Phithagoras

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11,000 year old ocher mine in underwater cave(nationalgeographic.com)
41 points by Phithagoras 6y ago|25 comments
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by Phithagoras 6y ago
- Yakov Perelman's "Physics for entertainment" was fun, and repeating an experiment at work once almost got me fired - "Made to stick" by Chip and Dan Heath - "The Dissapearing Spoon" got me curious about
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by Phithagoras 6y ago
"The Annotated Turing" by Christian Petzold made a huge impression on me around that age. It doesn't discuss analysis but it gives a nice walkthrough of Turing's classic paper where he introduces the Turing machine and u
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by Phithagoras 6y ago
I use VPN (protonvpn) and privacybadger and I find pb breaks more sites than VPN (or maybe its both in conjunction?) Some sites wont deal with traffic coming out of known tor nodes, which i would consider part of the same resistance to free
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by Phithagoras 6y ago
1) True Sounds of Liberty (Change Today is a good album) 2) Stan Rogers ("Take it from day to day" is a great song) 3) The Pharcyde ("Runnin" is a good song) Not necisarily top, but three that come quickly to mind
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Automatic translators are not reall capable of learning(cacm.acm.org)
1 points by Phithagoras 6y ago|0 comments
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by Phithagoras 6y ago
Would be cool to see a blog post explaining the simulation!
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by Phithagoras 6y ago
This is an interesting idea! Perhaps a book review or a blog post would be better recieved than a "buy stuff" oriented link to an online merchant
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by Phithagoras 6y ago
If you believe this might be the right course for you, two main resources in Vancouver (area) are: https://counsellingbc.com/counsellors https://wellbeingscounselling.ca/ Counselling is very personal, and f
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Pimeyes: Search Faces Across the Web(pimeyes.com)
1 points by Phithagoras 6y ago|0 comments
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by Phithagoras 6y ago
This might make an interesting blog post, or if you discover something that can be played with, a Show HN: if it meets the guidelines. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Good luck
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by Phithagoras 6y ago
Ecologic.yes It has to last a long time and ideally be made of commonly available materials. Cheaper is better, but quality is worth it. Digital Clothing.No
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by Phithagoras 6y ago
If it makes you feel better, you can learn to solve many of these coding challenges by practicing them. Taking IQ tests repeatedly leads to getting a better score, not because you are 'smarter', you are just more in practice with
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Soviet Posters(sovietposters.com)
175 points by Phithagoras 6y ago|74 comments
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The Survival of Iggy Pop(newyorker.com)
1 points by Phithagoras 7y ago|0 comments
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by Phithagoras 7y ago
Best battery is about more than how many mAh you get out of one. Consistency of current and voltage output over time, performance in different constant and varying temperatures, susceptibility to corroding, performance when recharged and ot
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by Phithagoras 7y ago
If it meets the guidelines, this might make a good Show HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by Phithagoras 7y ago
http://paulgraham.com/college.html outlines the advice of pg on the subject.
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by Phithagoras 7y ago
Reading, usually. Even if I speed up audiobooks I have to pause them to let my thoughts wander off for a minute with a new idea. Reading happens exactly at the pace of my brain, while audio and video are controlled by something else. I have
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by Phithagoras 7y ago
Only wish there was a translation!
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by Phithagoras 7y ago
Good point. Do you have the link to the Quora discussion? I'd be curious to see it. There's a relatively small number of words that are common to human life around the world and of course there's going to be some coincidences
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Basque and Armenian share a baffling litany of words and grammatical elements(bbc.com)
85 points by Phithagoras 7y ago|33 comments
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by Phithagoras 7y ago
I use only my laptop. I lean back in my chair to maintain decent neck and wrist posture.
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by Phithagoras 7y ago
www.erowid.org/ might have people with similar experiences.
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by Phithagoras 7y ago
Split peas kick ass indeed! I figured I was the only dirtbag eating them. Never seen anyone else in Canada or US doing it. Did you grow up eating split peas?
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by Phithagoras 7y ago
Not necessarily true. Split peas, peanut butter, rice, oats, chocolate chips and powdered milk are awesome food, whether on the ground or on the wall. They don't freeze in winter, they don't go bad when its hot, you don't nee
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by Phithagoras 7y ago
Anything that is a hobby/subculture in your city is usually a hotbed for new friends. Someone mentioned skateboarding. Add BMX, rock climbing, skiing, BDSM, dog breeding, knitting, paleolithic tool making, amateur orchestra, and many o
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by Phithagoras 8y ago
Avoiding charged terms doesn't have to mean avoiding the discussion. If you're trying to teach a 3 year old about their body you'll probably be using the anatomically correct words rather than the filthiest slang that exists
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by Phithagoras 8y ago
"Schild's Ladder" by Greg Egan Really, anything by him is good but Schild's Ladder is the best.
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by Phithagoras 8y ago
Is it possible your kid has celiac disease? It's not unheard of for untreated celiac children to have a ton of cavities. Once all sources of gluten are removed from the kid's diet their teeth tend to strengthen. The fact that cel

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