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by _yb2s 2y ago
It’s not just a matter of values- culturally prescribed gender roles often override peoples personal values and goals. Women are more likely to be legally, socially, and/or biologically required to care for children (the last one refer
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by _yb2s 2y ago
I doubt that, as the less women in a field of work, the more likely an individual woman is to stand out and be targeted. Situations that put you frequently alone in closed offices with a single other person also contribute to the risk. Do y
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Where do you think those Slashdot era Linux enthusiasts now work?
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Security though obscurity is highly effective. Think of some common sense physical analogies: a hidden underground bunker is much less likely to be robbed than a safe full of valuables in your front yard. A bicycle buried deeply in bushes i
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by _yb2s 2y ago
A lot of vintage glass things including Pyrex contain high levels of lead. I need to look into it more, but it seems to be from paint or colors added, and clear glass items are likely fine.
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Cast iron is intentionally seasoned with oxidized cooking oil to make it non stick, and that should not be cleaned off. Stainless is pretty easy to get totally clean with steel wool and/or scotchbrite pad sponges.
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Nearly every woman I know in the sciences or engineering has a large number of stories of aggressive and inappropriate sexual advances, and in many cases outright sexual assault or rape in the workplace- typically from people in positions o
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Sounds like survivorship bias to me. A substantial fraction of drivers are generally not looking forward or paying attention at any given time... you're just rolling the dice by assuming they will see you and stop.
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by _yb2s 2y ago
I believe that was their point in calling themselves a veteran jaywalker. If it were a proper legal way of crossing given local laws, it is not jaywalking.
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Sure there is- opportunity cost, the real dangers and skills required to operate a vessel at sea, etc. You can pay a professional crew to do everything for you, but then you'll probably feel pretty useless, and be looked down upon by t
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by _yb2s 2y ago
One hardly needs $2B to slack off on a boat in the Caribbean… many people do so on surprisingly nice ~30 foot sailboats you can buy with a few months work at minimum wage, and wild seafood is free I see a lot of people that say “If I won th
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by _yb2s 2y ago
If you’re talking about hypothetical extraterrestrial life that evolved separately- sure. But as far as we know all life, at least on earth has a common ancestor and is heavily locked into the existing enzymes and substrates- basic central
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Thanks, I'll check it out! I've read "High Performance Sailing" by Frank Bethwaite, who was a sailing meteorologist and covers some things- but it is more focused on extreme micro-prediction.
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Thanks, I think I need to spend some more time studying meteorology so I can also better interpret how the data predicts actual hazards, as you are doing. I'm not even familiar with many of the acronyms you mention. I am simply compari
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by _yb2s 2y ago
For sailboat racing I care about “micrometeorology” - e.g. things like which of two slightly different courses only 1/10th of a mile apart to the same destination will be windier 45 minutes from now? Amazingly, these models are startin
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Are you talking about for offshore/open ocean? I've found GFS fine for that, but it is one of the worst models for inland or near shore sailing, even most of the other popular models that you can access from sailing weather apps l
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by _yb2s 2y ago
I don't know... I am only using it in the Bay Area. I noticed there are coordinates in the URL that one could try changing, but it is possible they are only running the model for the Bay Area right now? I've also wondered if they
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Ok, I am embarrassed, I simply forgot the name of it, and thought it had disappeared when I tried to find it again. Seems it is still alive and well. I swear this isn't viral marketing for them, I was legitimately confused. I edited my
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by _yb2s 2y ago
As a sailor I’m really into getting a good weather prediction and most of the models are quite inaccurate. I learned on here about an ML based weather model startup that posted predictions on their website called Atmo.AI (edited) that was m
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Yeah, that seems to be the premise of the recent book "The Anxious Generation" by Jonathan Haidt. I only read the first chapter or so, but seems to be pretty convincingly the case, and really harmful for kids mental health. Person
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Like any book you have to bring an open mind, creativity, and some benefit of the doubt to enjoy it, or to learn anything of value… you seem to be coming from a perspective that would make that impossible. His books for the most part explor
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Nobody here is claiming everything in Egans books is literally true… but part of the fun is thinking about the possibility that it could be
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by _yb2s 2y ago
I’m assuming you like this idea from having read Snow Crash, but if not that’s exactly what you’re looking for But recommending Neal Stephenson on HN feels a bit like telling people to try Dennys as a restaurant recommendation… it seems eve
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by _yb2s 2y ago
> Sci fi so hard, you don't find any cracks and are left thinking wait a minute ... This must be true then? Egan must be one of the most intelligent people alive… or if not, is at least the highest level I am personally capable of r
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by _yb2s 2y ago
I don’t think any of this is true, although enough people expect it to be they exclude themselves. I think all of the anxiety from the perceived (but untrue) high stakes makes a lot of people that would otherwise succeed never bother to try
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Aren’t they still just encrypted against the password itself? So if it is a public place like a coffee shop with a known password, anyone can decrypt the data?
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by _yb2s 2y ago
For the most part we don’t- we typically just go to bed at dusk. The earliest it gets totally dark in the winter is about 6pm. We do sometimes read for a while after dusk but usually with an incandescent bulb dimmed to the brightness and co
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Essentially giving up on artificial light has been life changing for me and my family… all of us used to take melatonin and have an awful time falling and staying asleep. Now we let the house go dark at sunset, and we all just fall asleep e
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Thanks! That seems like a minor issue because in both cases you still use usb-c on the computer end. However it will certainly be nice to not need to have 3 different kinds of cables, and have everything just take usb-c at some point. Altho
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by _yb2s 2y ago
I see lots of people in this thread mentioning this, but am confused. I've never seen a lighting port on an Apple computer- only on iphones and ipads, and the cables that come with those are USB-C on the other end. Haven't all App

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