I’d be interested in hearing more about your training experience; I’m sure the USAF and the like have discovered more than a few interesting behavioral hacks!
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(They were in fact $600 + travel).
There’s a few settings you should tweak at the beginning
Deets? I use yEd all the time, but I’ve never made any tweaks.
Understandable, this just seems like an odd way to redact the details. A footnote or something would have made it more obvious what you were doing.
During conversation, Julia Galef and I came up with the idea of *.
Huh?
RA Fischer on smoking not causing lung cancer has to be one of the classics.
You could use Bayesian estimation to compute credible differences in mean task completion time between your groups.
Described in excruciating detail in this pdf.
(See previous discussion on the value similar services.)
[LINK] Should we live to 1,000?
If I manage to remember, I’ll bring Pandemic.
I’m there!
Many of the diets that appear to “work” (meaning reducing fat and supporting lean muscle mass) restrict carbohydrates, especially forms of carbohydrates that are rapidly metabolized. In my view, this commonality is much more interesting than the theoretical arguments for one diet versus another.
I believe there have been encouraging experimental results in other mammals, including primates, as well as human trials with surrogate endpoints. I also recall seeing a least one ongoing prospective cohort study with promising interim results. Will google and append links when I get a moment.
I would expect mild ketosis to compensate for hypoglycemia, but cognitive effects are of concern to me as well. Anecdotally, while practicing intermittent fasting regularly I did not appear to suffer any cognitive impairment.
He was listing assassination as a potential concern for people pursuing this particular business idea, not as a potential business idea itself.
I am currently looking for an apartment in Montreal, and would love to live with lesswrongers/rationalists.
I have the impression that there are relatively few candidates in the city, but I’m happy to get into more detail about my characteristics/situation should one (or more) possible housemates exist!
I see… we use “performance review” where I work.
iPhone use during conversation and keeping pace with others on a group walk came up in your performance review? That’s a pretty broad evaluation!
had my first appraisal interview; it went extremely well
What is an “appraisal interview”?
In the article’s comments, the author states that she “found the people [she] met and talked to charming, intelligent, and kind.”
I think the title would be stronger without any mention of LessWrong-readers at all; we can presume to be the intended audience by mere virtue of it being posted here.
I’ve been curious about this for a while. Could you describe your experience a bit?