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I'm sure this is all pseudo science, but maybe some of it's worth a little introspection instead of outright dismissal because it's not what people want to hear.

I was actually very pleasantly surprised in that, unlike most "personality tests", there were negative insinuations about some of the orderings. Most of these tests pander to you and tell you what you want to hear, this one out and plainly said "you have some thinking to do..."

That didn't happen for me.

I did Maid Marion, Little John, The sheriff, Robin hood and the answer was about spot on.

If I switched LJ and MM it was okay. Although I tend to think of myself as adventurous.

I can't even conceive of putting MM after RH though. Assuming no preconceived notions he just acted like a total jerk.

Because flashes of insight and great ideas often come from reading articles about topics outside of our individual fields. Also, hacker news is primarily for entrepreneurs and hackers (not in the criminal sense of the word) which means besides the small common threads like technology and business, we come from all walks of life and fields.

Gets much more attention in the US, but is that true abroad?

Probably true at least in allies of the US but maybe not in China? I'm not sure at all

Hmmm. I wonder if quick one search stops allow us to cherry pick articles which we presuppose our world views.

I know I've done it.

Perhaps lengthy reading isn't necessary but the ability to focus sure is and I personally am of the opinion that they probably correlate (although I have no evidence).

Reading a 15 page New Yorker article exposes me to perspectives I'd never have seen. Do quick google searches do that?

Hmmm... And I did this (had fb for a few years, deleted for a few, had for a semester abroad, deleted as soon as I had my first steady girlfriend, broke up and now about three and a half years later I'm back on). The problem I found was, as soon as I deleted my fb no one had my e-mail as it was deleted with it my account and messages.

I'm not the biggest fan of facebook obviously, but when I wqs studying abroad in France it really was a handy way to connect with people when I didn't have a cellphone. Now, after deleting for such a long period, I don't have any connection to my old friends which is a shame.

There's the argument that if people wanted to talk to you they'd make it happen but then there's the argument that if you're on facebook people are more likely to talk to you because of the convenience. No one wants to lose touch, and facebook provides and easy way to make sure that (had I not deleted) when I wanted to go back to Europe I'd have easy access for communication lines to the individuals I might want to visit.

Everything is double edged and while I've enjoyed my time off of facebook (why does everyone have to hate on the poorest in America? I will never understand. If the people on welfare were actual leechers maybe they'd own a portion of the country, anyways I digress).

That being said, it's a total privacy invasion, and the people I apparently know don't critically think too often unfortunately even as I try to gently prod, and yet, it has allowed me to find events I might not have gone too, and friends I may not have seen.

I hate to do this to hackernews where the discussion is the key reason I come here... but I did not read the article. Sorry!

If there's one source of reading material I'd ever recommend whole heartedly it is certainly the New Yorker. Their articles are in depth, well researched, and engaging.

I'm very happy my parents were subscribers and belive the avoricious devouring of each weekly issue helped me develop a rounded and intelligent world view.

Now I'm a happy subscriber myself!

The thing is automatated translations are often awful to read. Hackernews is probably better off waiting for a native speaker to write up something about it because the article will maintain the interest of greater numbers of people

Good. The death penalty ensures a false incarceration can never be corrected, costs millions of tax payer dollars because of the long appeals processes, and shows no correlation with decreased crime rates (states with out the death penalty consistently have lower crime rates according to the FBI [0])

[0] - http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/deterrence-states-without-de...

Hey if the author reads this nice article! On my iPhone 5S running the latest iOS (8.3) and using Safari the pictures seem to cut off a bit. It might be worth checking out if you're interested.

I enjoyed checking out the different uses of dots though. After the semester and once my blogs up I hope to do some data projects so it will be fun to work with different ways of displaying some of the information that comes out.

Hmm, and 300 reported is what percentage of the total?

Nice. I'm sure there must be administrative stuff no? Shuffling employees around. Shutting down servers. Setting up the pipeline to deal with the telcos. Etc. Etc.

But yea, it should be as simple as a switch, the rest is just after effects, you're right.

Lots of great advice on hacker news lately. Whether it's to start embracing your time alone and doing activities on your own, or learning by doing the things which most excite and fulfill your desires, I'm enjoying it.

I hate typing on my phone so I'll make this short.

When it comes to companies, diversity is far better than having whatever the equivalent of "everyone looks the same and has the same SAT scores" so presumably it'd probably work to Harvard's benefit as well to encourage diversity whether mandated by law or not.

There's been plenty of studies pointing to the positives of diversity. In order to foster an environment which will be diverse you're probably going to have to skip over some of the kids from the populations that are large and generally well off even if they have better SAT scores.

I personally, have no problem with this. The kid who just missed getting into Harvard because of their race is probably going to an awesome school and statistically is more likely to come from a pretty good place in the world. They'll be fine.

The other kids who do get in though, get to go to a school that is better precisely because of the advantages diversity offers.

Here's some reading:

http://images.forbes.com/forbesinsights/StudyPDFs/Innovation...

Yea, when someones 8-10 feet away they can close that gap in an instance.

I didn't watch the video but if that's true it's amazing the office got their weapon out in time.

Well if deadlyfoxgrandpa's post is true that might make sense. You have to consider the additional load on the infrastructure of having more taxis on the road in an already congested area. He says passenger experience might go down with more taxis!

I wouldn't be surprised if this would make players want to cheat more. "Hey hey! Look at my character! 300,000 people watched him!".

I don't really think making the ethics of an in game execution a big deal is really the right tact though. Aren't there better things to do?

I think he (she?) is trying to explain zen in a confident manner which makes it sound silly (it is!) and a bit off.

Very strange. For me on mobile safari (iOS 8.whatever's newest) it refreshed six or seven times by the end. Very frustrating. I don't have traffic inspection tools on my iPhone but usually I find weird page refreshes like that are due to advertising.

Sure the world you would step into when you went to Singapore would be great and fine. However if you consider the fact that Singapore has the highest gini coefficient (measures wealth inequality) [0] then the inability to speak freely might be pretty awful for the peoples at the bottom. It's easy to gloss over the weakest links in our societies (we sure do it well here in America, and probably almost everywhere) but you really have to remember that your Singapore isn't most people from Singapores Singapore and therefore it only seems fair to include a postfix: I don't agree with many of Singapore's laws but it works for me.

[0] - http://thehearttruths.com/2013/02/21/singapore-has-the-highe...

Generally. It's so easy to get overloading on the phones and laptops these days that it makes it much easier for me to stay focused on the task at hand when the book is physical. Other reasons I enjoy having physical books is I love sharing them with friends, they make my bookcases look nice, they're much more prescient than e-books, carrying them in a backpack with a computer and notebooks can be a small but nice addition to the moderate exercise that is walking, they don't die on me, paper doesn't bother me like backlit screens especially at night, and finally I don't particularly mind if I spill or damage one (I can bring them poolside, or to the beach, etc). Obviously to each his own but I can only read one book at a time and I usually have a backpack or big coat pocket so carrying them doesn't bother me.

Well it might but they're such a necessarily small part of the group that they're not indicative of the entire mass.