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by johnp314 3y ago
Another excellent math youtuber is the mathologer. He has humor, great graphics, clear explanations, all while expounding on challenging topics. Here is a representative sample https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFwSIdLSosI
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by johnp314 3y ago
With more and more cameras everywhere we are coming to the end of the "who done it" investigative novels and movies and TV shows - at least those set in current times. Who needs a Sherlock with amazing logic and investigative skil
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by johnp314 4y ago
A few years back I attended the RSA Conference in San Francisco and stayed at an AirBnB in Haight-Ashbury district. I discovered a nearby restaurant, Zazie, that advertised on their web site they were "proud to be tip free" so I t
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by johnp314 4y ago
Despite some discussion regarding blur and ghosting over 3 exposures, I am unable to grasp how the shown photographs of people have no blur given each is constructed from 3 distinct exposures. The time for the 3 exposures must have spanned
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by johnp314 4y ago
The original topic under discussion is the impotence of being clever. It seems to me your cleverness (and that of others replying to the original comment) is demonstrating that.
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by johnp314 4y ago
Surely you should add Scott Aaronson to your list of world class reserchers and prolific bloggers. He's also quite often quoted in the main stream media.
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by johnp314 4y ago
"Can anyone speculate what Bankman-Fried's exit plan was?" SBF contributed millions to democrat candidates in the recent elections. Perhaps his exit plan was legislation to bail him out.
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by johnp314 4y ago
What is the 'mission' of a news organization? There are facts, e.g. a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden was discovered with lots of unfavorable emails, an unruly group of people broke into the US Capitol on Jan 6 and wreaked all so
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Earthquake in Mexico triggers tsunami in Death Valley(latimes.com)
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by johnp314 4y ago
This incident shows just how mysterious is the inner structure of the planet that we inhabit.
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by johnp314 5y ago
Slavery existed since the dawn of civilization. The Egyptians used slave labor as did essentially all other ancient empires. Slavery existed in Africa well before 'Europeans' came along offering a market.
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by johnp314 5y ago
I thought Swedish society was rather similar to that of Finland, Norway and Denmark. Yet they each show rather significant delta-bumps whereas Sweden does not. Good science would ask what distinguished Sweden's COVID response from that
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by johnp314 5y ago
Son of a gun, Finland and Norway are not enjoying any of that advantage that Sweden is enjoying. They show rather dramatic delta-bumps. How enlightened of only Sweden.
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by johnp314 5y ago
Has anyone looked at the Johns Hopkins COVID map and considered Sweden? Last year they were the country all the lockdown experts vilified (and libertarians envied). Today, Aug 12 2021, among most all western nations they show essentially no
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by johnp314 5y ago
During the run-up to the November elections, it was the democrat candidates who were against vaccines. Back then they were the "Trump vaccines", still under development. It's not unreasonable to assume that should Trump have
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by johnp314 6y ago
One explanation could be the following based on the supposition that one starts with rectangular pieces of metal. To minimize waste for a circle one begins with a square piece and cuts out the maximum circle contained therein. The waste is
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by johnp314 6y ago
'abuse' is a subjective word, you could have left off the 'ab' and you sentence would still be correct, arguably more correct. Also, why not consider that by using the complex web of tax laws to their advantage allows th
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by johnp314 6y ago
"...make society and the world better as a whole." How exactly do 'we' (whoever 'we' is) achieve this without control? The verb 'make' assumes control, one does not make anything without having contro
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by johnp314 6y ago
History is replete with pure democracy leading to tyranny. Beyond just Brexit, it's not out of the realm of possibility that the 'majority' could vote to nullify constitutional checks to the power of a president, to term leng
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by johnp314 6y ago
I did a solo cross-USA ride in 2007, Maryland to Calif. Some roads were rather hairy and frightening. I've also bicycle commuted to my work across various jobs over 30 years, from Philly to San Diego and points in between (not religiou
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by johnp314 6y ago
"...enabling any psycho to shout whatever for the whole world to hear is also a problem" How can I be sure that it's not you that is the psycho? How do I know that your "nothing to see here folks" comment is not spo
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by johnp314 6y ago
How do you know what the Walton's and Koch's are doing with their wealth? Perhaps they are doing the same thing as Feeny but without the fanfare. I think they are. Are you singling them out because of political differences?
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by johnp314 6y ago
Rome needed continual conquests to fund this benefit for its citizens. Margaret Thatcher said it well for governments that try to do this, "eventually you run out of other people's money."
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by johnp314 7y ago
So how do you all propose to quantify, define and draw a line on "power" and where to much must be quashed, i.e. "way more power"? If you have more friends and acquaintances who respect your opinion (and so can be influe
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by johnp314 7y ago
But does not his vote count at +1, the exact same as your's does?
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by johnp314 8y ago
Using the word 'victim' biases the headline. Until an allegation is proven, the person making the allegation is an 'accuser'. So the article should state that opinion has shifted against 'accusers'. If we wish