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8,986karma·2,607submissions·July 23, 2020
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He needs to fix the "dd mm, yyyy" date format. It should be "dd mm yyyy" without a comma.
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Just because I'm seeing it twice now, it's "umbrage."
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> Articles like this are part of the narrative that SSRIs in general are no better than placebo. Absolutely not true for me! Does "placebo" mean "no effect" to some people? Plac…
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Does anyone notice that this story has had almost the same number of points and comments for 24 hours?
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The UX was great but predictions were terrible. I swear the only people who liked it did so out of confirmation bias, which can affect anyone. Just a week ago here on HN, there were users here claimin…
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I never understood the acclaim for dark sky. It never seemed very accurate, and the forecasts changed so rapidly that they weren't of much use. "Rain for next 2 hours" would become &quo…
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Around 70% remission rate in depressive symptoms after 6 weeks. TMS augmented with d-cycloserine, vyvanse for increased neuroplasticity. Open label, no control.
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This, and pretty much every other hobby project posted on HN, gets blocked by my corporate firewall. Anyone know why this might be the case? I'm guessing it might be something to do with SSL bu…
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I don't think I am retired in any sense.
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what are you doing now? Retired on a farm?
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He was working on SAINT TMS: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29562785
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It's peacetime engineering. These things would be developed 10x faster during a hot war. Look at COVID vaccine in 10 months vs. 7 years normally.
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What is your NW?
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Yes it is affordable if one raises their kids in an environment without running water or reliable electricity or healthcare. Those places have the highest infant mortality rates in the world and you c…
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"If one has no stake in the capitalist system, then one may well turn against it."
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This is normal english.
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I think it's much healthier to spend time playing video games, watching netflix/youtube, than on social media.
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Better yet, use the NWS climate outlook, based on actual science: https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ They do detailed scoring of their predictions and it's based on rigorous physical…
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I don't think gellman amnesia is really a material issue. Carmack is indubitably an expert in his field, but that doesn't mean he's an expert in every field (like aerospace or AI). I…
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Does anyone have any real naming conventions, patterns for doing this in ds programming in notebooks? I've got a bad habit of doing: df = pd.read_excel()
df = df.drop_duplicates.blahblah_ot…
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Each can is almost 2 lb. You are ready for this?
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NYTimes in 4 days: "Analysts mention that the radical forestry has military applications for Chinese forces training for a potential Western European conflict."
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How much is "freedom" worth to you? Do you think your average homeless person in San Francisco would be worse off with free healthcare, housing, and no right to vote?