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by chatwinra 10y ago
"you want an economist making this argument, not a health expert" You probably want both.
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by chatwinra 10y ago
Really interesting! Reminded me of a good Economist article recently that went into the idea of 'consciousness' in more detail and how certain animals show different elements of it - http://www.economist.com/news&#
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0 Bugs Policy(infoq.com)
3 points by chatwinra 10y ago|0 comments
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by chatwinra 10y ago
The point you're referring to relates specifically to geographic differences. From the results section: "inequality in life expectancy increased over time. Between 2001 and 2014, life expectancy increased by 2.34 years for men and
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by chatwinra 10y ago
For me, this is the most important aspect of this paper: "People say, ‘Americans are living longer, so we ought to delay the age of retirement,’ but … it’s a little bit unfair to say to low-income people that they’re going to get Socia
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by chatwinra 11y ago
Completely agree - great book and a great insight into the 2 Johns' dedication to creating Doom.
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by chatwinra 11y ago
I think this kind of writing is very important, because it's not just a trend in start-ups. There's a similar badge of honour of 'working long hours' at established companies. I'm watching with interest experiments
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by chatwinra 11y ago
I'd recommend a 3 pronged approach: 1. Read specific Javascript stuff (I'd also recommend Eloquent Javascript as others have). Code school free courses can help with the basics too. 2. Try and find someone who you can speak to fro
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by chatwinra 11y ago
yes! this is a great book
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by chatwinra 11y ago
I enjoyed reading this article and found it interesting, even if I was re-learning some of the stuff mentioned. If the errors pointed out by above posters are valid, they should really go over to the OP's blog and post them so she can
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by chatwinra 11y ago
Fantastic post! Well done Matt. I'm in a similar situation where I'm working full time whilst trying to finish off a game in my spare time. I find what helps is to have a clear goal for each work session. Even if it's tiny li
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by chatwinra 11y ago
Flight-Sharing Service Shot Down..... <archer>Er...Phrasing?</archer> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLWrKh2fB0
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by chatwinra 11y ago
This just backs up why I think Finland's recent move[1] to give every citizen a basic salary is the way forward. You'd then give everyone that basic level of security and enable them to progress in life. Yes there are potential fl
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by chatwinra 11y ago
I used to play quite a lot too. I think the thing that stopped me was the realisation that to get really good, you have to memorise openings and responses to openings. If you don't, you'll be working from a disadvantage from the s
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by chatwinra 11y ago
Cool game! Here are some of my thoughts from playing the first 5 minutes: - really like the visual style. Consistent and distinct - it was annoying that I had to sign in via github and THEN sign up again: I just want to play the game!! - Th
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by chatwinra 11y ago
In case you're thinking of mixing beer and wine, don't forget to use this scientifically proven* formula: "beer before wine, fine wine before beer, queer" *Not scientifically proven
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by chatwinra 11y ago
think this is it: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-015-1958-1 it's hidden behind a paywall. Yay!
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by chatwinra 11y ago
Come on idler....it's a web article, so there's no excuse not to have a link to the original paper itself! We may only just know that ants are lazy, but we've known all along humans are too lazy to do a google scholar search
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by chatwinra 11y ago
"Its an experimental study, the number of subjects isn't really that important." I'd be interested to understand why this is? My logical reaction would be that it's always important - as a crude example, surely doin
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by chatwinra 11y ago
The game website offers a link to buy the game via Desura - I would urge caution on buying via them as the company who owns them recently filed for bankruptcy [1]. It's unclear what will happen to the site, but it's not worth the
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by chatwinra 11y ago
As an English speaker, I agree with others above that this article misses a huge point about our language. Yes we use thank you a lot, even for some things people may consider 'trite'. I'm from the UK so I use it a HELL of a
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by chatwinra 11y ago
You have to view it at an individual study/paper level (ie: go to the link and pdf via the article). They have to declare sources of funding in the papers, so you can trace funding origins and conflicts of interests from those declarat
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by chatwinra 11y ago
The latest Ipsos Mori Public Attitudes to Science Survey (2014) is probably worth considering here: https://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharch... From the summary: The study shows that the UK public a
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by chatwinra 12y ago
Good point. re: drawbacks- what about creating a reliance on the game itself? If the game is removed, will the kid stop brushing their teeth?
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by chatwinra 12y ago
Sorry you don't like it! I guess it is a personal thing. We've had a lot of positive comments about the visuals though. For what it's worth (not that it'll sway your view), the font choices were a conscious decision to m
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by chatwinra 12y ago
For those interested, the technology this game is inspired by is Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy, being trialled in a UK hospital. More info here: http://www.stfc.ac.uk/CLF/Facilities/Ultra/Highlights&#x2F
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Show HN: SORS, a sci-fi doctor sim game inspired by Papers,Please and real science(steamcommunity.com)
6 points by chatwinra 12y ago|3 comments
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by chatwinra 12y ago
It's great to see people asking for citations. I just wish that sort of mentality existed in the everyday world. At the moment newspaper articles, tv news reports, etc can all get away with discussing science (and science-related topic
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by chatwinra 12y ago
I second the Behavioural Mathematics book. Really good introduction to AI and how to think about programming it.
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by chatwinra 12y ago
Not really surprising, given how much trouble they gave Cyril Sneer.

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