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After Afghan Quake, Many Male Rescuers Helped Men but Not Women(nytimes.com)
2 points by isolli 1y ago|0 comments
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by isolli 1y ago
Covid vaccines are the elephant in the room. In many jurisdictions, children were coerced to take them for no good reason. Like it or not, we are dealing with the fallout of extremely poor decisions made recently...
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by isolli 1y ago
Indeed, politicians should not be controlling us; we should be controlling them.
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Is AI impacting the job market?(twitter.com)
2 points by isolli 1y ago|0 comments
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by isolli 1y ago
Wow. 1. I had no idea you could do this, thanks. 2. Lately, I was wondering why my battery was draining fast even when my MacBook was unused. 3. Turns out, Firefox is preventing sleep. Something about videos auto-playing, apparently. Not gr
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by isolli 1y ago
What is wild to me is that all the replies I read are written as if everyone on this forum obviously agreed and those who don't are "others" not worth thinking about. I'm not a US citizen and did not have to make a choic
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by isolli 1y ago
This is also quite common in medicine...
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by isolli 1y ago
A tragic anecdote has shaken France recently, when an unsupervised 6-year old entered a NICU, took a premature baby and dropped her on the floor. She died of her injuries a few hours later. The same questions are being asked: how come anyon
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by isolli 1y ago
It's also harder to protect them as well as yourself, adding to that sense of vulnerability.
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by isolli 1y ago
Engineering is how science gets out of the lab...
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by isolli 1y ago
Thought experiment: did we really need quantum mechanics to build an atom bomb? Couldn't we have built one with a model of the atom based on classical particles (with protons leading to a chain reaction)? Is either the quantized or the
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by isolli 1y ago
Bluesky is not better (see for instance [0]). I think no one has cracked how to properly run a microblogging website. [0] https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/did-i-publish-the-private...
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by isolli 1y ago
The piece doesn't mention the recent blackout in Spain. Wasn't it caused by the lack of energy sources with rotational inertia?
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by isolli 1y ago
Hm, no, don't the heavy elements used for nuclear fission come from a previous generation of stars?
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by isolli 1y ago
You are correct. I was convinced I had seen her unprotected in my childhood. Memories can be deceptive...
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by isolli 1y ago
It is now, but it used not to be...
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by isolli 1y ago
Tangentially related, I remember that when the Sistine chapel was renovated in the 90s, people were shocked to see the vivid colors again. For decades, people had traveled far to see the original in person, when it was in fact but a shadow
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The New York Times wants your private ChatGPT history – even the deleted parts(thehill.com)
61 points by isolli 1y ago|91 comments
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by isolli 1y ago
I would say they're two sides of the same coin. The time it takes for light to travel the universe (which makes communication even with nearby stars essentially impossible) is what makes the universe huge.
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by isolli 1y ago
The output is also often quite simple to check...
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by isolli 1y ago
Nature has another elegant solution, often applying both in conjunction: aging. As I age (and, yes, take care of my kids), I find myself more and more on the side of exploit in the exploration–exploitation dilemma. This will most likely end
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The Death of Daydreaming(afterbabel.com)
707 points by isolli 1y ago|265 comments
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by isolli 1y ago
What does synchronization mean in this context, and why is it needed?
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by isolli 1y ago
To be fair, the original title goes above HN's character limit, but the omission is almost worthy of a flag, in my opinion...
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by isolli 2y ago
I'd be curious to know if it was easier or harder (or perhaps just as difficult) to write than the French equivalent. [0] The Wikipedia article goes on to discuss interesting aspects of how the book was translated in different language
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by isolli 2y ago
German politicians are known for lodging countless complaints for the slightest insults online. [0] The 60 minutes segment was also quite revealing of the (in my opinion, poor) state of free speech in Germany. [1] As Bill Maher said, "
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by isolli 2y ago
Side question: how can I introduce my son to the joys of Tetris? Is there a good game available somewhere currently? I tried to find one for the iPad, but came up empty-handed.
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by isolli 2y ago
But the usual way of learning the craft is broken. Experienced developers will now work with AI instead of hiring junior developers. Some exceptional individuals might still learn on their own, but the path from junior to senior, learning b
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by isolli 2y ago
Thanks, I usually rely on the URL to detect duplicates. Not in this case, I guess...
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Ants vs. Humans: Putting Group Smarts to the Test(weizmann-usa.org)
2 points by isolli 2y ago|2 comments

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