SamBorick

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by SamBorick 4y ago
The article specifically says: Originally writing in 1692-3, Daniel Defoe noted that the firemen were “very active and diligent” in helping to put out fires, “whether in houses insured or not insured”.[33] Insurance companies’ instructions
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by SamBorick 4y ago
...Friends? Probably internet friends if you have niche interests. But yeah, you're not going to get high quality discussions on arbitrary topics from strangers.
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by SamBorick 4y ago
I think there's an axiomatic difference here. I don't believe any large service is more stable in the long term than a small one. To put it morbidly, all will be dust eventually. At least mastodon has account migration baked in.
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by SamBorick 5y ago
I don't have access to this article so I'm not 100% sure, but at a guess they mean "many nations have made public claims that they plan to target reaching net-zero by around <some date>" To my knowledge, carbon emi
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by SamBorick 5y ago
This is the inciting incident for the author of the Mars Trilogy's recent book "The Ministry for the Future". I highly recommend it if this stuff scares you, and you need a little climate hope.
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by SamBorick 5y ago
I think this is exactly the opposite of the takeaway. If the underlying concept isn't simple, don't pretend it's simple with a simple name.
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by SamBorick 5y ago
A large constraint on Spirit and Opportunity was keeping the panels clear, that's why they lasted so long. From what I remember, during martian winter they had to take the grade and the prevailing wind direction into account to keep th
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by SamBorick 5y ago
Ah yes, preventing unemployed people from starving is bad, we should pay them less. Here's a radical concept: wages are too low. People aren't applying to your job because you're not offering enough money. Pay people more.
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by SamBorick 6y ago
Factorio is fascinating because it also simulates critical issues in productions: bugs will come and eat your beautiful factory. I also I threw together some thoughts about factorio and programming a few months ago: https://dev.t
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by SamBorick 6y ago
For a similar experience on the web I highly recommend https://everytimezone.com/
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by SamBorick 6y ago
Ah yes. Innovation Zones. Innovate local government by removing *checks notes* democracy.
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by SamBorick 6y ago
Counterpoint: No. Use the vaccine to protect the people who are actually in danger. If a billionaire gets covid they can get the super special sci-fi insta-cure that every other person in power gets. The solution to a public health communi
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by SamBorick 6y ago
When I read "Friendly Federated Learning Framework", my immediate thought was something where people could gather and organize their personal knowledge, and have the ability to simply reference work that others have already done.
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by SamBorick 6y ago
Gonna go against the grain here: I use proprietary software! I dump all my random thoughts into my todoist inbox. Every couple of days I sift through and take action, or categorize as needed between notion notes and todoist projects.
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by SamBorick 6y ago
I used to feel this way. Paradoxically, I've found that completely ignoring income/clicks resolves this problem. Here's what happened to me: 1. Try and make 'the optimal thing'. Something easy to create, and so lu
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by SamBorick 6y ago
were you inspired by The Internet Comment Shredder [1]? Your setup is very similar! Very fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpNlp6AtTOE
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by SamBorick 6y ago
I recommend the scott manly video another commenter linked to for a more full explanation, but: The sample container that's currently jammed open is on the end of a long arm, while the sample return capsule is mounted on the body of th
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by SamBorick 6y ago
My objection to this is that I'm really bad at anticipating where interesting or useful information will come from. Many times I've been watching or reading something and find a offhand that is really useful to some part of my li
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by SamBorick 6y ago
My takeaway from this is to always try for the thing that is just out of reach. Doing what's comfortable isn't going to lead to growth. At the same time, as others in this thread say, doing things that are radically out of reach i
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by SamBorick 6y ago
recently I've been using the zettelkasten method to accomplish exactly this. Small cards, hyperlinked together with whatever other concepts you associate it with. This resource was really helpful: https://zettelkasten.de&#
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by SamBorick 6y ago
For me the biggest requirement is > 3. It must be fun to build for me that requires a level of abstraction, I don't want to be monkeying with HTML if I don't have to, I just want to write the damn article. That's why I u