News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

fiestaman

Re:New York medical school eliminates tuition after $1B gift on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @07:51PM (#39532465)
From your link:

  Singapore – 7922 $ / month
  Qatar 5628
  UAE – 5585
  Kuwait – 5250
  Switzerland – 5232
  Denmark – 4894
  Germany – 4667
  Austria – 4484
  Saudi Arabia – 4419
  South Korea – 4076
  USA – 4066
  Canada - 4026
  Sweden – 3666
  France – 3556
  Hong Kong – 3219
  Spain – 3148
  UK – 3127
  Finland – 2827
  Israel – 2770
  Poland – 2753
  Portugal – 2220
  Russia – 2159
  China – 1823 (urban non-private) 1053 (urban private)
  Thailand – 1769
  Indonesia – 1051
Do you think the Houthis would stop their attacks if Israel reached a ceasefire?
Re:The Pentagon’s $52,000 trash can on Friday June 23, 2023 @02:13PM (#36450366)
What's the good reason for this type of pro rata accounting?
Re:The Games People Play with Cash Flow on Monday January 02, 2023 @04:45PM (#34224103)
Layman here: what are the consequences of having a net worth of accumulated fiscal year-end bank balances of twice the "not insignificant amount of funds"?
Re:Two Bombings in One Night? That’s Normal Now in Sweden on Thursday September 22, 2022 @04:19PM (#32944091)
Homicide rates by metro according to Bloomberg (2020) [1]

  - Central counties, large metropolitan areas: 10.3
  - Medium metros: 7.3
  - Small metros: 6.4
  - Nonmetro: 6.4
  - Fringe counties, large metros: 4.9
1. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-06-07/is-new...
The odds that a group of 100 law students would perfectly represent the overall population are astronomical.

You cannot extend population-level averages to a group of people without first proving that group is representative of the population.

The mental floss article mentions one was found on a decayed staff. The knitting theory seems like it could be fulfilled with a far simpler instrument IMHO.
I really like this theory, especially because it accounts for the varying hole sizes, adjoined balls, and the 12 sides and 30 edges that only a dodecahedron could provide. None of the other theories account for all of these unique attributes.
The first scoffs and reaches down to grab the bill, but can only watch in dismay as the kids around the corner reel it back on fishing wire.
Re:My experience of losing a friend to heroin (2020) on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @12:56PM (#29002865)
Portland has moderate weather like the rest of the northwest. Have you tried living in New York during the winter?
Re:Netflix co-CEO defends Dave Chappelle special on Friday October 15, 2021 @12:11AM (#28874200)
How much effort did you have to go to to acquire those 8-track tapes?
It probably is scripted to an extent. Someone linked to outtakes where it's clear they had the subject say the same line multiple times, so it's clear the conversation wasn't entirely off-the-cuff.
Direct link?
Re:Reddit’s disrespectful design on Saturday June 26, 2021 @11:56PM (#27648451)
Try out js4.red as an alternative.
Re:The ongoing witch-hunt for sex workers in Sweden on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @07:43PM (#27612042)
Try https://js4.red/r/SexWorkers/comments/n11oqk/the_ongoing_wit...

For a good mobile-friendly alt-reddit site.

Re:The ongoing witch-hunt for sex workers in Sweden on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @07:20PM (#27611813)
You should try https://js4.red/r/SexWorkers/comments/n11oqk/the_ongoing_wit... as well. IMO it's better than teddit, as it allows commenting.
Js4.red is a good mobile alternative. You can login and comment, unlike the other alt reddit sites I’ve seen.

Private Truths, Public Lies – Progress Studies Book Club This Feb

A four-week book club on Timur Kuran's Private Tuths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification.Ever wondered why revolutions come out of nowhere? Why arguments over subtleties of agreement or minor nitpicks can generate such anger? Why you feel obligated to say you like your friend's baby photos?If so, you should hop on the Progress Studies Book Club's reading for April,...

( Read More... | no comments | on HN )
Re:The computers rejecting job applications on Sunday February 21, 2021 @08:37PM (#26219642)
Did you end up getting an email?
Why is this flagged?
Re:The computers rejecting job applications on Monday February 08, 2021 @02:42PM (#26069126)
I'm applying to stuff right now, mind emailing me this person's information?
I just walked through the CHAZ yesterday and there was no-one guarding any borders or anyone verifying “citizenship”.
Re:Hacker News Classics (2018) on Friday January 10, 2020 @12:45PM (#22012886)
What a great speech. Can anyone tell me what the "Mandarin disease" referred to by the speaker is?
Re:Goodbye with Love on Monday October 14, 2019 @12:32PM (#21250059)
Maybe reach out to some enterprising professors you knew in college and offer your specialties?
Regardless of your reasons for your decision, responding to dissent by calling it a "well akschually” isn’t a good way to respond to dissent.

Older »