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by goose847 4y ago
Wow there really is an xkcd for everything.
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by goose847 5y ago
I’ve been using this mouse on a daily basis since 2017. Mainly for the gestures that work with MacOS. I totally understand how bad this design is and love making fun of it. That being said, I don’t have to charge it for months at a time and
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by goose847 5y ago
There’s a book called ‘The Sixth Extinction’ By Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Kolbert which talks about this. The sixth chapter is about the rise in ocean acidity. She also details a critical acidity point (I forget the PH level but I thi
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by goose847 6y ago
What's more, indoor grown cannabis is being increasingly seen as higher quality product and is sold as high end 'craft' bud. It'll be interesting to see where this goes considering the slow but steady acceptance and lega
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by goose847 6y ago
Came here to promote “The Program” as well! My favorite episodes are “The White Algorithms’ Burden”.
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by goose847 6y ago
I found one of your posts sometime during the hard lockdown and I absolutely loved falling into the world built in the podcast! I've done a second listen recently and loved spotting new links between episodes! I'm really excited t
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by goose847 6y ago
I certainly welcome a company with as much experience in the energy sector as BP embracing renewable energy sources. However, I do worry about similar problems of a handful of companies controlling energy policy world wide. Be it in fossil
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Lebanon's Confusing Civil War (YouTube, 2020)(youtu.be)
1 points by goose847 6y ago|0 comments
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by goose847 6y ago
Seems like a terrible idea. The argument is not from the stand point of pressuring Google to adopt more privacy friendly practices but rather to bring them to the table to negotiate Google continuing to pay Apple to set Google as the defaul
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“I have no ancestors of that gifted people” – JRR Tolkien(lettersofnote.com)
2 points by goose847 6y ago|0 comments
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by goose847 6y ago
Adding to this: I finished high school 3 years ago with a distinction for Mathematics from inevitably one of the ‘top 200’ schools mentioned in the article. I read an article about a year ago showing the change in the syllabus for Maths ov
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by goose847 6y ago
A really interesting take! Makes scientific papers feel more like a tool rather than an article or book. Certainly nice in the case of Computational work. Also allows the potential for long term projects that get incremented on in what woul
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Hungary No Longer a Democracy – Freedom House(politico.com)
33 points by goose847 6y ago|16 comments
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by goose847 6y ago
My favorite podcast is No Dumb Questions. It has Destin from Smarter Every Day and his friend Matt Whitman (from the YouTube channel “Ten Minute Bible Hour”) They do really awesome episodes on History or aspects of history that they’re inte
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by goose847 6y ago
Not entirely sure what I’m looking at in the pic. Could you give a bit of detail in a comment?
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by goose847 6y ago
That’s fantastic! Thanks for sharing!
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by goose847 6y ago
University of Pennsylvania has an amazing course on single variable calculus. Don't let the idea of doing 'basic' calculus turn you away as it is an incredibly tough course. The reason it can be so challenging and the reason
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by goose847 6y ago
I was going to reply mentioning Destin's YouTube series on 'Manipulating the Algorithm' Only to be pleasantly surprised that you linked to it right in the beginning. Keen to read it when I have a moment! Edit: typo
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Language Transfer(languagetransfer.org)
3 points by goose847 6y ago|2 comments
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by goose847 6y ago
Thanks for sharing this. I found it really interesting to read. Not from Sweden so I’m a little curious about some aspects. They mention their conscription. Is this a standing conscription that everyone has to do? Or is this a structure the
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China steps up western media campaign over coronavirus crisis(theguardian.com)
2 points by goose847 6y ago|0 comments
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by goose847 7y ago
Honestly relieved to see this being discussed. In South Africa we are currently under lockdown with the military deployed to enforce the new restrictions. I'm not necessarily against this as we have a particularly vulnerable population
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Ask HN: Introductory Books on the Stock Market?
107 points by goose847 7y ago|36 comments
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Ask HN: Small Offices Transitioning to Working from Home
2 points by goose847 7y ago|1 comments
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Running Notebooks Locally on iPad(apps.apple.com)
1 points by goose847 7y ago|0 comments
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by goose847 7y ago
Agreed. If you’re interested, there’s a book called The Kasinomic Revolution by GG Alcock that dives into the potential (and importance) of the informal sector of South Africa’s economy. It doesn’t go into the employee exploitation that the
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by goose847 7y ago
Great thanks! Will definitely take a look.
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Ask HN: How to find good news analysis?
2 points by goose847 7y ago|2 comments
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by goose847 7y ago
Considering that the deposit was only $100 I think there would have been a lot of people who pre-ordered hoping that they’ll be able to save up the money by 2022. I reckon there will be quite a few cancellations closer to the time.
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by goose847 7y ago
You know we speak English in South Africa, right?

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