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villahousut··on CEO of Uber: Gig Workers Deserve Better
MMT is a fringe view considered unscientific by the vast majority of economists.
villahousut··on US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days
I'm using Tiktok on my iPhone and I can't even find an option to allow access to my location? I'm pretty sure any Apps can't access my browsers or search history either..?
villahousut··on TikTok and the Sorting Hat
In all of the examples you provided there's either no personalization or you have to manually curate your feed. Tiktok and youtube are the only ones where your feed is automatically curate for you.
villahousut··on Interview with a Pornhub web developer (2019)
It literally means "really", to direct the reader that an incredulous comment or spelling error came from the source
villahousut··on MSU Vice President of research & innovation Steve Hsu has been forced to resign
> The science clearly shows there is not much bias, he did not downplay anything.

I think this is pretty much corroborated by this scientific review in Slate star codex: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/25/race-and-justice-much-...

villahousut··on IBM no longer offers general purpose facial recognition or analysis software
I guess China has some money-worth applications for face recognition which luckily there isn't demand for in Western countries
villahousut··on Humanities aren't a science and shouldn't be treated like one (2012)
That's incorrect. Meta-analyses show all widely accepted therapies are efficient exactly because public health authorities only fund and support scientific therapies. There are plenty of great-sounding therapies which are not effective and thus not widely used.
villahousut··on Mapping Police Violence
This is irrelevant. Between US states there is no correlation between violent crime and police shootings:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ckwnky8QQfgBCZ2p2Lcw...

villahousut··on New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support
There is a dramatic difference in how flattering the angle of a photo is. Portraits should always be taken minimally at eye level, never below. Having the camera any lower makes people look uglier on video or selfies.
villahousut··on IBM's Lost Decade
That's incorrect. A company's market cap includes any cash the company has. Buying stock means spending that cash but increasing the value of the stock by an equal amount.

Stock buybacks don't affect market cap.

villahousut··on Microsoft to force Chrome default search to Bing via Office365 ProPlus installer
Is this the same Edge team which forces a Bing search bar on your New Tab page, even if you've removed Bing as a search provider in the settings?
villahousut··on JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
Thanks so much for the validation! I really tried to love new fixed with fonts but they all look horrible compared to OSX default. Glad to know I'm not the only one who doesn't like the kool aid
villahousut··on Top Paying Tech Companies by SWE Level
That's assuming you want to leave the whole 2 million principal in your will to your children. I don't see why - if you want to retire, you can consume the whole principal while you live.
villahousut··on Top Paying Tech Companies by SWE Level
That's a bit incorrect. Returns from a typical investment portfolio have been over 4% for the last 10-20 years, so that's the amount you can withdraw without depleting any principal. If you're looking to consume your whole principal by the time you die you can go way ahead of 4%, easily double that.
villahousut··on Shibboleths that get you past the initial script stage
I wonder why they dob't do this - it would be a win-win for every ne. I've done this for years, describe in the initial ticket your environment, and say that you're reinstalled several times. Stuck for weeks with Microsoft and Adobe on the part where they just keep parroting the script and asking to reinstall no matter how many times you say you're done it. It's infuriating!