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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
Robert Pirsig differentiated philosophy in a similar way: between Philosophy, the knowledge of the world; and Philosophology, the kind of organising things they do in Anglo-American Philosophy departments, in his classic Zen and the Art of
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Some People Can't See Any Pictures in Their Imagination, and Why(sciencealert.com)
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One Idea to Make Europe Bigger in Tech Is to Pay Employees More(bloomberg.com)
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
what percentage sugar chocolate?
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Exercise 'not key to obesity fight'(bbc.co.uk)
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Google’s plan to revolutionise cities is a takeover in all but name(theguardian.com)
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7 secret codes and ciphers hidden in music(bbc.co.uk)
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Greek theatre's legendary acoustics are a myth(theguardian.com)
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Tracemap making news diffusion transparent(tracemap.info)
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Google admits its new smart speaker was eavesdropping on users(money.cnn.com)
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A road trip through the geological ruins of the end-Permian mass extinction(theatlantic.com)
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
Most of the miners are in China, which runs a lot of coal and gas
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Lip Reading Sentences in the Wild [pdf](robots.ox.ac.uk)
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Apple’s Global Web of R&D Labs Doubles as Poaching Operation(bloomberg.com)
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
Thank you for your candour, and likely repentance. If you have any insights from that time, that might help HN users' [maybe future] kids avoid your mistakes, I'd welcome your sharing
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
Terrible title problems. To save time, here's the outline given when you click on the link: TL-DR: 'Why does gripping a pen, tool, or handle feel more secure when it is coated with a rubbery material? The keratin of the skin outer
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
News report on this for TL;DR http://www.bbc.com/news/health-41397742 : 'A man in France has regained some degree of consciousness after being in a vegetative state for 15 years. Doctors treated the 35-year-old, in
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Restoring consciousness with vagus nerve stimulation(cell.com)
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Swarms of Satellites That Surf Solar Wind Could Be the Future of Asteroid Mining(gizmodo.com)
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
Correct. Until we have a better economic system, this is how authorities often make incentives.
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
It is reasonable to believe that these goals are both in mind! Edit: there's a new Diesel charge coming in soon, to reduce the extra pollution from these vehicles entering central london, for cars as well as lorries. In all the commun
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
sadly, this means more like 'hear', than 'audit', but the sentiment is appreciated
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New 1800-yr-old Teotihuacan city revelations at SF de Young Museum exhibition(theguardian.com)
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
I love this idea, and also its acknowledgement of prior time maps for rail and other psychogeographic forebears. Its ability to put in relevant data in rational time-based space stops some of those issues that make us take a longer or parti
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
Got linky? I can google, but you may have the best link. ALso, anyone know of any good but inexpensive purchasable supplements that target magnesium / related compound mixes to reasonable research results like this? (or just to buy the
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
Thank you for the warning. I think in rational discussion, such things ought not even to be considered TMI, which is a squeamish, system 1 - type emotional reaction to information.
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
Why did somebody just change the title here on HN from the original 'Coca-Cola Sucks Wells Dry in Chiapas, Forcing Residents to Buy Water'?
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
Can you name the brewery / city?
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
Indeed: although it's part of his upcoming book, they could have excerpted better so as to integrate or give structure to that unfinished part of the story.
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
Don't mistake institutional and cultural memory, which are not the same thing! A memory in the intellectual elite sense, and a political cultural memory, and a widespread low-cultural set of norms and understandings are also different

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