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by Zanni 7y ago
I like targeted ads, but I want them targeted to the content I'm consuming, not me personally. If I'm reading a blog or article on rock climbing, then, yeah, show me ads for all the gear. I'm interested. But don't show
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by Zanni 7y ago
The only one "cited" in the article is Stephen Hawking, but 1) he doesn't argue against fighting climate change and 2) he presents a list of threats to a single-planet humanity, including wars, epidemics, asteroid strikes and
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by Zanni 7y ago
I'm pretty skeptical of this methodology for determining the "ideal" story length. In particular, note that none of the stories examined hits this supposed sweet spot. This is kind of like surveying people's personal t
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by Zanni 7y ago
You're assuming passive measures only (stop producing more atmospheric carbon) and ignoring active measures (carbon scrubbing, carbon recapture). I haven't examined your math in detail, but I'm willing to stipulate that you&#
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by Zanni 7y ago
Yes, for certain definitions of "trace amounts." If you order a vegan burger from a Burger King, you're going to get trace amounts of beef in your burger--from atmospheric contamination, if nothing else. Personally, I'
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by Zanni 7y ago
Minor nitpick nitpick: except for years, e.g., I don't remember exactly when the Magna Carta was signed, but it was somewhere in the twelve-hundreds.
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by Zanni 7y ago
Tesla does: https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-wildfires-bioweapon-defe... . It's an optional upgrade. I ordered it for my Model S because, at the time, Hawaii was experiencing really bad VOG, which my girlfriend
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by Zanni 7y ago
If you play blackjack for money, you can improve your EV significantly by devoting an hour to learning (most of) basic strategy. If you already know basic strategy, you can learn the basics of card counting in an hour. (Actual card counting
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by Zanni 7y ago
Absolutely. There are a ton of loan words in Russian that suddenly become available to you when you learn to read Cyrillic. Important words, like ресторан and бар (restaurant and bar).
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This article is pretty reductive, claiming that regardless of anything else Bill Gates might believe or accomplish, if he doesn't support wealth taxes, he's on the "other" side (scare quotes, not quote quotes). Here&#x
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by Zanni 7y ago
Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle [0] is an excellent book on this topic, and I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned. [0] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004QZ9P6K/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?
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by Zanni 7y ago
Not all non-profits, just 501(c)3. Non-profits organized under other sections of the tax code are allowed to be political. [0] Here's an exhaustive list. Some of the sections are pretty narrow in scope (e.g. 501(c)(21) - black lung ben
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by Zanni 7y ago
I think it's important to distinguish between scientific papers, which the authors want to make as publicly accessible as possible, and fiction (and non-fiction) books, which the authors are trying to make a living from. There are a
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by Zanni 7y ago
There's a non-fiction book, The Physics of Immortality by Frank Tipler, with a similar premise. Because the universe (according to some models) will end in a Big Crunch, collapsing to a single point, and because information can't
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by Zanni 7y ago
For the same reason people hate mimes. Which is to say, no one hates thoughtful vegans, or anyone with any dietary restriction; they hate people who are smug and difficult. (Just as no one hates brilliant physical actors on stage; they hate
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by Zanni 7y ago
Card counting is an "easy win" only in that it's relatively easy to master. With a bit of practice, you can gain a consistent (but small) edge. The problem is, the variance is enormous. You need a large bankroll to sustain th
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by Zanni 7y ago
K&R still holds a place for me as one of my favorite programming books. It may not hold up today, especially not for new readers, but at a time when the alternatives were Pascal, Fortran, Basic and Assembly, the C Programming Language w
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by Zanni 7y ago
Depends on what you're planning to do with the spreadsheet. If it's display only, it's easy to bundle into a PDF or Word doc. If you need to interact with it, sure, standalone is better. But this the first case is something I
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by Zanni 7y ago
A little of both, maybe. In defense of your position, though, I agree that zip files are an odd choice. Why not bundle everything into a single document, a Word file or a PDF?
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by Zanni 7y ago
This can only lead to "age deflation" (analogous to "grade inflation"). Who'd ever admit to being 60 if it were possible to change their age? There's a stigma around that age, which would be reinforced by the
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by Zanni 7y ago
I think a better distinction is between what an app allows and what it facilitates .
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by Zanni 7y ago
Sorry, am I reading this right? You replaced a service that required a team of five Erlang developers with an AWS offering for $1000/mo? Why wouldn't you do that regardless of the language involved?
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by Zanni 7y ago
So does Max Tegmark [0], who believes the multi-verse is literally made of math, but I wouldn't say that's the modern world view. Most believe that math is our best tool for understanding reality, but that reality maintains an ind
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by Zanni 7y ago
If you stop playing Hearthstone (the game at the heart of this controversy), you stop paying for new expansions. Even if you're free to play, you deny them a player for matchmaking (every game is a live match between two people). If en
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One pound of carbon becomes 3.7 pounds of CO2 "emissions" when it combines with atmospheric oxygen: https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/contentIncludes/co2_inc.htm
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In case someone else is wondering about the math on the aside about how a gallon of gas (3.8kg) can emit 10kg of CO2: https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/contentIncludes/co2_inc.htm
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by Zanni 7y ago
His first collection, Stories of Your Life and Others is also excellent. They don't technically fit the description of hard comp-fi, but they have a similar sensibility, even when they're dealing with magic and religion (which m
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by Zanni 7y ago
Ted Chiang's The Lifecycle of Software Objects . What happens when support for the platform for your artificial mind is deprecated? (or in this case, your child's). Warning: heartbreaking.
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by Zanni 7y ago
Why? Private buses are solving the same problem as public buses--taking cars off the road and reducing traffic. You could make them unpalatable, but I'm guessing most Microsoft and Amazon employees will revert to cars before public bus
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Serious question: how is this antisocial behavior? I understand wanting to stick with the flow of traffic when you're part of the pack, but if you're in front of the pack, what's the advantage (to anyone) of hanging back?

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