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This has not been the case the last 10 years in most of the top 50 programs. Capstone projects and senior seminar classes often touched upon more "serious" topics. I've seen classes focusing on projects related to distributed/cloud computing, complex web apps, or then often hot-topic of the year technologies (game AI, computer vision, machine learning)
I believe OP means that a decentralized trading network (not sure how that would be implemented with lowish latency) would circumvent this, not that the transaction needs to be done in a cryptocurrency
"I don’t work for Google, but I do know that most big companies have established channels for addressing employee grievances"

If you read any of the articles coming out of this event you'll see that the protestors tried for months to get a dialog going with management in half a dozen different capacities, all of which were denied or swept under the rug immediately. Due to this behavior from management, many of the employees engaged in this cause had decided to quit, but if you were one of them why not try to protest one last time? This was basically the last option they had prior to leaving

Re:Who is responsible for grade inflation at Yale? on Friday December 01, 2023 @05:41PM (#38493556)
Sure, I'll concede that the LSAT is equally as important as your gpa. In my experience adcoms (just slightly) prefer high gpa's over high test score, in the case of applicants known as splitters, as the gpa can be a stronger signal of how consistently hardworking a candidate is. But my point still stands in response to the parent comment that they're extremely important
Re:Who is responsible for grade inflation at Yale? on Friday December 01, 2023 @04:12PM (#38492476)
For most of the professional schools (medical, law, and dental school) it is by far the most important metric. Business school is a close second and might have a little more leeway but it is still the biggest blocker of attendance for most applicants. Sure you can get into some business or law school, but after a certain point the ranking of the institution does matter for most people unfortunately.

Even for grad school it is still a very important metric, especially as not all undergrads are at R1 institutions where they can participate in (non bs) research. But lets say you're really just in it for the education and don't care, even then many valuable/important jobs only recruit from the top x schools in there respective fields.

So I would say yea, it does matter. In fact it's one of the few things that matter in many of those school applications.

Interesting and unexpected results. Also aptly timed as over a billion people will be fasting within the week for the next month as ramadan begins.
Exactly, the interest rate on affirm is pretty high starting at 10%
I second this op. Also relatively early in my career and in fang and have been circling on this line of thought as the "optimal" way to spend the next few years. We genuinely have it too good and should take advantage of it.
Re:Why America can’t build on Monday June 27, 2022 @02:06PM (#31898313)
What are peoples thoughts on palladium? I’ve found their articles and podcasts to be a refreshing analysis on modern socio-political issues with minimal culture war or partisan interference. Any other podcasts of similar quality and rigor anyone is listening to?
Re:Uber Eats Nationwide Shipping on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @04:51PM (#31673928)
Which spot?
I whole heartedly agreed on this point but have grown to see another side of the issue. I don’t want to over glamorize it but in the north east car dealers have done exceptionally well, and often were the wealthiest people in the towns they serviced. A dealership in Pennsylvania recounted to me how the founder of the dealership more or less built the town square and at one pointed owned more than half the town. Now this may seem negative but the founder is long dead and the dealership now employees a several dozen locals all making very strong salaries, all with minimal educational requirements (just a bachelors cause it’s in vogue).

Overall I guess the point I want to make is even thought it is rent seeking (many industries are) this one seems to provide for so many communities all across America. I find it hard to believe that ford will pass up the savings to the consumers. We all know that profits will be returned to shareholders.

Re:The Fed's $2.7T mortgage problem on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @10:58PM (#31430154)
What do you mean you can't halt a bank collapse? That's exactly what we did. There was a solvency issue when panic ensued after MBS's blew up and we were able to limit a domino effect of bank failures after moving fast to inject capital into the system.

Do you mean it in a philosophical sense similar to the idea that every company will eventually go bankrupt given enough time? Any major crisis is capable of bringing down banks, its inherently a feature of fractional reserve banking but the benefits have so far outweighed the risks.

As some other comments have mentioned, South Asia has this concept of hot and cold foods that basically map to one of the sides of the four humors[0]. This classification seeks to define what the reaction of the body is upon ingesting the food/drink and I've always somewhat associated it with foods that can be inflammatory (hot) vs more neutral refreshing drinks (cold). Interesting to see it mentioned on HN

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Re:Gen Z does not dream of labor on Sunday April 24, 2022 @02:58PM (#31147077)
The data is inherently skewed. You only have a mortgage if you can afford the down payment in the first place and so of course it’ll follow the age old rule of 1/3 of your income. This doesn’t capture how housing supply hasn’t followed population growth/ all the people stuck paying rent in perpetuity.
I know it’s not a similar mechanism but I can’t help but think how this parallels the discovery made by of main character in the short story Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Re:Ask HN: When will car prices normalize? on Thursday March 10, 2022 @10:03PM (#30635629)
I thought transmissions in newer vehicles were sealed shut now and didn’t need fluid top ups?