Alexey_Nigin

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Voyager's 'Cosmic Map' of Earth's Location Is Hopelessly Wrong(forbes.com)
40 points by Alexey_Nigin 9y ago|66 comments
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by Alexey_Nigin 10y ago
I had a similar experience in Thessaloniki, Greece. In this city, there is a famous tourist attraction called The White Tower (which has grey color, by the way). One day, I had to wait in Thessaloniki for a couple of hours, and I decided th
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by Alexey_Nigin 10y ago
I tried viewing the article on 4 different monitors. All monitors had default settings except for brightness. Monitors A & B were on new laptops, monitor C was on a very old laptop, and monitor D was on a smartphone. Here are the result
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by Alexey_Nigin 10y ago
In my opinion, getting used to living in small space is the simplest thing about surviving on Mars. It is much more difficult to maintain a steady supply of oxygen, water, food, and energy. Also, there is always a possibility that something
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by Alexey_Nigin 10y ago
The planet in Nemesis had one major difference which may turn out to be crucial: it was not actually a planet. It was a moon. Since Proxima b is a planet, it is probably locked with one side always facing the sun. In Nemesis, Erythro was lo
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by Alexey_Nigin 10y ago
From my experience, the votes are rarely a sign of a constructive comment. For example, my top comment is the one in which I basically said that learning natural languages is hard. Pretty original remark, huh? In my second most popular comm
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by Alexey_Nigin 10y ago
Actually, declining numbers is something most native Russian speakers can't do. Even people on TV, whose job is to speak correctly, often struggle with it. Moreover, in the Russian translation of the Empire Strikes Back, C3PO's li
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by Alexey_Nigin 10y ago
I would like to point out that learning a computer language usually takes between a week and a month, while learning a natural one takes about a decade. I agree that knowing a natural language broadens the mind to some extent, but spending
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by Alexey_Nigin 10y ago
I (sort of) agree that having many languages encourages diversity and coexistence of different cultures. However, I think that apparent drawbacks outweigh any potential benefits. As a native Russian speaker, I know just how excruciating lea
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Complications of measuring time(niginsblog.wordpress.com)
2 points by Alexey_Nigin 10y ago|0 comments
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by Alexey_Nigin 10y ago
While I agree that Tesla's article is not perfectly logical and its marketing campaign is not impeccable, I would like to demonstrate that people at Tesla Motors have a point. 1. "STATISTICALLY SAFER" CUSTOMERS. Yes, this sta
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Evidence for Abundance(singularityhub.com)
32 points by Alexey_Nigin 10y ago|11 comments
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by Alexey_Nigin 10y ago
This is very sad news. The #1 reason why I moved from Facebook to Twitter was that the latter service used straightforward algoritms for deciding what to show me. When I opened Twitter, I could be almost sure that the timeline would only co
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by Alexey_Nigin 10y ago
A potato has 2 more chromosomes than I do. Does it mean that I shouldn't eat potatoes?
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by Alexey_Nigin 10y ago
Murphy knows the answer! https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/epotek/album/466327/view/...
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Is Craig Wright?(cp4space.wordpress.com)
109 points by Alexey_Nigin 10y ago|42 comments