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by ckemere 4y ago
Text from the CMF: > "Since achieving a solid foundation in mathematics is more important for long-term success than rushing through courses with a superficial understanding, it would be desirable to consider how students who do not
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by ckemere 5y ago
This bears some correction. As the article reports, the strain that caused infection was traced from Malawi/Pakistan, where there is still endemic polio because of long-lasting vaccine hesitancy.
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by ckemere 5y ago
I'm curious about whether cheaper wines use additives to achieve the taste more expensive wines achieve without them. Any knowledgeable info about this?
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by ckemere 5y ago
I really appreciate prefacing the comment, "I'm not gifted".
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by ckemere 5y ago
As someone making a career in academia, I recognize both pros and cons here, but I think that the pros far outweigh the cons. Essentially, I think the question is one of identity - do you want your reputation to be "This investigator i
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by ckemere 5y ago
Actually 400 years - https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/oak-beams-new-college-ox...
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Imagine I-95 catastrophe with EVs(washingtonpost.com)
9 points by ckemere 5y ago|6 comments
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I should clarify that I have no problem with research on aging. I do research on brain machine interfaces which is equally pie in the sky. I am frustrated by the interest/funding shown in this research. Also, I think that it's i
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by ckemere 5y ago
I think that what frustrates me about the "cure aging" crowd is that they quite easily step over the homeless opioid addict on their front porch in SF on their way to the latest lecture. "Aging can be defeated! Oh, but this i
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by ckemere 5y ago
I was excited to read this, but was disappointed upon thinking further about the results. Is progress is measured by turnover in citations? It strikes me that the idea here is linked to the great-person concepts in history. It reminds me of
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by ckemere 5y ago
*Hot* fusion is perpetually on the horizon. *Cold* fusion most likely doesn't exist.
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by ckemere 5y ago
The title is misleading. DARPA has funded teams to work on minimally invasive brain interfaces, but AFAIK they have yet to be achieved.
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by ckemere 5y ago
Divorce after an affair?
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by ckemere 5y ago
When I think back to the me of my teenage years or early twenties, I recognize that I had many strong beliefs that were probably wrong. I think that modern requirements of self-censorship have at least one really valuable outcome. They forc
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by ckemere 5y ago
Lots of discussion of WPM speed. Prof. Shenoy presented at our weekly seminar (shameless plug - https://twitter.com/RiceNeuro ) a couple of weeks ago. I think he considers the goal to be reaching the rate of speech, which is
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by ckemere 5y ago
Abstract: Advanced beyond-silicon electronic technology requires both channel materials and also ultralow-resistance contacts to be discovered1,2. Atomically thin two-dimensional semiconductors have great potential for realizing high-perfor
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by ckemere 5y ago
I'm confused - the whole point of this paper appears to be reporting a gate composed of a 2D monolayer of atoms as opposed to a 3D bulk deposition. So it seems like it is "there" in the sense you mean?
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by ckemere 5y ago
Wouldn't it be ironic if the truth of the story is that some poor small business owner in Chicago came up with a spicy-cheesy-crunchy treat (in their kitchen?) and was poised to be a rags-to-riches story, but then Frito Lay carefully
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by ckemere 5y ago
I am super happy with my AT&T fiber in Houston. $60/month for gigabit, friendly union techs that came out the next day when I cut through the line in the wall by accident. It bothers me that it's only available in the fancier
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by ckemere 5y ago
One of the things that is wonderful about sport is the way that it (can) unify people. My even more ambitious dream would be to seed the lower levels of the pyramid by converting NCAA teams to German-style 50%+1 fan-owned basketball clubs.
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Ask HN: Why can't the NBA have promotion and relegation?
4 points by ckemere 6y ago|7 comments
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by ckemere 6y ago
It's really interesting to read this and think about public policy. As someone on the left of center axis, I often imagine what an efficient government intervention would be. (I suppose a more right-wing person might imagine a charity-
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by ckemere 6y ago
Home solar saving the day for my neighbors in Houston today, actually.
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by ckemere 6y ago
We were at 14F this morning...
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by ckemere 6y ago
The people down the street from me in Houston are currently powering their house with their solar panels, actually. They were able to loan their generator to their neighbor. We had to abandon our house.
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Active noise cancellation?
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This assumes that active noise cancellation doesn't introduce energy in audible parts of the pressure spectrum.
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Please read through the comments on the blog. Info content is very high.
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As someone who's lab studies how memories are stored and recalled in the mamalian brain, I was excited to see a headline in the top list of Hacker News. Unfortunately, I was disappointed to see what was actually there. As is often the
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Against the Consensus Approach to History(newrepublic.com)
2 points by ckemere 6y ago|0 comments

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