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by foldedcornice 3y ago
This matches with an account by Bellingcat reporter Christo Grozev, who was interviewed by the Financial Times [1]: "How does it feel, I ask, to be here in absentia? Grozev laughs. After the Russians indicted him “in absentia”, he post
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by foldedcornice 4y ago
This observation made me re-interpret the motivation behind Zuckerberg's attempt to start the "metaverse." If Meta's core business of advertising on social media becomes irrelevant, his company is in trouble. But if the
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by foldedcornice 4y ago
It is an imprecise definition, but to take away more general advice, perhaps this is: 1) Be the best person you can be (and seek to find for yourself what that means, by noticing the people you admire in your life who you judge to be good p
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Ways that mathematical biology is helping to change the world(theconversation.com)
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by foldedcornice 4y ago
I recommend a separate clip-on book light (or clip-on LED light) that is bright, lightweight, and USB-rechargable. If the LED is attached to the pen, the weight (of both the battery and light) will be significant and can tire you out for lo
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by foldedcornice 4y ago
I've had similar experiences where I didn't need any paper to plan out and write shorter articles. However, screenwriter Thomas Schnauz provided a great example of how handwriting was useful when writing scripts for Better Call Sa
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by foldedcornice 4y ago
For a video visualization of how this works, Brian Goulet (who runs a popular fountain pen YouTube channel) published a tutorial on cartridge cleaning and refills: https://youtu.be/QloRQWHe5Gk?t=301
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by foldedcornice 4y ago
Gel pens can arguably be as enjoyable to use as fountain pens, with easier refills and less to no need for maintenance. Gel pens also work on all types of paper, with no concerns about smudging due to drying. Pentel Energel refills are very
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by foldedcornice 4y ago
This reminds me of how Harvard's CS50 course by Professor David Malan, which is an introduction to programming and computer science. In one of the first lectures, Prof. Malan shows what happens when there is an error [0] when trying to
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by foldedcornice 4y ago
This is an interesting quote, though Keller's response appears to be framed in the context of business and/or self-help books: more explicitly, books Keller read "for interest," rather than books about technical subjects
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by foldedcornice 4y ago
To add an example of a brilliant person who operated in a different way via heavy note-taking, philosopher Mortimer J. Adler advocated for note-taking for books that are important to study, after doing an initial read deliberately without n
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by foldedcornice 4y ago
It looks like there may be a typo with the estimated year of deployment in Ontario: the estimate is likely for 2028, not 2018. The article was published on July 11, 2022, but opens with: "Saskatchewan and Ontario have each chosen GE-Hi
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by foldedcornice 4y ago
The submitted article also discusses how a limiting factor is time rather than availability of simulators. The author wrote: "The paper I published in 2019 summarized my findings, which were dismaying. The small subset of trainees who
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by foldedcornice 4y ago
I'm curious to learn more about the main advantages of the da Vinci machines in certain contexts, over 'straight-stick' surgery. The article's author, who is a roboticist rather than a surgeon, paints a picture where rob
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by foldedcornice 4y ago
His full reasoning wasn't reported on by Quanta, but an article in 2017 noted that faculty from the University of Michigan invited him to transfer after hearing his talk on his proof of Read's conjecture. From the older article [0
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To catch a rare-book thief(ft.com)
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