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   by isolli 4y ago

   Yes, the movie emphasized this in a rather dramatic way, to make sure everyone got it.
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   by isolli 4y ago

   At the very least, the British expected them to have statisticians actively involved in monitoring data.
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   by isolli 4y ago

   "It didn’t want to tip its hand to Zeppelin’s creators, who were likely to modify their file encryption approach if they detected it was somehow being bypassed." It reminds me of something I learned when watching the movie "T
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   by isolli 4y ago

   Thanks, this was very useful information.
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   by isolli 4y ago

   But it's not only perception. If at the end of the day you have done things as opposed to not done things, then the performance improvement is real.
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   by isolli 4y ago

   I know exactly how you feel, but I there is a bigger question: how well do these medications do in the medium term (counted in months)? I have read people testify how the initial boost evaporates, and when things come back to normal, they h
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   by isolli 4y ago

   Yes, bitcoin is certainly not looking like an inflation hedge right now.
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   by isolli 4y ago

   What kind of off-ramp can they use?
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   by isolli 4y ago

   It depends on the observation window, really. Bitcoin is deflationary in the sense that there is a maximum amount of BTC that will ever be mined. So, all else equal, the price of bitcoin should go up relative to other assets as the economy
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    by isolli 4y ago

    The can provide more return by becoming cheaper first ;)
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    by isolli 4y ago

    "Well he would, wouldn't he?" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Rice-Davies#%22Well_he_w...
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    by isolli 4y ago

    It reminds me of the quip (which I think was true at some point): there are fewer women among the CEOs of DAX companies than there are men named Thomas.
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    by isolli 4y ago

    Yes, I remember that campgrounds in the American Rockies let you choose your spot, while in the Canadian Rockies they assign you one. And I realized we were simply happier in Canada!
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    by isolli 4y ago

    Just a word of caution: isn't working with tubes dangerous, due to the high voltage?
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    by isolli 4y ago

    Reminds me of a related HN discussion a few years ago: someone searched for "remove password" in GitHub and unearthed who knows how many valid passwords in the hundreds of thousands of commits that the search returned... [0] http
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    by isolli 4y ago

    From the article: "KaiOS turned out to be disappointingly closed and oriented to tracking users and shipping advertising"
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    by isolli 4y ago

    The e-ink Light Phone has directions and a map [0]. I wonder how they do it. [0] https://support.thelightphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/44021234...
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    by isolli 4y ago

    I didn't know this, thanks. And it's horrifying.
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    by isolli 4y ago

    Mandatory reference: the kids-for-cash scheme [0] where private prisons paid a judge to send them children, often for the tiniest offense. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal
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    by isolli 4y ago

    I think both points, while reasonable, are wrong. If memory serves, the rise in incarceration rates can be traced back to the failed war on drugs, which incarcerated many non-violent (often black) offenders. There is also a tough-on-crime s
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    by isolli 4y ago

    I nominate Shiva Ayyadurai, self-proclaimed inventor of email: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_Ayyadurai#%22EMAIL%22_in...
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    by isolli 4y ago

    I'm happy that we're finding ever more exoplanets! I remember, as a kid, that there was speculation as to whether they even existed. I'm less happy about the moon inflation in our solar system. It's pointless. I honestly
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    by isolli 4y ago

    According to this website, there are dozens of "moons" that orbit 10 to 20 million of kilometers away from Jupiter and have diameters between just 1 and 10 km. It's time for a change of nomenclature! https://thepla
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    by isolli 4y ago

    Related: I find it annoying that we went through the trouble of downgrading Pluto, but we still count any rock that orbits a planet as a moon. If planets have 69 moons, then it becomes tedious and I quickly lose interest in learning about t
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    Wikipedia Reacted to the Death of the Queen(twitter.com)

    5 points by isolli 4y ago|0 comments
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    by isolli 4y ago

    > The camera seemingly did all the work compared to an artist that labored to craft an artwork by hand with a brush or pencil. Some feared that painters would forever become obsolete with the advent of color photography. Isn't it ph
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    by isolli 4y ago

    A devastating example of ignoring the "first do no harm" principle.
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    by isolli 4y ago

    The move from saturated fats (e.g. butter, beef tallow) to trans fats (e.g. margarine) was not necessarily a good one. Sometimes I wonder if most nutritional advice just follows constantly changing fads...
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    by isolli 4y ago

    This is my favorite chess variation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bughouse_chess
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    by isolli 4y ago

    A book developing similar ideas: The Hacking of the American Mind. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34237719-the-hacking-of-...