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by belkarx 4y ago
Here's a TL;DR (I'm an amateur with interest in neuroscience - I have no creds and this is my personal, non-specific interpretation of the important parts - please feel free to correct me on anything I may have misinterpreted or h
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by belkarx 4y ago
I asked it about the properties of water and it went on a rant about how that's subjective and depends on what you want to talk about. But was solid in the beginning. Feature request: Allow you to switch between written and verbal mode
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by belkarx 4y ago
This is only an issue if there is some centralized platform (ie Meta) that hosts AR and has a monopoly over the space. It's actually likely that that will happen (the average user won't be using the niche platforms) and that every
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by belkarx 4y ago
There's a nice SE thread about this: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/86823/how-can-i...
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by belkarx 4y ago
Blindly not trusting the impressions your brain gives you based on connections and information you've gained in the past is wrong, however being cynical when specifically considering the root of why you think a certain way and consid
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by belkarx 4y ago
The effort put in is commendable but this doesn't yet reach the levels of GDPR and the US market is too large for it to be likely to pass. Maybe eventually ...
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by belkarx 4y ago
Looking at rate of change is a quite efficient way to go about this. Kudos to the author.
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by belkarx 4y ago
Yes, thank you! Here's the PDF in case anyone else is interested: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2018/0... I can't find any actual conversation about it on HN so I w
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by belkarx 4y ago
There was a post on HN (I believe) a couple of months ago concerning a research paper that explores "What defines a makefile" concluding that by their definition, Excel can be used as one. I've looked around the internet and
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by belkarx 4y ago
It's a well-written story but like other comments are noting there's not an explicit message
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by belkarx 4y ago
If this brings the "diminishing returns" study to mind for anyone, PSA: A more recent study was done on the "ideal salary point" and concluded that there really isn't one: https://www.pnas.org/doi&#x
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by belkarx 4y ago
Arc flashes, for the uninitiated, are short-circuits caused by electricity flowing through through air (partially ionized) between two live conductors. The arc of electricity causes an arc blast, which is a huge fiery shockwave that can (an
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by belkarx 4y ago
Beat me to it :) I was going to post this one: https://inv.bp.projectsegfau.lt/watch?v=PO6see7_ODY (this is an invidious link; it's an alternative frontend to youtube)
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by belkarx 4y ago
Brain implants aren't the way to increase "intelligence". Maybe processing power but it's not the same thing (intelligence is difficult to define). Drugs might do something (increase attention span, creativity, etc), but
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by belkarx 4y ago
Schoolwork is systemically getting easier . I interviewed a few teachers from diverse backgrounds around the US and they've all noticed a declining trend in the difficulty of curriculum [0]. The state of things is generally: You'
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by belkarx 4y ago
I quite like the idea but it could be communicated in a much clearer way Changes I'd make: - put books/media/content over spoken language in your first hierarchy - add in one of the political split graphs in your "main p
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Wasted Time in Schools(belkarx.github.io)
4 points by belkarx 4y ago|4 comments
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by belkarx 4y ago
Folder with txt documents, tied together with some bash aliases to make note-taking more convenient
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School Systems Do Not Properly Encourage Collaboration(belkarx.github.io)
1 points by belkarx 4y ago|0 comments
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Deep Brain Control Without Implants(spectrum.ieee.org)
1 points by belkarx 4y ago|0 comments
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A Collection of Ways to Improve Cognitive Performance(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
2 points by belkarx 4y ago|1 comments
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Everything You Didn't Need to Know About MRIs [pdf](belkarx.github.io)
1 points by belkarx 4y ago|0 comments
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by belkarx 4y ago
Is there anything special about making SSDs that the average person would not be able to do or is it a "if you can outsource PCB printing and maybe solder you can make one" situation?
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The Short-Term Future of CS(belkarx.github.io)
1 points by belkarx 4y ago|0 comments
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by belkarx 4y ago
Almost all models are oversimplifications. That's the reason it's a model
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by belkarx 4y ago
Interesting metaphor - I'd argue that Rationals, even with mutual respect, are more likely to become Shapeshifters than Blinds. Also > The pressures of life can mean that we rarely make time for [Blinds], but it can leave you uplift
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Low-Level/Atypical Technology Fundamentals(belkarx.github.io)
1 points by belkarx 4y ago|0 comments
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by belkarx 4y ago
>Even if the computer is fast, you still need software that won't get in your way This still strikes true today Also, the idea is fascinating but everyone thinks differently and the method he described isn't universal. And taki
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by belkarx 4y ago
778 WPM with Bionic, 672 without. Bionic appears to have increased my speed by 15% but it's also possible that I was just paying more attention to the articles implementing the technique. It's unfortunate that the comprehension sc
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by belkarx 4y ago
There wasn't. What lists is your adblocker running? I got my results with standard uBlock.

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