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8,986karma·2,607submissions·July 23, 2020
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This seems to be a tech generational issue. Blogs are the .plan files of today. Just as John Carmack now tweets and has abandoned his .plan, Twitter is the medium for thought sharing, increasingly if …
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It's not even just Kaczynski. Grothendieck, Perelman became recluses too.
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Facts every mathematician should know before they leave society and move to a cabin in the woods
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What if a presenter does both?
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The Gell-Mann Dunning Kruger Betteridge Godwin Effect, part of HN bingo.
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How is this possible? 18 year olds can't even rent a car, you usually need to be 25.
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Also, ritualized gang rape and subsequent death during childbirth.
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Good for you. I wish I could do that, just will myself to be happy at any time. I wish alcoholics or drug addicts could will themselves to stop using drugs. I wish the obese (40% of Americans) could s…
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I saw someone's picture of chantrelle mushrooms (read: food, not drugs) laying on a table get flagged. Some racy bikini pics will get taken down, depending on how many haters an influencer has (t…
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I'm childfree so I'm on the leanFIRE track, pursuing my hobbies in my spare time. When I'm physically incapable of them or I run out of money (around 70), I plan to kill myself.
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Where do you get the terrain elevation data? What resolution is it? I've been looking for good elevation data for another project.
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New dental treatment will eliminate cavities.
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Don't think it's quite that bad. Just a scene from one of the games, but you can't tell what the game is.
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> And in NYC, Asians are the poorest demographic by a large margin. False. Asians are the second highest income demographic, second only to whites: https://wherewelive.cityofnewyork.us&#…
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I'm pretty neutral on Tesla/Musk, but I looked at this guy's (Russ Mitchell) writing history and it appears to be an unhealthy fixation on Tesla. His Twitter, and almost every article h…
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https://lorenabarba.com/blog/cfd-python-12-steps-to-navier-s... …
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I've thought about trying to simulate an outdoors awakening. With Phillips hue lights you can simulate the sunrise, then a smart thermostat for having the air become warmer. You could play bird c…
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This only applies to entry level jobs for new grads. What else do they have to go off of? After 5-10 years they don't care about your formal education.
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Polarization was lower when TV political coverage was regulated. Regulation of media can work. The thing is, TV wasn't algo driven. Facebook is a WMD for misinformation, it's just devastatin…
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The angle grinders stuff was confirmed by NYTimes. Everything else was rank speculation by people who admitted as such. No one was passing off a hostile attack as fact.
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Nope. Don't donate to any charities either.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navier–Stokes_equations#Nonl... > The Navier–Stokes equations are nonlinear partial differential equations in the general case and so remain in…
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Run this for mountains, ski resorts so we know exactly which areas/runs will be most windy.
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I recommend the video of her dancing to "Can't Touch This": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrT0jKOhnD4 and the video of her using her real, non-deep, voice:
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