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German officials warned lockdowns cause more harm than good, documents show(msn.com)
16 points by isolli 3y ago|3 comments
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Great Ape Language(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by isolli 3y ago|0 comments
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by isolli 3y ago
It reminded me of a documentary I saw long ago on ape communication (between themselves as well as with humans), and I found that Wikipedia has a rich article on the topic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_ape_langua
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by isolli 3y ago
When I dip below 600, I usually get angry and play more, then lose and quit even further down.
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by isolli 3y ago
Makes sense, thanks
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by isolli 3y ago
These are the solutions that Alan recommends instead: 1. Require all climbers to have summited 7000 meters or higher before issuing them Everest permits. 2. Require all “guides” to be IFMGA certified or at least have taken climbing, medical
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by isolli 3y ago
I also read this a while ago [1]: "The Voyager’s computer system was very impressive as well. Knowing the craft would be on its own much of the time, with the lag between command and response from Earth growing longer the farther the c
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by isolli 3y ago
I can't recommend a book, but I watched this video a while ago, and I found it riveting: "Light Years Ahead | The 1969 Apollo Guidance Computer" [0] > Robert Wills introduces the amazing hardware and software that made up
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by isolli 3y ago
Did you read it in Czech? Apparently, finding a good translation is a bit of a minefield.
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by isolli 3y ago
This prompted me to check, and the first translation in French was in fact the translation of a translation of a translation [1]. No wonder it strayed from the original! The English translation went through similar ordeals [2]. The more rec
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by isolli 3y ago
Glad to see this book promoted here! However, having compared the French translation to the original in Czech, I have to warn French-language readers that the translation was atrocious. As in, completely making up words and sentences that w
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by isolli 3y ago
The Venera probes used this idea in the 1970s. [0] > One new idea, for additional thermal protection, was the addition of phase-change material. Lithium nitrate trihydrate melts at 30° C, absorbing a large amount of heat, due to its high
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NASA engineers make progress toward understanding Voyager 1 issue(blogs.nasa.gov)
53 points by isolli 3y ago|1 comments
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by isolli 3y ago
Thank you to both commenters, who pointed me to this theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintessence_(physics)
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by isolli 3y ago
[Naive question warning] What if the cosmological constant (from which, if I understand correctly, the Hubble constant is derived) is not constant? Could a changing comological "constant" explain the discrepancy between the variou
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by isolli 3y ago
I couldn't help but think of Nicholson Baker's first novel [0]. > The Mezzanine tells this story through the extensive use of footnotes—some of them comprising the bulk of the page—as the narrator travels through his own mind a
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by isolli 3y ago
Endgames with few pieces remaining require memorization as well. You don't want to draw when you had a sure win.
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by isolli 3y ago
I think there is a different between: 1) Answering a specific question: "how confident are you in your results?" In this context, confidence is correlated with correctness. 2) Projecting external confidence in a social context. In
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by isolli 3y ago
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” ― Bertrand Russell
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by isolli 3y ago
Emmanuel Macron's party rejected it twice in 2018 and 2019, when it was promoted by left-wing parties, and only changed its mind after the US Supreme Court decision [0] [0] https://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/ivg&#
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by isolli 3y ago
It was already the law of the land (not hanging by a thread on a supreme court decision) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_Act
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by isolli 3y ago
In case some readers don't know where your user name comes from ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oulipo
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On the genetic basis of tail-loss evolution in humans and apes(nature.com)
11 points by isolli 3y ago|6 comments
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by isolli 3y ago
Sad times for Russia... Barred anti-war Russian presidential candidate [Boris Nadezhdin] fails in two legal challenges [0] [0] https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/barred-anti-war-russian...
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Radium girls(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by isolli 3y ago|0 comments
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by isolli 3y ago
For a while I was tempted to get a minimalist phone like the Punkt MP02 [0] or Mudita Pure [1], but in the end I could not give up on: - A camera (to snap pictures of our kids) - A map for navigation - Authentication apps for banking There
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Hestia: Turn your smartphone into a smart telescope(vaonis.com)
2 points by isolli 3y ago|0 comments
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by isolli 3y ago
For what it's worth, I have found this source [0]: "The deal with a US firm called DotTV effectively trebled Tuvalu's national income." [0] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2000/sep/1
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by isolli 3y ago
In a similar vein, Tuvalu finally joined the UN in 2000 after monetizing the .tv domain in 1998. It could not afford the membership previously. Island sells web address to buy UN membership [0] [0] https://www.theguardian.com&#x2
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by isolli 3y ago
"Cutting straight to the case, Wascher was not punished in any way." Have to appreciate a writer who doesn't force you to read until the very end of their piece in order to get the ending of the story.

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