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by dcx 4y ago
This sounds interesting, why is this no longer true?
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by dcx 4y ago
What a useful idea to coin a term for! I've seen a huge amount of sweat go into edge case functionality over the years, especially in large systems. I wonder exactly how much you could get away with not doing, if you had good insight i
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by dcx 4y ago
But isn't it kind of fair to say that when you look at the case studies presented by (a) the Android app store in the past decade and (b) Windows malware in the decade before that, this trust has in fact not been earned? I hate a walle
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by dcx 4y ago
Yes, the Asian flush gene comes with a headache and nausea for some. Two friends who experience versions of this had it confirmed on their 23andme results. Explanation: > Alcohol or ethanol is broken down or converted in the liver to ace
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by dcx 4y ago
They certainly do - walkie-talkies! Edit: Yes, they do exist - you can google this. But on reflection, a commenter below is probably right that it's more likely wireless security cameras, given typical site requirements (range, penetra
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by dcx 4y ago
This isn't a video game but it absolutely did the trick for me. Find a theme park with a lot of particularly scary rides, or a holiday town with a lot of "extreme" activities (bungee jumping, etc.). Precommit to doing every
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by dcx 4y ago
Something nobody has so far is the resource curse [1]. If you compare life in countries with and without this feature you can really feel the difference; it's like a black hole that distorts the reward curve in innumerable ways. (For
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by dcx 4y ago
Paragraph 6 of TFA: > "It's not that dumb people are having more kids than smart people, to put it crudely. It's something to do with the environment, because we're seeing the same differences within families," h
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by dcx 4y ago
> There is general agreement that dietary intake is the largest source of PFAS exposure rather than inhalation or dermal contact [...] For PFOA, EFSA suggested the most important sources of chronic exposure were milk and dairy products f
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by dcx 4y ago
This seems like a pretty good hypothesis. I believe the main source of exposure to PFAS for most people is food packaging (IIRC nonstick pans don't move the needle unless you heat way above the safe range, and you'll smell the coa
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by dcx 4y ago
PostSecret? It looks like it's possibly still running actually - https://postsecret.com/
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by dcx 4y ago
At the time of writing, much of this thread is centered around (a) dismissing the study based on considerations that were ruled out within the article, and (b) dismissing the format and value of IQ tests. Let's set these aside and disc
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by dcx 4y ago
Sorry, but this is absolutely false. The US was not the only country to receive immigrants during the two Italian diasporas [1], and so you are not the only country to develop a taste for Italian cuisine. Australian pizza descends directly
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by dcx 4y ago
Reddit was never built on Rails - it was Lisp and then Python. Aaron Swartz wrote web.py for Reddit. But your core point is probably true!
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by dcx 5y ago
I have worked nearby to this area - this is a legal principle, but the way this takes force in contracts is either by including a specific clause, or via a pointer to an international shipping standard which pulls in sensible defaults. Some
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by dcx 5y ago
What a fun exploration of an idea! That if we're living in a universe with a creator (simulation or otherwise), even if we're blocked from knowledge of higher purposes, we might be able to pick up some hints from looking at the na
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by dcx 5y ago
Because it was bullshit - manufacturers simply switched to BPS or other alternatives that hadn't specifically been tested yet, but were the same or worse. It turns out BPA is very hard to find a safe alternative for. And people started
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by dcx 5y ago
Interesting - that looks like it could be safe, though I don’t know enough to be certain (we all know how “BPA free” turned out). But either way it’s absolutely not the default when you buy online, which it looks like people in this post ar
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by dcx 5y ago
I feel that this use of the imperative mood and the brusque, flippant dismissal of OP’s rare and interesting experiences are not just unjustified but do HN a disservice. If you have enough encounters with the medical system, you quickly lea
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by dcx 5y ago
This is insanely cute! But please strongly consider not buying one. Especially if you have kids, or are planing to have kids. This printer uses thermal paper, which uses BPA or BPS to develop the print, which rubs off easily [1]. BPA and BP
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by dcx 5y ago
I run as well actually! I have found that the quality of thinking I get when walking is different enough that I try to make time for a walk as a separate thing. YMMV though, I am not super fit, perhaps my brain has a harder time with conten
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by dcx 5y ago
These are fantastic! I'll add two that I have learned from wiser people, and that have paid out again and again in my life. 1. It's better to target an interesting constellation than one specific star. If you're pushing yours
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by dcx 5y ago
It just so happens that a short while after I saw this comment, this [1] turned up on my recommendations feed. What would you say are the counterarguments that lead you to believe fusion is on the horizon? (Ideally in more specific terms th
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by dcx 5y ago
For goodness' sake, there's a middle ground for making your product sticky that doesn't need people to commit to stop using Google Search without trying your product once! Let me repeat that - you're asking me to give u
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by dcx 5y ago
Very interesting. I think I understand where you're coming from, and also why this is trait is not common. The values you place focus on are particularly well developed, and it's helpful to see how important they are to you. I ten
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by dcx 5y ago
That seems like extremely useful wiring; it's often an uphill climb for me. Do you have any sense of what is going on under the hood? Why do you feel good if you do these things / bad if you don't? Did this come factory ins
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by dcx 5y ago
Yes, lots of technologies work like that. Solar panels. Deep learning in pretty much its modern form was invented decades ago, but had to wait for the hardware to get good enough to show results. Personal computing took decades to take off.
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by dcx 5y ago
The exact same thing just happened to me recently after a 10+ year break. Ranking systems seem to have shifted a little since I last played, but I feel like I'm playing easily 3-5 kyu better than I used to at my previous peak. I think
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by dcx 5y ago
But at least we have thousands of different of cures for it!
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by dcx 5y ago
Yes, it does, despite the negative expected value. In corporate finance it's known that companies that are approaching failure are often willing to pay for volatility. This is also why lotto tickets are more popular with the poor.

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