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by amy-petrik-214 2y ago
we actually also saw this historically with openGL. openGL comes from an ancient company whispered about by the elderly programmers (30 + year old) known as SGI. Originally it was CLOSED SOURCE and SGI called it "SGI-GL" for a c
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by amy-petrik-214 2y ago
If we're going all in on the unix lore here, I'd suggest kernnighghan's book "Unix: A Memoir" as an optional add-on. Lots of good lore and history as to "how and why" things work in such a such way. Some
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by amy-petrik-214 2y ago
I think to tease this apart you need to know some things about muscle physiology. Which basically work by pushing billions (trillions?) of molecular motors in unison. Energy wise, it's like... glucose is the coal of the power plant, A
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by amy-petrik-214 2y ago
You would think that, but it reminds me of a quotation of the moviefilm "Brazil" - """Oh Sam.. this is information RETRIEVAL, not information DISPERSAL"
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by amy-petrik-214 2y ago
I take psych research with a grain of salt after witness people such as Dan Ariely. It's very easy to be like "oh this is 'soft' research" and create a bit of a study that is 90% interesting hypothesis and 10% evid
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by amy-petrik-214 2y ago
I agree with this thinking. Funny the city is using short term housing as long term shelters, but then bans using long term housing for short term rental because that distorts the market so! Hypocritical, yes, but the winner of the hypoc
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by amy-petrik-214 2y ago
The core philosophical truth of healthcare is you can never have a system that prioritizes care above all. Such is economically intractable. Imagine millions of immortals with artificial heart/lungs (called ECMO, exists for a long ti