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Dropbox stops supporting non-ext4 and ecryptfs Linux systems(dropboxforum.com)
6 points by egjerlow 8y ago|1 comments
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by egjerlow 8y ago
This cracked me up - watching the Narnia TV series as a kid they were made out to be so good, I would try to imagine what those semi-transparent cubes could possibly taste like. However, my reaction when I finally tasted them I think was op
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by egjerlow 8y ago
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond has its fair share of critics, but one thing I feel it does well is introduce to the general populace the ways of thinking around questions like this. In the case of migration, one of the factors that
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by egjerlow 8y ago
Which career did you switch to?
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by egjerlow 8y ago
I think we would need more than the 'truth' dimension to make this work. Writings can have great value even if what they say is not directly 'true' - think poetry, motivational writings etc.
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by egjerlow 8y ago
*Equivalence principle
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by egjerlow 8y ago
A starting point (at least it was for me) might be to unfollow (not unfriend) everyone. That way, your feed is empty and you'll get bored opening facebook after a while. You'll still get event invites and direct messages, so you&#
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Wi-fi is an important threat to human health(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
94 points by egjerlow 8y ago|75 comments
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by egjerlow 8y ago
The Devil will try to exploit every human weakness. If we have a population of people who are not aware of the intricacies involved in self driving, and the current technical state of the art, it is pretty clear there would be entities who
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by egjerlow 8y ago
FWIW, here is a blog post by dstufft which might help contextualize this behaviour: https://caremad.io/posts/2013/07/packaging-signing-not-holy-...
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by egjerlow 8y ago
https://www.lesswrong.com/rationality
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by egjerlow 8y ago
To me, this is a feature, not a bug. In my experience, usually the questioning of motive is well-founded and the poster is really doing something that in a perfect programming world shouldn't be done. Then, if the poster is able to exp
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by egjerlow 9y ago
Illusion magic: Game programming Evocation: Cracking/pentesting Abjuration: Cybersecurity Conjuration: UI programming Divination: Data science/forecasting Transmutation: Backend developer Necromancy: Sysadmin Enchantment: Facebook
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by egjerlow 9y ago
I did read the second one, in fact one of the most jarring passages I found (see sibling comment above) is from this book, so I don't think learning about her backstory solved this issue for me.. But I see you and several others have m
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by egjerlow 9y ago
I also tried to let go, but couldn't ;) Being occupied with word shapes and word plays is fine! You and several other replies to that post focused on the word-play part of it, as if that was what I was reacting to, and I understand tha
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by egjerlow 9y ago
Take this line of dialogue (don't remember whether it's from the first or second): "Well, she wanted me to get married too", Shallan said. "So I wouldn't call her sexist. Merely... Jasnah-ist?" She paused.
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by egjerlow 9y ago
I have heard this sentiment before, and unfortunately I am not convinced that the obnoxiousness of this character was intentional rather than accidental. I don't have much to back this up: basically my hypothesis is that Sanderson is t
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by egjerlow 9y ago
Thanks for the input - though I feel like Shallan is just symptomatic of a larger problem, I could also be wrong and I will give him the benefit of the doubt and keep reading SA.
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by egjerlow 9y ago
Brandon Sanderson is an interesting case; I have only read the Stormlight Archive books (and his wrap-up of Wheel of Time), and though I can totally see his appeal, I would also totally disagree that he belongs up there with the true greats
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by egjerlow 9y ago
Agreed. Also it makes you appreciate more the good things about your home country as well!
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by egjerlow 9y ago
I am talking about what is here in general referred to as 'grovbrød' as opposed to what is here in general referred to as 'loff'. Loff can be good, but to many it feels substance-less, especially for breakfast.
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by egjerlow 9y ago
Meanwhile, as a Norwegian, the notion that Italians or the French make 'good' bread is hard to swallow. That's probably what most of us miss when we go further abroad than North Europe - decent non-white bread to eat for brea
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by egjerlow 10y ago
Whoa, yeah! This is awesome! It's basically the kind of peer review I think we should be operating with in all branches of science. Good job to the creators!
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by egjerlow 10y ago
Gotta respectfully disagree with you here. I sincerely regret watching the LoTR movies, as reading the books now is impossible without imagining the specific actors in the movie (Wood's whiny interpretation of Frodo is especially bad).
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by egjerlow 10y ago
Not arguing against your general points here, just wanted to say that using a password manager (I use KeePassX + Dropbox) has made the 'invent password' part of the whole process that much easier for me.
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by egjerlow 10y ago
From my experiences in astrophysics: Second author is supervisor, third, fourth, etc. are previous collaborators of supervisor that somehow have some 'moral' claim to supervisor's work because it remotely thematically touch
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Question everything you know about fitness(outsideonline.com)
1 points by egjerlow 10y ago|0 comments
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by egjerlow 10y ago
Wth is that? A baby wrapped in plastic?
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by egjerlow 10y ago
To answer one of your questions (not a U.S. citizen but I think the FB situation is pretty much the same in my country) - yes, I did get that invite to the party which I wouldn't have gotten without FB. It's also good for chatting
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by egjerlow 10y ago
It's important to note that women's preferences is not the only thing affecting evolution - shorter men can be selected due to higher survival rates (for example in jungles, as another commenter pointed out).

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