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by cko 9y ago
So plants don’t have feelings and animals do? That’s what I used to believe, but then I read this article: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/giant-viruses-found-a... This got me thinking... How do we det
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by cko 9y ago
This is great. I just flew out of the States and wished I saw this option. Currently bought IMG patriot travel insurance. Cheaper than world nomads but not for the adventurous.
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by cko 9y ago
I’m 25% of the way through it. Over the years I find myself adopting the same perspective as the old man. However, I find the position he puts out is very tautological. Maybe it’s meant to be that way - a made-up dialogue of contrasting vie
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by cko 9y ago
I like the question, no one’s ever worded it like that before, but I would say it’s a bit of both. That is, I never wanted children and I also didn’t want any accidents down the road. And I know if I did have children I’d feel less free. Th
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by cko 9y ago
I had a vasectomy two years ago at the age of 29. I don’t know if I’m an anti-natalist, as I try not to wax philosophical about my personal choices and feelings. People are diverse. I am close friends with people with kids, and sometimes I
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by cko 9y ago
I mean, I certainly hope so. If they could also restore my skin turgor. And gait function.
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by cko 9y ago
I’m highly skeptical. It’s 2017, and we still debate if carbs are bad for us, we can’t effectively suppress a cough without highly addictive opiates, we don't have the cure for the common cold, and any drug treatment for any disease st
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by cko 9y ago
I didn’t read it that way. The article seems to have a balanced tone, though the conclusion is that bitcoin is kind of digital gold and lacks the economically stabilizing effect of fiat currencies.
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by cko 9y ago
>> Borton says she knew something was off about Caldwell the moment she let him stay with her. >> “What was missing?” she says. “The heart.” Two things stand out about this article — one is the, um, diversity of human behavior.
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by cko 9y ago
My friends joke that I'm a sociopath or autistic, and my decisions have been called 'crazy' many times, and the only way I overcome social awkwardness is to treat everything as a joke. I have close friends whom I rarely talk
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by cko 9y ago
Some high-IQ societies accept achievement test scores as IQ tests. For example the Triple 9 Society accepts a pre-2005 SAT score of 1520 or higher as equivalent to an IQ of 146 or something (if I remember correctly). And I think some societ
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by cko 9y ago
> Later, after a couple beers at Little Bear, she handed me her phone and disappeared to the restroom. I sat at the bar and debated how much my revelation had contributed to the current awkwardness when her phone flashed and the followin
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by cko 9y ago
> Next, a number of studies have evaluated the effects of specific macronutrients on lifespan, initially in S. cerevisiae (Lin et al., 2002), subsequently in C. elegans (Schulz et al., 2007 and follow-ups), and mice. Out of the latter, t
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by cko 9y ago
I believe the hard fork was a known thing in the community for a while now. I had wanted to jump on the ETH hype train and almost bought a bunch but these planned forks make the platform seem very “centralized.”
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by cko 9y ago
I think I’m a self-help junkie. I’ve read enough self help blogs and articles and books to become a ‘guru’ myself. Anywhere from personal finance to minimalist living. The weird thing is I still read those articles even though I’m already f
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by cko 9y ago
No, I wasn’t careful with word choice. I was referring to highly theoretical field of evolutionary psychology. The manosphere is a place where male bloggers try to understand the dynamics of mating and sometimes evolutionary psychology is u
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by cko 9y ago
I just re-read my comment. Sounded like I was questioning evolution itself. I was referring specifically to the behavioral bits, like: > From an evolutionary perspective, male infidelity is fairly straightforward. Men have evolved a stro
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by cko 9y ago
Can evolutionary theory even be taken seriously? It seems some people, especially in the ‘manosphere’ accept it as Gospel. It used to attract me because ‘oh what a convenient explanation for everything’ but later I started thinking that’s a
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by cko 9y ago
Speaking of intelligence, from my brief thirty-year existence, I've observed that self-reflection and creativity are positively correlated with intelligence. I haven't tested out this theory, but I believe r = 0.75.
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by cko 9y ago
I appreciate the level of effort in documenting all this. Whenever I think about stuff or experiences the first question is always: 'how much in USD?' and my next question is 'how do I make it cheaper?'
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by cko 9y ago
I'm looking for the 18-year old girl with a 40-year old mentality. It will never happen.
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by cko 9y ago
I own rental properties in Texas, and yes, it is landlord friendly. I've had two evictions for non-paying tenants and they were out within a month, with judgments slapped on them.
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by cko 9y ago
Admittedly, I made the cardinal sin of reading title only, the jumping to the HN comments and replying. I'm surprised I haven't been downvoted into oblivion.
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by cko 9y ago
True. I guess out of quite a bit of other threads, I jumped on this particular thread in order to vent, which wasn't the best choice, since, as the article said (and you emphasized) that he was requesting ideas. Or maybe the word &quot
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by cko 9y ago
Whenever a topic like this gets posted, it feels like the majority of commenters feel 'entitled' to other people's money and think they know best how to spend it. Or the notion they have to 'give back.' I'm not
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by cko 9y ago
I keep falling for it still. I go through phases of "eh everything is OK in moderation, just sleep and eat vegetables" to "I can only eat sweet potatoes, broccoli, and wild Alaskan salmon from now on." It depends on what
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by cko 9y ago
I though that fats cannot be broken down into glucose, but ketones.
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by cko 9y ago
As an Asian guy who grew up and attended college in NJ, I've heard anecdotes of Chinese international students wearing designer clothes and driving Maseratis but this article makes it seem more prevalent than I've realized. I rece
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by cko 9y ago
I thought about that possibility, but I never check out men and have no interest in them. A really good female friend of mine tells me she only watches lesbian porn. She's straight as far as I know.
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by cko 9y ago
I'm not sure that counting gay porn searches (example they gave in the article) is a reliable indicator of whether the seeker is gay. This may be TMI for HN but once in a while I (a straight male with zero attraction to men ever) have

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