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by auxbuss 7y ago
This paper [0] from a couple of days ago (24 Feb 2020) found that Betelgeuse's recent dimming was not caused by a drop in the star's surface temperature. "We present optical spectrophotometry of the red supergiant Betelgeuse
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by auxbuss 7y ago
Neoliberalism is broadly defined as the extension of competitive markets into all areas of life, including the economy, politics and society. See Mont Pelerin Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Pelerin_Society
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by auxbuss 7y ago
I presume there must be, since I use Scrivener and have a keyboard shortcut set-up for "Look Up in Dictionary and Thesaurus". Simply put the cursor within a word, type the shortcut, dictionary appears (then cmd+2 for thesaurus, if
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Apple cuts price of products in China(cnet.com)
3 points by auxbuss 8y ago|0 comments
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by auxbuss 8y ago
I've used Libratone [0] for years. Superb products. Excellent audio. [0] https://www.libratone.com/
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by auxbuss 8y ago
While walking along the Thames, you can also partake in mudlarking (i.e. scavenging in the river mud for objects.) Ancient things are always turning up. Here's the twitter account of the London Mudlark community: https://twi
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by auxbuss 8y ago
Indeed. re Alexander von Humboldt: Andrea Wulf’s, The Invention of Nature[0], is an excellent overview of his work and impact. It's quite shocking how little he is known; somewhat similar to James Clerk Maxwell. [0] https://
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by auxbuss 8y ago
I'd add Oman as a terrific Islamic country to visit. Men and women work alongside each other. Women walk and congregate after dark without male chaperones. It's all quite sane and immaculately kept. Jordan is relaxed too. Lots to
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by auxbuss 8y ago
`A&R` by Bill Flanagan[0] is a fun read about the now deceased world of A&R. Of special interest to anyone interested in the music business who wasn't around pre-internet. [0] https://www.goodreads.com/book&#x2F
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by auxbuss 8y ago
If you are writing with precision in mind then, "I tend to over use (sic) semicolons because they help convey my fractured way of thinking." will suffice. If you are writing dialogue, then what you wrote is fine. (You can write pr
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by auxbuss 8y ago
Take a look at Libratone [0]. I love my Zipps. Bonus is the inbuilt battery; so you can take it anywhere. Appears as an audio output on all Apple devices, so can be used for anything. Also works standalone with internet radio stations. Nice
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by auxbuss 8y ago
But "clocks" can only be in "sync" – i.e. record the same time between each "tick" – when they are in the same inertial frame – from special relativity. In addition, there is gravitational time dilation. Thus,
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by auxbuss 8y ago
Fear of failure (of negative evaluation) is a strong psychological force for those seeking social approval. One way is to avoid evaluation entirely or until things are certain.
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by auxbuss 8y ago
I'm in it for the long run. It deliver today and can only get better.
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by auxbuss 8y ago
Being in the UK, I can hop down the road and see what the Roman's were up to; as you say, astounding, and over such a wide geography. Then again, 4,500 years ago in Egypt they built some majestic structures.
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by auxbuss 8y ago
I remember the rails' community on usenet when it was like that :-) However, both community and packages are growing quickly. Package and installation management is very flexible via mix and asdf. Anecdotally, I'm seeing an increa
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by auxbuss 8y ago
I note in the comments that you are open to alternatives. I'm familiar with both Django and Rails. I leaned on Rails for years – starting at the pre v1.0 day. Today, I prefer Phoenix (the Elixir framework). You also mention in the comm
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by auxbuss 8y ago
It might be cultural, but not "human nature" nor "primate behaviour". If you travel on a plane where most of the passengers are from another nation/culture, this standing behaviour can be completely absent. Japan co
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by auxbuss 8y ago
There's an excellent discussion on this topic in the sample chapter, Rediscovering Simplicity[0], from Sandi Metz's book, 99 Bottles of OOP[1]. I often use it as a source for discussion with devs. [0] https://www.sandim
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by auxbuss 8y ago
In Carlo Rovelli's, Reality is Not What it Seems [0], he speaks of this final point in its short, final chapter. He starts by using an example from Plato's, Phaedo, where Plato acknowledges the limits of the knowledge of his time
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by auxbuss 8y ago
David Millar's, Racing Through the Dark[0] also provides some eye-opening background and is a terrific read for anyone remotely interested in cycling. Doping is not a forgiveable offence in professional sport, imo – I advocate for life
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by auxbuss 8y ago
This is systems thinking in action. It reduces failure demand[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failure_demand
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by auxbuss 8y ago
I'm reminded of The Soul of a New Machine[0] by Tracy Kidder. Essential reading, even today. [0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7090.The_Soul_of_a_New_M...
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by auxbuss 8y ago
Mostly, I use Abe.
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by auxbuss 8y ago
I've almost managed to avoid Amazon over the past 12 months or so. There are plenty of alternatives, and I've found the alternatives much more reliable, and delivery times and communication much better. In addition, the alternativ
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by auxbuss 9y ago
Einstein was the first to truly grasp James Clerk Maxwell's work. If Maxwell hadn't died in 1879 at only 48, then I like to imagine he would have produced Special Relativity – most of it is there in his famous equations. Einstein
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by auxbuss 9y ago
This is a key point that folk are genuinely surprised by when I explain it to them. It's kind of a reverse herd immunity. (I'm sure there's a better analogy.)
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by auxbuss 9y ago
+1 for an English usage guide. I prefer the updated Garner's Modern English Usage because it caters for the broad church of English not only the USican dialect. Also, +1 for a thesaurus. I keep a dead tree Roget's handy – he&#x2
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Computer science faces an ethics crisis after Cambridge Analytica built a weapon(bostonglobe.com)
9 points by auxbuss 9y ago|1 comments
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The Cambridge Analytica scandal isn’t a scandal: this is how Facebook works(independent.co.uk)
552 points by auxbuss 9y ago|152 comments

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