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by Qem 2y ago
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20250208112630/https://www.972ma...
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by Qem 2y ago
Well, there's KlongPy[1]. While not APL, it is built on top of Python and manages to turn NumPy from "Iverson Ghost"[2] status into Klong[3], a proper array language. [1] https://github.com/briangu/klong
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by Qem 2y ago
> Ants are aliens aren't they. That reminds me of Phase IV. It's like an alien invasion movie, but with ants instead: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070531/
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by Qem 2y ago
I thought there was no vaccine for Herpes Simplex.
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US spent millions on STD prevention in Gaza. But it was a province in Mozambique(middleeasteye.net)
14 points by Qem 2y ago|20 comments
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by Qem 2y ago
Waiting. In general the probability increases as more data is gathered, and the error ellipse shrinks with the Earth still inside. Then is suddenly drops to zero in the overwhelming majority of cases, when the Earth finally gets out of this
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by Qem 2y ago
Couldn't we just hollow out mountains to form very tall, deep lakes, and then pump water in and out to use as a battery? Say, a water cylinder 200m wide and 1000m tall holds approximately 43GWh of potential energy.
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by Qem 2y ago
> If that is true I believe that Witold Pilecki will live forever. I'm a bit pessimistic here. As the last remnants of the generation that lived through WWII die of old age, people are starting to forget the lessons of that time per
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Taiwan to cull 120k green iguanas to restore 'balance of nature'(aljazeera.com)
1 points by Qem 2y ago|0 comments
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The reason for the rise in male childlessness(bbc.com)
15 points by Qem 2y ago|9 comments
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by Qem 2y ago
Title changed. Indeed well-written and thought-provoking. He also wrote books on the subject, previously discussed on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38865298 See also https://terebess.hu/keletkultinfo&
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by Qem 2y ago
I think long-term people will look back, reap benefits and see upsides, just like the dinosaur-killing asteroid allowed us to evolve, or volcanoes enrich soils. But for those that are unlucky to live/die through it, it will be awful, j
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by Qem 2y ago
Was there a similar tipping point for public perception about the South African Apartheid?
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Modeling the Risk of a Population Collapse(senecaeffect.substack.com)
7 points by Qem 2y ago|4 comments
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by Qem 2y ago
> Why would a retired person need 2 bedrooms? To receive visiting relatives for a couple days. Also when they get sick or break a bone, and need 24/7 assistance for a couple weeks/months, having a second bedroom available is ve
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MIT Shuts Down Internal Grant Database Used to Research School's Israel Ties(theintercept.com)
16 points by Qem 2y ago|3 comments
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by Qem 2y ago
I wonder how worse this "subcritical humanity" problem must get before governments actually treat it like a real problem, instead of taking ineffective token measures like that.
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China's population falls for third year in a row as birthrate declines(aljazeera.com)
7 points by Qem 2y ago|5 comments
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by Qem 2y ago
Not that popular yet, but the Newspeak programming language runs entirely as a PWA, up to the IDE. Makes it really easy to set up. See https://github.com/newspeaklanguage/newspeak and https://groups.google.c
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by Qem 2y ago
> * BTW, the Hind Rajab foundation was setup after Israel deliberately targeted and killed a 5-year old girl (along with family members, and even paramedics who tried to help). Forensic Architecture published a detailed report on this he
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by Qem 2y ago
> I like how even in this thread, you have many people - almost certainly very few of whom have no real stake in the fight https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidarity
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by Qem 2y ago
Hope they have captured an image of Planet Nine somewhere there, and eventually are able to pinpoint it.
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Leaving a permanent record of humanity on the moon – in 100B pixels(aljazeera.com)
10 points by Qem 2y ago|3 comments
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by Qem 2y ago
There's a subsection in the site that lists examples of Pharo use. See https://pharo.org/success/ As a cool example of an educational game created using Pharo, see the Pharo Chip Designer: https://githu
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Lancet study reveals Gaza death toll 'undercounted' by at least 40 percent(thecradle.co)
3 points by Qem 2y ago|1 comments
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by Qem 2y ago
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20250110181323/https://thecradle... Full study: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
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The Siren Song of Little Languages(wilfred.me.uk)
50 points by Qem 2y ago|25 comments
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by Qem 2y ago
I wonder what will be the next move to airbrush the guy from history. Will Nintendo change the name of Mario's brother? Is there some entity that enforces Creative Commons? That seems a blatant violation of CC-BY-SA by Stack Overflow.
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by Qem 2y ago
A lot of support. A fundraiser for his defense is already north of 220k. See https://www.givesendgo.com/legalfund-ceo-shooting-suspect
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The Fastest BigInt in the West (2014)(wilfred.me.uk)
1 points by Qem 2y ago|0 comments

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