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by dcx 5y ago
No need to go for the throat there. And especially not when you're not totally correct. Paul Fussell's Class documents the exact phenomenon OP describes. Wealth is not class [1]; class is much more complex. For example, poor acade
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by dcx 5y ago
I agree - interpretation is super important. The above is a good example; someone who isn’t paying attention might not take into account that there are 5-6x the number of white vs black people in the US, which puts a very different spin on
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by dcx 6y ago
Wait, why can't you? Backprop is basically adjusting weights to get the model closer to making correct predictions. Isn't that basically how the brain does it? (Though I'm sure the way the brain adjusts its weights uses a dif
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by dcx 6y ago
That's so interesting! I wouldn't have the first idea how to pull off a plan like this; is this what people learn in the field of M&A? For example, how can you be confident that someone will be interested in acquiring you, and
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by dcx 6y ago
This sounds interesting and Google is not coming up with useful leads - would you be able to point me to more information on the "Algerian Resistance" model you describe?
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by dcx 6y ago
I've spent a few years in a couple of bulk commodities, and I'm sorry, but your thought about commodity markets is simply not true in my experience. There are entire webs of institutions and mechanisms that make sure people do not
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by dcx 6y ago
Looking at release dates might not be the best way to frame this. It took decades before the full impact of the automobile was felt, and there were huge leaps in tech during that period too. We're in a different world today from when t
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by dcx 6y ago
I went looking for the source of this anecdote, I believe this is it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgzi_jUBu9U
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by dcx 6y ago
Do you remember life before iPhones? Before Google and universal knowledge, YouTube guides on every subject under the sun, Microsoft Excel, personal computers, international video calls, remote work? (Plus the indirect benefits to you econo
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by dcx 6y ago
Looks very polished. Nice one! It might be useful to make some sample PDF outputs available. I wanted to see how finished products might look. Mockups don't really scratch this itch. And when I'm at your landing page, I don't
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by dcx 6y ago
I had this issue. I found people with the same problem up and down the web, across tons of MacBook models (examples: [1] [2]). Most people blamed it on bad drivers, GPU issues, bad graphics ports, firmware issues, and so on. What actually d
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by dcx 6y ago
But laptops are not supposed to be designed for trips to the moon! It is an extremely reasonable expectation that when a part of a laptop breaks or wears out, in most cases it should be possible to repair just that part. Not that you now
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by dcx 6y ago
Yes. See response to author's comment below. On vitamin C - I stated dietary vitamin C to make it clear I was not referring to supplemental vitamin C. I was hoping to avoid this exact rabbit hole; that example was just to highlight a
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by dcx 6y ago
> Many of the people supplementing are doing it because they believe it will keep them healthy - and this does not appear to be the case. I agree with much of your thinking - just not this particular conclusion. 1. As you mention, we kno
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by dcx 6y ago
This seems like it might be a little selective. What about these [1] [2] randomised controlled trials that show vitamin D supplementation has an effect on IBS symptoms? Or this [3] double-blinded trial showing supplementation improved sleep
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by dcx 6y ago
r/bodyweightfitness has a great program [1] where you track your progression by moving from easy versions of exercises to very difficult versions - for example [2] from vertical pushups to incline pushups all the way to pseudo planche
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by dcx 6y ago
Tires are made with nontrivial amounts of plastic as well - this [1] link says 24% [1] https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/nature/tires-the-plast...
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by dcx 6y ago
This is a process I’ve never heard described before, but sounds interesting. Do you have any examples or further reading?
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by dcx 6y ago
I happened to stumble on a link to this somewhere on reddit. This seems to be a new programming language with an interesting central idea: you provide sample inputs and outputs, and the system figures out the program you're looking for
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Zoea: A composable inductive programming language(zoea.co.uk)
4 points by dcx 6y ago|2 comments
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by dcx 6y ago
Interesting! Do you find most of your outbound hires through LinkedIn? Or what channels do you typically use to look for candidates? (referrals, GitHub, referrals, HN...?) It took me a fair while to learn how to work productively while full
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by dcx 6y ago
While I agree on the inequality, the US does have the highest charitable donations per capita of all countries worldwide by quite a margin [1], which seems to be a good measure of generosity. Although the counterpoint to this might be that
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by dcx 7y ago
That's not what your link actually says: > He’s the Director of the Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and a professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School. His work on placebo effects has been a
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by dcx 7y ago
An interesting point TFA makes is that it doesn't have to beat placebo: the placebo effect itself provides therapeutic benefit! > Ted Kaptchuk, a Harvard Medical School professor and one of the lead researchers, theorizes that the p
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by dcx 7y ago
I disagree. The contours of our world are shaped by the quality of our cybersecurity, to the point that it's the water we swim in and we just don't see it any more. Some examples: The last US election was won in large part through
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by dcx 7y ago
That longform writeup is a great read! > [1983] was the time of the Pritikin diet, the one before the Liver Cleansing diet which was the one before the Atkins diet. It was also the era of The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, a be
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by dcx 7y ago
Well yes, that may have been part of the calculus for China banning garbage imports. But the resulting unmet demand for garbage dumping then spread to the rest of Asia, and we absolutely are taking a stand on rejecting it for non-trade war
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by dcx 7y ago
pCloud looks pretty good - I happen to be shopping around for a Dropbox replacement too. But just a heads-up, when I checked around online I found these [1] [2] [3] comments. It sounds like they have a tool that runs internally to detect pi
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by dcx 7y ago
I don't think that's all that strong. It's reasonably well-known that processes such as heating, drying, canning, and so on tend to reduce the nutritional value of fruits and vegetables - such as vitamin B and C, sulfurophane
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by dcx 7y ago
I understand what you mean by the typical American cancer story. But I do get the sense you have pattern-matched this story for what I shared and may have missed the value of it. We're not talking about quack treatments and unnecessary

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