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   by downshun 7y ago

   Their model doesn't seem to account for static charges and evaporation, which typically results in accumulation on surfaces and less of endlessly freefloating in a room.
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   by downshun 7y ago

   Maybe the risk of effectively bugging yourself by accepting the call by accident. Answering UI varies by device.
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   by downshun 7y ago

   Incompetence can enable malice
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   by downshun 7y ago

   Thanks for sharing.
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   by downshun 7y ago

   I think this post dropped from view from HN once the religion discussion started. Oh well.
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   by downshun 7y ago

   > ... may be interpreted differently or even be highly offensive in South Korea, Europe, Nigeria, Greece, Bulgaria, Latin American countries, India, Japan, and other places. IMO it is too impersonal (even rude as a forceful "attenti
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   Vulcan Salute (Handshake Alternative, U+1F596)(en.wikipedia.org)

   43 points by downshun 7y ago|39 comments
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   by downshun 7y ago

   Is confusion or cynicism bad? How do you measure the saturation? Why will it continue? Should it not?
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   by downshun 7y ago

   But your comment may make you sound like a conspiracy theorist on conspiracy theorists, making them the villain.
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    by downshun 7y ago

    Thanks for sharing this!
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    by downshun 7y ago

    > what would make god happier It's supposedly not a vending machine, from my understanding. It is a realization that you are limited either way in the grand scheme and a belief in a promise and meaning.
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    by downshun 7y ago

    Good point about the harsh side of civil disobedience. It does make one think. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_in...
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    by downshun 7y ago

    Further, epidemic models do not account for the source of the infection, just the model predictions based on observations so as to attempt mitigation. They would tell you nothing about if it was indeed part of a conspiracy / biowarfare
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    Beale Cyphers(en.wikipedia.org)

    2 points by downshun 7y ago|0 comments
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    by downshun 7y ago

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS
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    Misinformation Campaigns on Reddit(youtube.com)

    3 points by downshun 7y ago|0 comments
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    by downshun 7y ago

    Better link https://www.twitter.com/jenmgshe/status/1243832589846286337
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    Bat gene pool discovery, insights into the origin of SARS coronavirus (2017)(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

    1 points by downshun 7y ago|0 comments
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    by downshun 7y ago

    What do you mean by meaningless? :)
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    by downshun 7y ago

    Like Kriegspiel but with half the information and you're in space. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegspiel_(chess) An improvement to your pieces design is to copy the idea behind the internationalized shogi whe
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    Google Trends: Online Learning(trends.google.com)

    2 points by downshun 7y ago|0 comments
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    by downshun 7y ago

    Also related https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_catastrophic_risk https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_management https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_overpopulation
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    by downshun 7y ago

    > incentivize people to be a bit more self-sufficient The drawback to this is the opportunity cost. Comparative advantage is the benefit of the current set-up. Although 'self-sufficient' may sound warm and nice.
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    by downshun 7y ago

    What is limiting robot-assisted telemetric food harvesting? Why cant I connect to the web with a gaming console, play farmer and be rewarded for it? The data could eventually be used to develop self-harvesting farms. There's already au
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    by downshun 7y ago

    Alphazero mastered chess by already-implemented self-play. A slight change in the game rules can have a significant effect on the game and strategy, as anyone that delves into chess variants knows. Is the same true for their implementations
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    by downshun 7y ago

    Captures
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    by downshun 7y ago

    To what extent should an encyclopedia be affected by real time events? Coronavirus related edits have skyrocketed on Wikipedia on many articles. Articles already keep getting longer and without trying to be inflammatory here's an examp
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    by downshun 7y ago

    Here's this to motivate you to learn more about it https://youtu.be/l3eww1dnd0k the first result using my favorite search engine (thank you computer) shows the limitations of our current advancement in quantum https:&
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    by downshun 7y ago

    Some measures of toxicity briefly mentioned here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22691540
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    by downshun 7y ago

    This is great, too bad it's not getting enough attention. HN has changed in some respects.