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1951.
by jhanschoo 12y ago
One argument in favor of using orange-blue as opposed to other contrasting colors, is that humans associate blue with darkness and depth. Our eyes and mind, too, perceive blue at a lower resolution as other colors (We perceive green with th
1952.
by jhanschoo 12y ago
This article reminded me of Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age, where the protagonist receives a book that became her closest companion and mentor in her life.
1953.
by jhanschoo 12y ago
> And someone needs to tell him that the Documentary Hypothesis is dying. It's been a long time since I pursued my interest in biblical criticism, and don't know of critiques of the documentary hypothesis. Where can I find out
1954.
by jhanschoo 12y ago
I wish the headline made it clear that the 'confidence' it refers to is not the personality trait associated with risk-taking and leadership but the more specific 'confidence' and stubbornness in one's own opinion t
1955.
by jhanschoo 13y ago
This reminds me a lot of a previous HN post (Observations from a Tipless Restaurant): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6126926 They observed that serving staff who were thinking about the tips they would be getting fare
1956.
by jhanschoo 13y ago
Correlate a statistic with enough metrics, and you're guaranteed to find a spurious match sooner or later.
1957.
by jhanschoo 13y ago
It's not a gif but a html video element.
1958.
by jhanschoo 13y ago
You seem to have missed the convenience of secondary definitions using SI. Using SI, 1 J = 1 N * 1 m = 1 W * 1 s. You can't do the same with calories, miles, horsepower, and other Imperial units.
1959.
by jhanschoo 13y ago
In Latin seventeen is septendecim, and sixteen is sedecim (fifteen is quindecim). Language drift has shortened most French words from their Latin ancestors, and the same goes for the numbers for 10-20. I presume that the early French chose