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by grownseed 10y ago
At least for the USA, I see a lot of entries for "EL PORTADOR" and "THE BEARER" (essentially translations of each other). Genuinely curious, does anybody know what these are? A quick search didn't bring anything up
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by grownseed 10y ago
People these days, always wanting to give you money back, I swear! :) The comments on the post and the corresponding KS have confirmed what I always suspected about the project. People weren't just interested in the game, they were int
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The Origins of the Concept of Openness in Science (1986) [pdf](cyber.sci-hub.cc)
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by grownseed 10y ago
Just saw Elsevier retweeted this: "Science is better and more accurate when it's inclusive." ( https://twitter.com/ElsevierConnect/status/72821552586887578... ) I realize this is about gender, but I c
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by grownseed 10y ago
Recently shared this here: http://www.thebookseller.com/news/elsevier-defends-its-value... ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11614926 ) which I'm guessing is the precursor to this debacle. Read
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by grownseed 10y ago
Cameron's eagerness to seal the TTIP deal is rather unsurprising given that he'd likely sell his own mother for a pat on the back from the US. It's nice to see Obama keep his integrity on this one. As for Hollande, I'm g
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Elsevier defends its value after Open Access disputes(thebookseller.com)
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by grownseed 11y ago
This is something I've written about before, at least indirectly, but I believe not owning much at all has deep therapeutical value. Until recently, I was in a very similar situation to the author, I sold and gave away nearly all of my
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New Materials for Manufacturing (2015)(economist.com)
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by grownseed 11y ago
Sort of tangential, my family is French and I regularly get in touch with them by email. I haven't touched a French keyboard in a long time, so I actually used to know all the ctrl+# combinations for special (i.e. non ASCII 65-90) Fren
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by grownseed 11y ago
This is, rather unfortunately, a pretty pervasive issue which isn't limited to science. I've noticed this trend whereby it is somehow ok to make completely emotional (as opposed to rational) arguments as long as the point they def
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CDO Revival Led by Funds Pinning Hopes on Smallest Banks (2015)(bloomberg.com)
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Comment to Paul Graham's Economic Inequality(nationalsecurityandstrategy.blogspot.com)
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by grownseed 11y ago
Obviously not of the same gravity, but a good part of my childhood was spent being called by my big brother's name. Family, friends, teachers, you name it. It's a hard one, because I think my brother is an amazing guy, and evident
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Open source is for making things new(medium.com)
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by grownseed 11y ago
I got it doing this: https://gist.github.com/grownseed/0c7efcacd2cbaa0056e7 Far from clean but does the job :)
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by grownseed 11y ago
"The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch" is a fascinating book, as so much of P.K. Dick's stuff is. Another interesting drug, or rather drug system, is the one used by enhanced Culture people in Iain M. Banks' amazing nov
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by grownseed 11y ago
An interesting, related article was posted on HN not long ago: "Better Babies - The long and peculiar history of the designer human" - https://aeon.co/essays/the-dream-of-designing-humans-has-a-l... I think i
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Flashcards the Stasi used for facial recognition(atlasobscura.com)
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by grownseed 11y ago
> Modern linguists agree that the best way to do this—to train your brain and to rid yourself of biases—is to spend more time with people who act, look, and speak differently from you. I'd argue that it's generally a good thing
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Elephants: Large, Long-Living and Less Prone to Cancer(nytimes.com)
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by grownseed 11y ago
Thank you Sam! Follow-up question: would you be interested in helping me start something similar in Canada, or know people who would? :)
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by grownseed 11y ago
Hi Sam, the YC Research announcement got me very excited, particularly as someone who experiences the pain points you described first hand on a daily basis. First question, would YC Research be limited to the US or would you consider other
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MacGyver – The Real Origin Story (2012)(macgyverglobal.com)
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Extraneous factors in judicial decisions (2010)(pnas.org)
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Extraneous factors in judicial decisions (2010)(pnas.org)
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Allegory of the Cave(classics.mit.edu)
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Predicting Ad Liking and Purchase Intent(ieeexplore.ieee.org)
2 points by grownseed 11y ago|1 comments
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by grownseed 11y ago
Talking from a slightly different perspective - the public health sector (so not the US) - I can also confirm that a number of the major problems in healthcare stem from entrenched cultural values. Most healthcare staff I work with or have
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by grownseed 11y ago
It makes me deeply happy to see this here. Miyazaki's mind is truly unique (and by extension most Ghibli films too), nothing else quite compares (and as the author points out, certainly not Disney & co. despite being Ghibli's

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