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by henryaj 13y ago
Tegmark also featured yesterday on HuffPo live: http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/math-our-universe/5...
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by henryaj 13y ago
At last, an antidote to all those horrendous Flash magazines!
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Smart drugs are (mostly) a waste of time(henrystanley.com)
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Hey, this doesn't work in the UK, despite being on the UK iTunes Store - it won't accept a UK phone number (it's too many digits).
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by henryaj 13y ago
Damn. I was thinking of building something like this! (More specifically, I imagined the UI flow would involve getting the person to take a photo of themselves.) Seriously, this is a great idea.
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by henryaj 13y ago
Depressingly, the document talks about plans to make Tor less reliable to dissuade people from using it: > Could we set up a lot of really slow Tor nodes ... to degrade the quality of the network? > Given CNE access to a web server ma
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by henryaj 13y ago
Amazing. Even better, on page 9: "Analytics: Dumb Users (EPICFAIL)"
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by henryaj 13y ago
Yep. The bags usually have an indicator to show that they've been properly autoclaved (e.g. have reached the required temperature and pressure for enough time).
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by henryaj 13y ago
Yes! Such a wonderful game - from the dry humour to bots' AI and the gorgeous art deco design of the ship itself. Although it's not exactly solvable without a walkthrough...
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by henryaj 13y ago
Power sleeping, power eating, power lifting... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs
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by henryaj 13y ago
>We eradicated smallpox for everyone, without distinction between rulers and ruled. Notwithstanding the daughter comment that disproves this, try substituting 'smallpox' for 'cancer'. Cancer treatment is by no means a
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by henryaj 13y ago
By that logic, we should never have eradicated smallpox. Medicine extends lifespan - and a rising tide lifts all boats.
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> Increasing existence and production of food hasn't tackled food insecurity and hunger, for example. Um... what about the millions of lives saved by the green revolution and agricultural advances? Hunger hasn't been eliminated
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Authy has a desktop client that can request tokens from your phone via Bluetooth, so you don't need to generate a token and type it in manually. https://www.authy.com/thefuture
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by henryaj 13y ago
This is a joke, right? Airbnb has changed the way I, and many other people, travel abroad. It's made a marketplace (in holiday accommodation and, perhaps more importantly, local hospitality) where there wasn't one before.
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by henryaj 13y ago
I love the look of this. A small suggestion: why not challenge the notion of 'adventure'? From the site copy, I'm thinking you'll be writing mostly about scenic voyages abroad. It would be cool to see some city adventure
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by henryaj 13y ago
There's a lot of this sort of discussion in the strong artifical intelligence/transhumanism crowd. The reasoning goes: * The threat (and possible upside) of strong AI is too great to ignore. * We should be spending as much effort
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by henryaj 13y ago
This is incredible. Thank you so much.
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by henryaj 14y ago
'Just do stuff' (or, more specifically, 'take more risks') is my one resolution for 2013. I'm meeting new people through online meetups, CouchSurfing, Twitter, and just randomly chatting up strangers (a skill I'm trying to actively develop)
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by henryaj 14y ago
Awesome. It sounds like you had a great decade! Do you have any pointers for us early-twentysomethings? I've just turned 23 and while I'm having fun in the city, enjoying the world of work, it doesn't sound quite as interesting as the same