sets you up with the a list of the 80/20 work required to deliver the completed project.
I don't know, but I suspect that those on oxygen may be sick enough that they should be carefully monitored, and have intervention available if they need it.
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There are two predominate meanings: the Census Bureau definition includes the Indian subcontinent along with East and Southeast Asia. The vernacular excludes the Indian subcontinent, though perhaps less so among the Indian community.

Afghanistan would not be included in either definition. Someone of Afghanistan ancestry (I'm purposefully avoiding distinguishing the various ethnicities in Afghanistan) would be classified as either Middle Eastern or Caucasian under the census definition as well as in the vernacular.
Most economists have stayed as far as humanely possible from evaluating lives vs GDP.

Which is a shame.

It’s like the one example where some back of the envelope yet informed numbers might improve public policy vs the status quo..blind panic and a livelihood crippling total lockdown.
"Beginnings of a USB device driver."

I would love to be able to run the manufacturer's program for a data logger and a pulse oximeter under wine. Hopefully this is what they are aiming for (maybe I should try it already?). I'm guessing there are a bunch of devices like this.
Ugh I loathe this concept, although it's real. But 9 times out of 10 when you ask about a complicated problem online, which you've reduced to its simplest components because it's impossible to explain the entire context to an outsider in a text field, you'll get some internet smartass screaming 'xy problem!' to dismiss your question (this is not directed at the parent comment, just a general observation)
Well. Some very precise question is very open to debate. Like what’s package manager to use on Linux. They will be competing answers, votes, and answers that will be super interesting. At least to me.
> "I think OP means they are dominant in performance, which would lead to "over representation" if that was the only admissions factor."

"Other admissions factors" sounds rather similar to Harvard's tactics used to keep out excessive Jewish applicants in the 1920s (https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/harvard-s-jewish-proble...) because they were earning too many seats because of their performance as well, doesn't it?
Census 2020 actually has Asian Indian as a distinct race choice but you're right for the past.
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It can last. It's fairly unlikely especially if people are considerate with minimum precautions.

E.g. If one sneezes uncovered into air with the right humidity, etc. it COULD survive for a while airborne. That's not to say merely by breathing a person's usual exhalations they could get it.

The virus is transmitted through droplets, or little bits of liquid, mostly through sneezing or coughing, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of WHO’s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, told reporters during a virtual news conference on Monday. “When you do an aerosol-generating procedure like in a medical care facility, you have the possibility to what we call aerosolize these particles, which means they can stay in the air a little bit longer.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-lives-for-hours-...
It is a pity nobody knows how to have a civil and thoughtful public debate on these topics. The Asian experience throws a large number of spanners into what I assume is the common narrative around race.

In particular, that the people bringing in affirmative action policy are acting on some sort of evidence. It is difficult to sustain the idea that pre-university racism was the most important variable when the Asians are such intellectual dynamos despite facing pretty stiff racial headwinds.
This is typical, Harvard did it for Jews back when they were discriminated against. In order to discriminate "tastefully" (Ivies are all about "is it a good look"), Harvard did a population study and learned that most Jews came from upstate NY. Thus began Harvard's mission of broadening access to elite education to the Midwest and Pacific West, where there are almost no Jews.

While in college, I heard a very fascinating story of how Harvard retaliated when confronted with evidence. There is a linguistic professor at Penn who went to Harvard and is Jewish. While at Harvard in the 70s, he suspected discrimination and broke into the admissions office, unearthing documents proving his case. Harvard responded by sending him to Vietnam, presumably to die. Long story short, he lived to tell the tale. After the war, he went to MIT and received a doctorate. He has all kinds of interesting stories about 'Nam too, but this Harvard story is really something else.

All Ivies/Stanford discriminate, they can fill the school 10x over with Valedictorian/Chess champions if they want to. But they have to mindful of their corporate customers as well, companies want a diverse menu of people. Some studies have been done around how they discriminate now: presently the tasteful instrument of discrimination is extra-curricular activities. You'd be hard pressed to find too many Asian Americans doing Lax or Crew.

Remember, these are private institutions so strictly speaking, they could do what ever they want (Disclosure: I am Asian). The bigger issue is that many people do have to go to one of these colleges for upward mobility. These schools are like oligopolies that have taken captive the American dream.
Diversity isn’t necessarily always good, even if this is treated like gospel these days. For example in less diverse societies it’s often true that there is more trust between people [0] and that can provide several benefits like more safety or perhaps a stronger social contract.

I do wonder if there has ever been any peer reviewed scientific proof that diversity does indeed bring the benefits you mention. Personally I think in an institution like a university it’s best to just bring the brightest minds together, that’s probably more effective than filtering people based on race, gender, etc...

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[0]: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/world/americas/05iht-dive...
The thing with med school discrimination is, I almost don't mind. There's no blatant hypocrisy with legacy admissions. There is a genuine medical reason to have more black doctors having to do with trust of medical professionals. There are barriers faced by black applicants that are not faced to the same extent by asian applicants. And, the med schools are very clear about what those thresholds are and what that difference in rate is. I can understand that there's a combination of people that look like XYZ wanting doctors that look like them and that there's discrimination faced by XYZ that needs to be factored in (XYZ being black, latino, native american, etc) making that individual with a lower score a better future doctor. And, results in the long run show that people admitted on affirmative action don't necessarily fare worse. The med school process never seemed as unfair as the undergrad process, even though the med school process is just as biased. And, we're not asked to sacrifice a spot for some rich white kid who is only getting in because of connections. Not in med school, where qualifications actually do matter and there's no such thing as a gentleman's C for the legacies.
Offices with doors maybe?
Are those pics in the readme the actual output? If so, this is freaking astonishing cinematic-level quality.
So what's stopping Asian-Americans from setting up their own university?
One of the most terrifying stories I've heard is about some friends of my grandparents. The mother would cook bread, every day, for the family. She did this for years. Eventually, the dad became ill and died of cancer, then the mother, then the rest of the family. It was traced to some of these molds in the flour some time before the last one passed.

I also make bread, and you can be sure that I keep it in a dry place and make sure it smells fresh whenever I use it, even though I have no idea if moldy flour has a smell.
What is this linguistics professor's name?
> [Asian students] have to sacrifice their admissions to fix the legacy of slavery.

Students with straight-A gpa's, near-perfect SAT scores, violin or piano mastery and substantive internships that show impressive potential aren't "sacrificing" anything if Harvard doesn't accept them because they have insanely competitive student admissions.

There are other schools besides Harvard. There are schools that provide an elite education, prestige and major boost to student lives and careers. Harvard isn't the only one. And there are many other schools that would be glad to have such students.

I think Asian parents, and actually all parents, would do their kids a great service if they ease off on the pressure to get into Harvard and look for schools that are instead a better fit for their kids-- there's more than one.
can you elaborate? I can google for "docker sucks" blogposts, but I trust the HN opinion to be a bit more thoughtful. Any specific pain points you can identify?
Speaking from experience, and also having known a lot of people with a deep understanding of probability, the kind of unluckiness described by OP isn't immediately resolved by a familiarity with probability. For example, it can work against a person where becoming aware of the number of small chance events, that you come to believe you're just wasting your time. But I do think understanding probability is useful in life and underrated.

So that is where good advice would step in to offer some guidance about how to actually apply this knowledge.
It's really not just academia where this occurs. In Hollywood and in everyday life, it seems to be acceptable for people to make fun of/mock Asian cultures, whereas they wouldn't (or they would think twice about it) do the same with most other minorities. I think the problem is that there's no repercussions to shit talking and stereotyping people who generally avoid trouble. What will it take for people to respect Asian Americans the same way that other minorities are respected?
I'm completely ashamed by the level of b.s. and failure exhibited by Western companies during the corona crisis.

We'd be better off if they just admitted the failure so we can move on to the next step, rather than be distracted by utter b.s.

The reality is even if some science-project ventilator was made, no hospital would approve its use. But we knew that in advance, before the b.s. even started.

And we've known since Jan. that ventilators kill their patiences 66% to 90% or more often.
The ideal thing is for them to be automated, which makes things cost less. Then people have the money they didn't spend on paying unskilled workers to spend on something else, which creates demand for something else. The suppliers of the something else need workers to make it, so they hire the people who lost their jobs.

In many cases the new jobs require more skills, so the employers either have to train them or pay them enough to pay off student loans, so that's what they do. This is what has been happening for decades. The percentage of unskilled workers in the economy has been decreasing without a corresponding increase in unemployment.
What about people from India, Pakistan, or Bangladesh? They are distinctly Asian, yet also curiously absent from the public conception of Asian races. I think this shows how race has more to do with the viewer’s reading of race into the subject and especially physical characteristics of the subject perceived as racial traits by the viewer, and less to do with nationality or geography or citizenship. People call it like they see it, quickly and dimly in some cases.
An inadvertant Masterclass on how to convince a non-technical audience to invest in a tech startup.
- Take a huge and important problem
- Show the current challenges/lack of solutions
- Propose a 'radical' alternative
- Lend credence to the competency of the team
- 'How world can be saved'
- Imply the resultant victory
The assumption underlying these arguments against Harvard's admission is that GPA/SAT scores represent merit and that any deviation from the distribution of GPA/SAT scores in admittance is unjust discrimination. But this is missing what is at stake for Harvard. Harvard wants to increase its prestige, and it does so by having future CEOs, Senators, and Presidents go to Harvard. But the distribution of potential leaders of society is not equal to the distribution of GPA/test scores past a certain point.

But this isn't even mostly about leadership potential. It's about the social environment that makes it so people with certain traits will more likely rise to leadership positions in society. Power concentrates not by merit, but through complex social and cultural factors, and race is very politically relevant. Existing institutions and cultural factors will favor a white Harvard graduate over an Asian graduate becoming a leader of some political institution. So in service to Harvard's goal of having the next generation of leaders in society go to Harvard, they are correct to bias their admissions towards whites (and blacks, hispanics, etc).
Sorry, I wasn't clear. Illinois has built out their own manufacturing supply chain and testing facilities. They are self-sufficient. If New York wants to scale up testing and has money to invest in doing so, they should look at how Illinois managed to make that happen.
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Since race is a social construct with no solid scientific definition, college applicants should feel free to select whichever checkbox gains them the greatest advantage. It isn't cheating. Or if they're uncomfortable with that, just leave it blank.
No because the default behaviors not defined by a standard. Example: https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/43170/backspace-shortcut-sho...
Yup. Of all of the examples on that page, this is the only one new to me. I thought it pretty clever and after toying with it, it does seem pretty cool with functions as the conditionals.
> We can do this all day, but it’s pretty clear that your argument doesn’t have any legs.

It certainly doesn't once you begin to ignore facts. Coming up with literal parallels is not a good argument. No wonder you can keep it going all day.

In either case, I'm going to stop because I still don't know why we're comparing the US and the EU. I didn't start the comparison, and it has no bearing on the subject.

Period.
Again, you realize debating the true value of the fatality rate is a bit silly when we already know healthcare systems will be overwhelmed (and have been overwhelmed already!!) if we hadn’t and don’t continue to manage this with severe measures? Do you agree with that statement? It doesn’t matter what the incremental mortality rate is. It doesn’t matter. We don’t know the true fatality rate, yes, but we do know it’s high enough that without severe restrictions on social life, healthcare systems will be overwhelmed, regardless of whether or not you think 1-2 million people dying from this vs 60,000 flu deaths is a big deal or not. Your argument was that our reaction is disproportionate, but it’s not disproportionate because if we don’t do this, healthcare resources will be overwhelmed and the economic damage could be severe in addition to the loss of life. Are you disagreeing with that?