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Living Fossil(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by downshun 6y ago|0 comments
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Why “Ketchup”?(youtu.be)
1 points by downshun 6y ago|0 comments
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by downshun 6y ago
If asked to plot the exact distribution of events in the (rarity, impact) vector space then I'm bound to getting it inaccurate more than not.
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by downshun 6y ago
Well if you define a black swan event as important then, sure, it's bound to be important. "Black swan defining characteristics: First, it is an outlier, as it lies outside the realm of regular expectations(...). Second, it carrie
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Companion Planting(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by downshun 6y ago|0 comments
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Stimulus Checks To Have Trump's Name printed on Them(washingtonpost.com)
3 points by downshun 7y ago|1 comments
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by downshun 7y ago
http://braungardt.trialectics.com/theology-index/christianit...
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by downshun 7y ago
Khan academy
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by downshun 7y ago
Good stuff. Always found trend spotting fascinating. And sadly the main #trending pages end up with useless noise stories on their top trending topics (e.g. memes) Have you checked with other trend services to find any interesting discrepan
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Slipways (Game)(slipways.net)
2 points by downshun 7y ago|0 comments
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by downshun 7y ago
As in trying together problems or learning something... Not trying to cry
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by downshun 7y ago
Luckily we all have backups at home of all kinds of important things... Right?
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Covid19 Lockdown Length Visualization(covid19-lockdown-tracker.netlify.com)
3 points by downshun 7y ago|0 comments
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by downshun 7y ago
Likely "try together" (context: learning)
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by downshun 7y ago
Is it that hard to tile smaller displays together?
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by downshun 7y ago
Destabilization by mutual mistrust Casting the narrative into an easier to manipulate one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soYkEqDp760
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Coordinated Misinformation Campaign: Reddit Edition(youtube.com)
2 points by downshun 7y ago|0 comments
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by downshun 7y ago
Mistaken positive and mistaken negative may sound more intuitive. Too many negativey terms being used: null (hypothesis), false, negative, error
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Playing with Systems of Equations and Conditionals(reddit.com)
3 points by downshun 7y ago|0 comments
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by downshun 7y ago
Also correlated is a reduction in blood donations... https://www.npr.org/local/305/2020/03/23/820089376/it-s-safe...
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by downshun 7y ago
1. Not unreasonable. But it minimizes the risk of you spreading the disease much more than you getting it. Infection can also occur through eyes. Some places have fines for not doing so already... Check your local authorities and infection
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An Epidemic of Fear (2015)(apa.org)
5 points by downshun 7y ago|0 comments
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by downshun 7y ago
Posibly off-topic but I read these often here > (these companies) have no shame Companies have no morals. People have morals. Thus reframing 'BigCorp is bad' trope.
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Visual Basic Algebra App(reddit.com)
2 points by downshun 7y ago|0 comments
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Viral Entry(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by downshun 7y ago|0 comments
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by downshun 7y ago
You claimed that > religions plug into the belief systems of the gullible And > our history set us up to avoid skeptical thinking at all costs If I understand correctly The second claim is paradoxical. For the first, I argue that reli
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by downshun 7y ago
What website hosts the best arguments? And since an argument is always hosted on some kind of computer (be it a webpage in a server or your brain), can you answer if a computer can explain itself? [42]
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by downshun 7y ago
> But the idea that there is 'safe thought' and 'dangerous thought' is just plain batshit lunacy. No one said that... And it would be clearly false: It can be dangerous to be wrong, such as thinking that drinking conc
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by downshun 7y ago
Also wrong. Religious belief is disjoint from scientific discovery. [2] [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_and_rationality
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by downshun 7y ago
> every time (conspiracy) comes up I ponder on the means by which it might be true Wrong. [1] Try to falsify. "Conspiracy theories resist falsification and are reinforced by circular reasoning: both evidence against the conspiracy a

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