xenocyon · HackerTrans

For me at least, this xkcd graphic really made clear how anthropogenic climate change is truly unprecedented in the planet's history - it's the massive rate of change. And it's going to be impossible for the biosphere to adapt well to so sharp a spike.

xenocyon

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Carnegie-Mellon and U of Washington (UW) are both top 10 for CS programs, so that's not surprising. I imagine high schoolers who are CS applicants are well aware of this fact.

xenocyon

7년 전discuss

It's not just governments. Large corporations too frequently use McKinsey to make recommendations for things they want to do anyway (e.g. layoffs or restructuring). From the client executive's point of view, the money spent on a McKinsey contract effectively purchases credibility for these decisions.

xenocyon

7년 전discuss

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/De_gustibus_non_est_disputandum

xenocyon

7년 전discuss

As a parent, I actually do pay attention to CDC stats. And because of this, I am worried - not because of kidnappers, but because of cars - which unlike most other dangers have only gotten deadlier (to pedestrians) over the years (source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/us/pedestrian-deaths.html). Despite living an urban lifestyle, walking or biking to destinations, and teaching our kid basic traffic safety, we are nonetheless at the mercy of other people driving deadly weapons all the time.

xenocyon

7년 전discuss

I've noticed some folks are unhappy with the term 'concentration camp' but academics and historians largely consider it historically accurate: https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-concentrat...

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