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by Arbalest 9y ago
These kinds of findings worry me. Given that self-control is such a major determinant in a persons quality of life, research coming out and suggesting this is not so easily taught, is bad news for the population at large. It is good news fo
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by Arbalest 9y ago
It has not been dismissed. That's the trap of headline reporting. The study is suggesting influences between 50 and 75% genetic, after what looks like they remove common environmental influences. The common influences thing is mentione
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by Arbalest 9y ago
This reminds me of a scheme that power retailers attempted a couple of years ago. It was essentially the same thing, they put solar panels on your roof, and they pay you a royalty. I don't think it was a particularly popular scheme. So
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by Arbalest 9y ago
Sure, but I don't think the article really communicates the nuances of this very well. I imagine the article would be a lot longer if you hoped to communicate the details to an audience outside of China
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by Arbalest 9y ago
Not a lot to see here. Pretty much says women becoming more independent, birth rates down, aging population. So same as most other places.
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by Arbalest 9y ago
>These criminals are hijacking programmatic advertising and giving publishers a bad name. >Our sole focus is on helping advertising platforms and publishers rid the world of malware. Getting rid of malware is good, but giving web adve
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by Arbalest 9y ago
I imagine this is a symptom of their parallelism. Sort of like the app engine datastore being eventually consistent, they operate optimistically. Presumably this reduces their costs and increases responsiveness. As for gmail, I noticed, whe
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by Arbalest 9y ago
To me this sounds like an adaption for responding to hostile situations at an early age. Suppose for a moment that we already have a longer (10 years to even reach puberty) development period for the exact reason of needing more processing
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by Arbalest 9y ago
A bit disappointing that this article has seen limited activity. As a community, we should remember those in other communities who have brought people together in an effective manner. In some sense, so that we can encourage the leadership o
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by Arbalest 9y ago
This is like hunting mosquitoes. You get a couple, turn the lights off, then lie down. Only to hear yet more mosquitoes.
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by Arbalest 9y ago
I would have thought a lower frequency of posting would be an indication of a greater weighting of the content when something was posted. Of course, as far as keeping eyeballs for a long time, that's not what keeps people on the feed.
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by Arbalest 9y ago
I think this is already well understood. The problem is, there's nothing we can do to determine what this place is. The alternative is to change nothing and stop progress. If we end up killing ourselves as a species, so be it. I would
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by Arbalest 9y ago
Perhaps cheaper and more widespread gene sequencing should be considered before pursuing something which could affect entire populations of X species. I can imagine something like this wiping out some kind of pollinating insect, for example
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by Arbalest 9y ago
Water security is an issue everywhere. Here in Australia, we have the Murray river. It is a major lifeline to Adelaide. However upstream farmers have been identified as stealing water, and their parent states aren't doing anything abou
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by Arbalest 9y ago
Now that we're coming back up the other side of the uncanny valley, we might still see a diminishing of human actors. Given that VR/AR is supposed to be about immersion, it is going to be hard for human actors to provide this.
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by Arbalest 9y ago
Looks basically like black swan theory. Looking for explanations as if someone could have seen this coming.