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by delichon 6mo ago
And a new star will eventually form from the debris, so "renewable" is a function of time scale.
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by delichon 6mo ago
Clickbait title. The article never gets around to how weekends are under threat. The closest it comes is to say that a lot of us have to check email on Saturdays.
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by delichon 6mo ago
From ~1906 through prohibition the Feds purposely poisoned industrial alcohol with methanol and other chemicals as a deterrent. 100 years ago, in 1926, they increased it, up to as much as 10%. This was true rotgut. Around 10,000 people, mos
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by delichon 6mo ago
Biologist John Maynard Smith disagreed. Here he is talking about evolutionary game theory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKegQW_lsGI
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by delichon 6mo ago
The context is game theory. Games have winners and losers.
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by delichon 6mo ago
In evolution the winners are the ones who survive to reproduce, and that includes 100% of our ancestors.
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by delichon 6mo ago
It may be easier to think of evolution as the force, and game theory strongly influencing the fitness test. Those who play the games of mating and predator/prey more optimally reproduce more. We descend from billions of generations of
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by delichon 6mo ago
I hope nobody decides to violate the prime directive and take sides in the chimp war. To the extent that they have good memory, they live in a world of finite resources, and their behavior was shaped by the forces of game theory as applied
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by delichon 6mo ago
The best selling car in the world in 2025 was the Tesla Model Y, with a little over 1 million sold. ~350k total vehicles have been sold in 2026 as of April. https://www.focus2move.com/world-car-market/ , https:/&#
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by delichon 6mo ago
> a diplomacy that promotes dialogue and seeks consensus among all parties is being replaced by a diplomacy based on force The history of American diplomacy is mostly of an iron fist wearing a thin glove. This administration removes the
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by delichon 6mo ago
> Anthropic is the company I'd bet on to approach this thoughtfully. I read that Anthropic may have gained in good will more than the $200M they lost in Pentagon contracts. It seems plausible.
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by delichon 7mo ago
1 horsepower = 745.7 watts
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by delichon 7mo ago
Measuring data centers in watts is like measuring cars in horsepower. Power isn't a direct measure of performance, but of the primary constraint on performance. When in doubt choose the thermodynamic perspective.
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by delichon 7mo ago
Needs a bongo player agent and a /riff workflow.
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by delichon 7mo ago
It's hard to look at the judges nominated by the last two administrations and believe that they are the same.
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by delichon 7mo ago
I hope The Martian becomes the template of a new publishing world. Andy Weir couldn't get any publisher's attention until he self published and achieved 35,000 sales in three months without their help. He succeeded by word of mout
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Native Americans had dice 12k years ago(nbcnews.com)
136 points by delichon 7mo ago|87 comments
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by delichon 7mo ago
The shot is from directly above the disc and the great turtle is hidden beneath it.
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by delichon 7mo ago
I object to being included in this image without a model release and demand that pixel be removed.
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by delichon 7mo ago
For me too much deep introspection does lead to depression. I am fully capable of diving into my navel, and it turns out to be a deep dark pit. Doing anything productive, or even just fun, is a cure for me. I often read the news, feel miser
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by delichon 7mo ago
There is one particular trail that was a very heavy workout for me at 200 pounds. I crash dieted down to 160 and tried it again, and it felt like I was gently floating above the trail. I think most people don't notice because most peop
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by delichon 7mo ago
> But guides and hotel staff ... tell them they are at risk of dying, that only immediate evacuation will save them. I got Acute Mountain Sickness at just 11k feet. Headache, nausea, dizziness, fatigue. I passed out until hitting the gro
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by delichon 7mo ago
Speech rights have never been considered absolute. At most they require strict scrutiny for a government interest to be overcome. Obscenity is in the category that gets the least deference. Political speech gets the most, as "the highe
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by delichon 7mo ago
Do we have freedom of press if congress can prevent us from buying a printing press (or spending money to make a movie about a politician as in Citizens United)? If so 1A becomes a weak constraint on government.
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by delichon 7mo ago
This referendum is based on the idea that all corporate power is granted by the state, and thus the state can withdraw it. But in Citizens United Kennedy held that government can't regulate speech by identity, not just individual or co
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by delichon 7mo ago
Not every device needs to be a secure voting machine. Civil resistance is an appropriate response to such an effort. The author prefers proactive cooperation.
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by delichon 7mo ago
I think I'd feel the same way about race- or gender-attestation: none of your business. Let's not build the infrastructure into the operating system to selectively restrict civil rights by demographic.
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SCOTUS: Colorado conversion therapy ban violates First Amendment [pdf](supremecourt.gov)
3 points by delichon 7mo ago|0 comments
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by delichon 7mo ago
I am very not brave but I'd volunteer. The trip is far more awesome than anything I have planned for the rest of my life. And if the shield fails on reentry it would only hurt for a few seconds. So if the crew and the backups and their
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by delichon 7mo ago
Isn't this a bit like foregoing the use of gunpowder because it isn't chivalrous? If your enemies don't agree it doesn't end well.

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