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by andrewl 5y ago
Regarding the “ an PhD” note, I’m finding other phrasing that makes me think the writers were not native English speakers. It’s a French organization after all, so I would expect a few errors in their English. They're not significant.
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by andrewl 5y ago
I agree that a language homepage should be information dense, and give the new user a clear overview without having to scroll. I think the Common Lisp homepage is an improvement over what I remember from years ago, and while it’s visually
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by andrewl 5y ago
I do a lot with SQLite, and this looks promising. It’s early days, as their about page (dbhub.io/about) says, and they have no pricing model yet. But I’ll keep an eye on them.
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by andrewl 5y ago
Being at the Institute for Advanced Study is probably worse than being in any of the Ivy League or comparable high-level universities. Among its resident scholars, besides Dyson, were Albert Einstein, John von Neumann, Kurt Gödel, and J.
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by andrewl 5y ago
Here’s more from Freeman Dyson: I’m very proud of not having a Ph.D. I think the Ph.D. system is an abomination. It was invented as a system for educating German professors in the 19th century, and it works well under those conditions. It’s
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by andrewl 5y ago
Here are a couple of relevant quotes from Freeman Dyson (who did not have a PhD): “Well, I think it actually is very destructive. I'm now retired, but when I was a professor here [Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton], my real job
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Russ Kick, Writer, Editor and ‘Rogue Transparency Activist,’ Dies at 52(washingtonpost.com)
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A Warning Sign of a Mass Extinction Event Is on the Rise, Scientists Say(vice.com)
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by andrewl 5y ago
On the topic of gun ownership by people some would not expect to be into guns, this New York Times article is quite interesting: The Black Gun Owner Next Door, by Tiya Miles I’m an African-American historian and, on most issues, decidedly
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by andrewl 5y ago
Billionaire Nick Hanauer and his team at Civic Ventures are working towards this (as are others, of course): https://civic-ventures.com/ There are powerful forces fighting against what AnotherGoodName is suggesting. They ha
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Minxin Pei on Why China Will Not Surpass the United States(economist.com)
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by andrewl 5y ago
You could try bison fat, although I believe bison are, on average, less fatty than other cattle. The USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) forbids the use of hormones and antibiotics in farm-raised bison: Q: Can hormones and antibi
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by andrewl 5y ago
Very much so. I just saw this article the other day: Super Simple: Drinking Enough Water Could Prevent Heart Failure https://scitechdaily.com/super-simple-drinking-enough-water-...
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China Researching Challenges of Kilometer-Scale Ultra-Large Spacecraft(spacenews.com)
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by andrewl 5y ago
This is an interesting article. The headline works when you're on the Washington Post site, and you can see the subhead and the image of the SARS-COV-2 virus. But on its own it could mean almost anything. The subhead reads: Controls
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by andrewl 5y ago
If you don't want to sign up for the free account, you can read the text at: https://outline.com/FLJHjc
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The Great Master’s-Degree Swindle(chronicle.com)
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InFORM Dynamic Shape Display(tangible.media.mit.edu)
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by andrewl 5y ago
He says he's going to write his own mail server. I use SQLite all the time, and I'm going to try Fossil when I get a bit of time to dig into it. I will definitely give his mail system a look when it's out.
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by andrewl 5y ago
I just started looking, too. There's a lot of information in the Office Chairs subReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/OfficeChairs/ I can't vouch for how good the information is, but there is a lot of dis
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Brilliant Jerks in Engineering(brendangregg.com)
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An Australian Inventor Wants to Stop Global Warming by Electrifying Everything(washingtonpost.com)
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Website Allows Users to Listen to Thousands of Radio Stations Around the World(washingtonpost.com)
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Junk – Mark Bittman’s History of Why We Eat Bad Food(thenation.com)
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Mammals' Brains: New Research Shows Bigger Doesn't Always Mean Smarter(phys.org)
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Why is it so Hard to Swat a Fly?(bbc.com)
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The Myths That Hint at Past Disasters(bbc.com)
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by andrewl 5y ago
You can get a better idea of the size of these "notation knives" in this video from the Victoria and Albert Museum, where a curator is holding them. They also have recordings of some of the songs: http://www.vam.ac.uk&#
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The Renaissance Knives That Will Have You Singing for Your Supper(atlasobscura.com)
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The Death Cult of Smart(americanaffairsjournal.org)
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