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by jdkee 5y ago
Not TEPCO. See https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220317_28/
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by jdkee 5y ago
Fox News and conservative talk radio have existed since the early 1990s yet the extreme polarization in American life didn't begin until ~2010, which appears to prove Haidt's point.
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by jdkee 5y ago
" This was illegal, unconstitutional, and a massive overreach by Scalia, because obviously he undermined the Founders' expressed requirement for a Constitutional convention and 2/3rds both houses of Congress or of State legis
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by jdkee 5y ago
Not sure about the latter but you would have to be hiding under a rock to not notice the massive upswing in homicides in the U.S. See https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-murder-rate-violence-big-citie...
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by jdkee 5y ago
A convicted child molester chasing and attacking a child on a public street at night does seem relevant.
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by jdkee 5y ago
The Brooking's article claims "Since 1970, out-of-wedlock birth rates have soared. In 1965, 24 percent of black infants and 3.1 percent of white infants were born to single mothers. By 1990 the rates had risen to 64 percent for bl
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As Climate Fears Mount, Some Are Relocating Within the US(wired.com)
2 points by jdkee 5y ago|0 comments
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by jdkee 5y ago
“ What’s surprising, in light of all these quotes, is that the kids who took puberty blockers or hormones experienced no statistically significant mental health improvement during the study. The claim that they did improve, which was presen
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by jdkee 5y ago
I found this book to be a fantastic reference of the leading papers in computer science. See https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/ideas-created-future
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California math wars get ugly(sfchronicle.com)
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by jdkee 5y ago
In the year of Neuromancer's publication, 1984, very few people on earth had used the internet. See https://www.census.gov/library/publications/1988/demo/p23-15...
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by jdkee 5y ago
See Adam Curtis' excellent Hypernormalisation. https://vimeo.com/191817381
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by jdkee 5y ago
HP created the LaserJet III over 25 years ago. A tank of a printer. Bulletproof. What happened? Carly Fiorina.
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An elegant bamboo structure in Vietnam(kottke.org)
109 points by jdkee 5y ago|26 comments
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Seen from space, the longest conveyor belt is in Morocco(en.yabiladi.com)
106 points by jdkee 5y ago|76 comments
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by jdkee 5y ago
I hope these people were tried and sentenced for their crimes.
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Home Ground to Japan's Living Culture(scientificamerican.com)
3 points by jdkee 5y ago|0 comments
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by jdkee 5y ago
“ In the year 2081, the 211th, 212th, and 213th amendments to the Constitution dictate that all Americans are fully equal and not allowed to be smarter, better-looking, or more physically able than anyone else. The Handicapper General'
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by jdkee 5y ago
“educational privilege”
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by jdkee 5y ago
That is assuming murders get caught, convicted and sentenced. "Among the nation's largest cities, Chicago stands out for both its high murder rate and for the number of its murders that go unsolved. In recent years the police have
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Ukraine Changes the Face of War Forever(reason.com)
9 points by jdkee 5y ago|3 comments
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by jdkee 5y ago
I got a 128kbs ISDN line to my apartment in Chicago in 1994 from Ameritech. Was blazingly fast compared to ye old dialup 33.6 modem. It was quite an exciting time as the Internet was taking off.
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by jdkee 5y ago
I remember when they used to run a serious magazine.
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by jdkee 5y ago
Thanks for that link, it was tremendously insightful.
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by jdkee 5y ago
Interesting to see how the authors approach taming the combinatorial explosion of possible compounds.
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by jdkee 5y ago
David Graeber has a lot to say on this very subject... See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs
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by jdkee 5y ago
Western democracies, Japan and South Korea are politically stable so power plant disruptions due to armed conflict on their territories are likely a relatively low risk.
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by jdkee 5y ago
If your local prosecutor will not prosecute low-level crimes then the threshold for acceptable behaviour deteriorates further and further. See Cook County’s failed experiment with bail reform and electronic monitoring of violent offenders.
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by jdkee 5y ago
LaserJet III.
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by jdkee 5y ago
There is evidence for this. Studies have found that if you have met the following conditions: • Proximity: You're around each other regularly. • Unplanned interactions: You see each other even without putting an appointment on a calend

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