The Bell Curve has been widely debunked. A quick glance at the Wikipedia article gets you countless citations and counter arguments.

For the lazy, here’s a fun video summarizing them: https://youtu.be/UBc7qBS1Ujo?feature=shared

The bell curve is not debunked, it basically follows the NYLS, which is a multi decade, highly respected study. The book is one of the most respected surveys of the field.

There are people who claim the whole field of intelligence research is “debunked”, but we give them the same level of respect as people who claim the moon landing has been “debunked”.

I work closely with transportation dispatchers, and this applies almost word for word

The Act of Killing

And one million dead from a pandemic!

Or better yet: realize you have more in common with factory workers than silicon valley billionaires, and organize for better labor rights.

I'm not an engineer, but...Twitter doesn't seem to be doing all that well.

People fought and died in the streets to get OT pay and 5 day workweeks in the US. The CIA has assassinated union leaders in the Global South for decades. You tell me.

Classic American mentality. "If we don't have it here, it can't work anywhere else."

What's DS&A?

Data structures and algorithms

Last weekend I got free beers for knowing the band on a bartender's shirt. We shot the shit about music while I waited for my friends. Made my day.

Pubs started as "public houses". What's the point if you don't know the regulars? Why go out?

Imagine Cheers with robo Ted Dansen. (Actually, that might be awesome, for very different reasons...)

Absolutely. I get comped drinks a lot at the places I go. In the past seven days, I have gotten five free drinks (three of them were mocktails) across four places.

I sit at my usual wine bar and chuckle watching across the street, people standing in line for 30 minutes to get into a loud club with mediocre drinks. Then again, that club is hugely profitable.

Being a regular (at any local business but especially bars) is an extremely fulfilling feeling. Also very good for ones social health to be active in their community.