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by dentalperson 5y ago
The reason it is causally related is that if you were to not push the pedal at any of those instances, the car would move slower than if you were to push it faster. There's also a causal effect from biking to showering, although there
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by dentalperson 5y ago
A buyback does not trigger a taxable event, unlike a dividend. So the tax deferred value of buybacks is compounded over the years, which can be significant.
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by dentalperson 5y ago
Yes, I'm surprised more HN folk don't call out #1. To be clear, the author is purporting that lower performance on an IQ test when doing another task means multitasking implies that a lower IQ. This seems crazy to me, but maybe
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by dentalperson 6y ago
I have a SpiffChorder [1] built by Greg Priest-Dorman. It has 7 keys (three for thumb). I can write at about 40-50 wps and code in emacs reasonably, but it is slower, so I only use it when I am eating something or have one hand busy. Gre
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MuseScore was acquired by Ultimate Guitar 3 years ago. How has it worked out?
5 points by dentalperson 6y ago|0 comments
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by dentalperson 6y ago
Another tooth restorative product that is hard to find in the USA is CPP-ACP (Recaldent). Apparently there are some regulatory issues with this product as well. It's available in the USA as MI Paste, and in other countries as Recalde
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by dentalperson 6y ago
This is indeed cool. A lazier and less efficient solution for those that don't want to take apart the computer is synergy ( https://symless.com/synergy and https://github.com/symless/synergy-core )
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Last Minute Moneyball: How to Maximize Your Impact Before Election Day(medium.com)
2 points by dentalperson 6y ago|0 comments
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by dentalperson 6y ago
The natural follow up question is "Are Hacker News Comments Bullshit?". It seems easier to post GPT-3 comments than create a blog, so I wonder now if it exists, but what percentage it's at.
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by dentalperson 6y ago
The other side to this is that it may also be time to upgrade your eyes (with glasses, by getting your eyes checked). It's more likely this is true if you don't think it's time to upgrade your HD monitor. Somehow I went for
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by dentalperson 6y ago
Two philosophers are arguing. One says "If a tree falls in the woods, there is no sound, because there is no one to hear it." The other says "No, that's not correct. There is sound, because vibrations are created in t
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by dentalperson 6y ago
Shameless plug: I'm trying to start an online reading group for "Elements of Information Theory" by Cover and Thomas. If you're interested, please join ( https://www.reddit.com/r/mathreadinggroup&#x2F
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by dentalperson 7y ago
See this for SF: https://www.sfdph.org/dph/alerts/files/HealthOrderC19-07-%20... There are similar orders for each county. Edit: It actually says that going out for safe exercise is allowed.
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by dentalperson 7y ago
It's not super clear to me how this actually works in practice. I've seen there is one public math meetup in SF, but the topic is usually different from the one I want to study. I'm glad to see there are online options for g
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by dentalperson 7y ago
I think this is a nice writeup, but I would argue with the claim [The error is] "Pretty much exactly the resolution of the FFT we used. It's very hard to do better given the inputs." The 19hz error being explained by the FFT