DecayingOrganic

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by DecayingOrganic 7y ago
I'd highly recommend OpenStax math textbooks, they are completely free, openly licensed, peer reviewed, and by Rice University. They also start from Pre-algebra. https://openstax.org/subjects/math
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by DecayingOrganic 7y ago
Possible reasons why (by the authors of the study): - due to the length of the stimulus text, difference could be related to issues of navigation within the document - scrolling as it's imposing a spatial instability which may negative
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A Behavior Model for Persuasive Design (2009) [pdf](captology.stanford.edu)
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How to Read a Paper (2016) [pdf](blizzard.cs.uwaterloo.ca)
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Where's the Proof That Mindfulness Meditation Works? (2017)(scientificamerican.com)
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The Neural Network Zoo (2016)(asimovinstitute.org)
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by DecayingOrganic 7y ago
One issue I take with the general practitioners I frequently come in contact with is their usage of the word "average". In the broadest sense, there are two types of things in the world: things that tend toward (or cluster around)
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Elon Musk's WiFi Satellites Are Blocking Astronomers' Views of the Sky(buzzfeednews.com)
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Two-thirds of researchers report ‘pressure to cite’ in Nature poll(nature.com)
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New Insights into Self-Insight: More May Not Be Better(scientificamerican.com)
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This is mainly true, however we are still observing random integrations at low frequency such as 0.1% to 1% [0], so if you bring a billion virus particles in, it still poses a non-negligible risk to the agent. Thank you for your input, I&#x
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by DecayingOrganic 7y ago
A neuroscientist (nate1212) on reddit offered the following reasons: - He just possibly infected his whole digestive system. Not just small intestine, but stomach as well. Furthermore, AAV can potentially exhibit transcytosis throu
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by DecayingOrganic 7y ago
Poorly written, factually incorrect, written to give the reader a small short-term motivational boost, soon to be diminished by the reality. It goes as far as to suggest that laziness, boredom and the particulars of the sort do not exist. S
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by DecayingOrganic 7y ago
I believe we focus too much on the individuals, successful people are successful because of the products they helped create. Instead of analyzing the traits of successful people, we can devise and create frameworks which would help direct o
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by DecayingOrganic 7y ago
What you describe is intentional vocabulary acquisition. However I'd like to point out that such words learned via this method consist only of a small portion of the vocabularies of both native speakers and L2 learners. Majority of voc
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by DecayingOrganic 7y ago
Nuttall notes that "speed, enjoyment and comprehension are closely linked with one another" (1996: 128). She describes "The vicious circle of the weak reader: Reads slowly; Doesn't enjoy reading; Doesn't read much;
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by DecayingOrganic 7y ago
I believe the research in question does not speak on the grounds such as to suggest women earn 20% less for the same job vis-a-vis men, but rather claims due to women are being under-represented in a variety of high-level jobs, on average,
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by DecayingOrganic 7y ago
One of the main challenges I encounter while using CSS Grid is of the nature of responsive design. I do not know if this problem is due to an immature understanding of CSS Grid, or more of a general setback for all parties involved. As you
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by DecayingOrganic 7y ago
I'd like to clarify that retrieval practice has not only been proven to boost retention but of meaningful learning [0] as well. Thus, casting Anki as a mere tool of memorization is simply misleading. "Educators rely heavily on lea
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by DecayingOrganic 7y ago
Although many combinations may take place, it's important to note that there are only 2 biological sexes for Homo sapiens (I am not talking about gender). 1. Biological sex is defined in relation to the roles played in sexual reproduct
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A natural way to think about forgetting is that our minds simply run out of space. The key idea behind Anderson’s new account of human memory is that the problem might be not one of storage, but of organization. According to his theory, the
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by DecayingOrganic 8y ago
If you feel like Google is excluding certain keywords you very much like to include, you can wrap the word/sentence in double quotes, this tells Google to show results that certainly include these keywords. For example, searching: &quo
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by DecayingOrganic 8y ago
If many millionaires have IQs around 100, & 58 y.o. back office clercs at Goldman Sachs or elsewhere an IQ of 155 (true example), clearly the measurement is less informative than claimed. it is important to distinguish the macro from
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by DecayingOrganic 8y ago
Access: https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Fa...
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by DecayingOrganic 8y ago
This reminded me of a story: In an op-ed promoting campaign finance reform, the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett, proposed raising the limit on individual contributions from $1,000 to $5,000 and banning all other contributions. No corporate
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by DecayingOrganic 8y ago
It seems like they have sold 1.5m [0] robots so far. [0]: https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/08/anki-has-sold-1-5-million-...
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People usually say that entrepreneurship should not be disciplined, but chaotic and unpredictable—and it is. But that is precisely why a framework to attack problems in a systematic manner is extremely valuable. You already have enough risk
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Once you have identified an idea or technology as the basis for your innovation-driven business. Your first goal is to assess the needs of potential customers, focusing on a target customer with the goal of achieving product–market fit—a pr
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It's a good idea to improve your web developer skills, but I think the problem lies within your entrepreneur skills. I'd highly recommend the book Disciplined Entrepreneurship to you. It consists of 24 steps that is focused on pro
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by DecayingOrganic 8y ago
This article seems to make the argument: Premise 1: There's this big problem of inequality Premise 2: UBI is not a perfect solution for solving this inequality Therefore, probably, Conclusion: We should reject this solution This is c

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