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miobrien on Thursday November 13, 2025 @08:42PM
from the rintintin.colorado.edu dept.
Posted by
miobrien on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @09:58AM
from the aeon.co dept.
This reminds me of a question from my first interview as a college grad: estimate the number of taxis in New York City. I was totally baffled by it.
Posted by
miobrien on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @11:45AM
from the newyorker.com dept.
Posted by
miobrien on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @10:05AM
from the people.bath.ac.uk dept.
Posted by
miobrien on Friday August 09, 2024 @05:53PM
from the wsj.com dept.
Cool! Any other sites this works for?
Amazing stuff. My three year old son was diagnosed four weeks ago so this really resonates with me.
Money market fund.
Treasury Money Market Fund seeks to provide current income while maintaining liquidity and a stable share price of $1 per share.
Posted by
miobrien on Monday November 20, 2023 @07:09PM
from the arxiv.org dept.
No. The bar exam is an outdated, gatekeeping, hazing mechanism that requires rote memorization and application of blackletter law and is altogether unrelated to the practice of law.
However, it wouldn't hurt to shorten law school from three to two years. The third year is a waste.
Posted by
miobrien on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @09:39AM
from the ft.com dept.
The ridiculousness of having to send formulaic, bullshit "thank you" emails after interviews.
Posted by
miobrien on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @11:20AM
from the nytimes.com dept.
Posted by
miobrien on Friday September 22, 2023 @05:02PM
from the languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu dept.
Posted by
miobrien on Monday September 04, 2023 @10:50AM
from the youtube.com dept.
Posted by
miobrien on Thursday August 17, 2023 @11:03AM
from the ncbi.nlm.nih.gov dept.
Very clever. Definitely didn't occur to me when I was in middle school at the time!
Despite the title's bold claim, the article isn't very informative; it really feels like a puff piece for these pharma companies.
One thing that I think is underacknowledged in discussions of weight/fat loss is time horizon. Fad diets don't work. You can't expect to lose 30 lbs in 2 months. Set a longer time horizon. What do you want to weigh in a year (or more)? Reduce your calorie intake gradually. Weigh yourself often. Are you making progress? If not, lower your calories a litle bit more. Keep trying. Try to eat healthy foods, but there's nothing wrong with some "unhealthy" foods. Try to be active and exercise, but you don't need to be a marathon runner or powerlifter. Be fair to yourself. You gained the weight over time, so now you have to lose it over time.
Posted by
miobrien on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @09:44AM
from the wsj.com dept.
I'm skeptical of the audience for such a podcast. Also, seems like it would require a lot of time that could be used to focus on the actual business. Sure, maybe you could assign someone in marketing to run it, but even then I would make sure it didn't take up too much of that person's time. And for startups with low headcounts, I'm not sure there is such a "marketing" person.
> This book was one of the inspirations for the video game series Assassin's Creed.
Interesting. Never heard of this book or author.
Posted by
miobrien on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @06:03PM
from the nymag.com dept.
Posted by
miobrien on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @09:27AM
from the en.wikipedia.org dept.
Is the author associated with the LessWrong community?
Posted by
miobrien on Monday April 24, 2023 @10:46AM
from the newstatesman.com dept.
I thought the song was pretty catchy. As a first example of what AI can do in this space, I'm excited at the possibilities -- especially as someone who writes music but can't sing like the Weeknd or rap like Drake. I look at it less as something that's going to replace songwriting and more as another tool.
Posted by
miobrien on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @10:20AM
from the theguardian.com dept.