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by jointpdf 5y ago
This is quite the display of unnecessary credentialism. It’s a blog. A nicely-designed and seemingly useful one at that (I’m finding this post on IBS to be a handy summary and pointer to studies: https://trevorklee.com/a-com
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As of a few days ago (Apache Spark 3.2 release), you can use the pandas API on a Spark cluster: https://databricks.com/blog/2021/10/04/pandas-api-on-upcomin...
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Frankly, I am feeling a bit targeted by my random word selection: —— pompkins 1. lack of vigor or impulse and ineffectiveness, as in an animal "she knew he was wearing a pompkins"
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As someone with ADD (+burnout and friends), this is the system I came up with for myself. It is moreso aimed at task management than day planning, but they are related: I use colored post-it notes stuck to a whiteboard. One note per task, a
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What about Venmo? Or Cash App? Venmo has been ubiquitous for years—everyone seems to have it. I’ve used it for everything from buying plants at the farmer’s market to paying rent and medical expenses. Edit: Of course the default broadcastin
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by jointpdf 5y ago
For the interested, this phenomenon is known as (deep) double descent: https://openai.com/blog/deep-double-descent/ https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/FRv7ryoqtvSuqBxuT/understand... (Edit:
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Ok. - Map of all coal power plants: https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-worlds-coal-power-plants - Cumulative emissions by country: https://ourworldindata.org/contributed-most-global-co2 > the United Sta
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Here is a map of all coal-fired power plants in the United States: https://coal.sierraclub.org/coal-plant-map
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by jointpdf 5y ago
Insulated concrete forms (ICFs) closely match what you described. They are hollow LEGOesque foam bricks that get filled with concrete. Here is a great video (and a great channel generally) on the subject: https://youtu.be/MR
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by jointpdf 5y ago
I don’t know what the real world is, but my experience as a chronic procrastinator with ADD was the polar opposite of this. I did assignments on the bus, wrote speeches during the period before I’d have to give them, etc. I’m mildly messed
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I have played a few hundred games against the various levels of Maia ( https://lichess.org/@/maia1 ), and it has helped me improve from 1100 to 1425 blitz rating on lichess (along with playing against stronger players in
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(cosine, not cosign)
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0.849 for me
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by jointpdf 5y ago
On the topic of destigmatization, I recommend this Robert Sapolsky lecture (on the neurobiology of depression) to everyone to understand just how physical and systemic depression is: https://youtu.be/NOAgplgTxfc . For unders
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Some of the most loved small manufacturers for UL backpacking gear to look into: Mountain Laurel Designs, Gossamer Gear, Tarptent, Western Mountaineering, Enlightened Equipment, ULA, Hyperlite Mountain Gear, ZPacks, McHale Packs (all custom
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I would strongly advise against anyone cooking inside their tent (fire risk, animal magnet, carbon monoxide poisoning—all elaborated on here: https://sectionhiker.com/how-to-safely-cook-in-a-tent/ ). Tents are usually v
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The best practice is to set them to: 00000000 Just in case you need to use them, you know. https://web.archive.org/web/20120511191600/http://www.cdi.or...
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by jointpdf 5y ago
I think reflexively labeling every eligible but unvaccinated person as an anti-vaxxer is a mistake (not that you specifically did this here, but many are quick to shame). Many people are on-the-fence for a variety of reasons, and alienating
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I believe it is the fact that the solar system was once a spinning ball of gas and dust, and the spinning motion caused the cloud to flatten out into the protoplanetary disk. Like flattening a ball of pizza dough by spinning it in the air.
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> the old school Project 1994 servers You mean Project 1999: https://www.project1999.com/ (LFG, by the way)
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Being a chronic procrastinator and lazy gift planner, a few years ago I was searching for a last-minute Christmas gift for my nephews. I retrieved my old Pokémon card collection from the closet, wrapped it up, and called it a day. I felt mi
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Since the Lichess database is open, you can see the effect of both covid and QG on the number of games played. But the growth has been exponential for years. Check out the first two plots on this page (notice the log scale): https:/&#
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You want the Cropland Data Layer from USDA/NASS. 30m resolution, updated yearly: - https://nassgeodata.gmu.edu/CropScape/ - https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Cropland/Rele...
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I think this could backfire. Toxic/trolling comments do not need to be dignified with a response, and requiring one may increase the incentive to write inflammatory posts (assuming that at least some people do this—consciously or not—t
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> You’re looking good today. Want snacks? Strong move. This is like the e4 of mating openings in the animal kingdom.
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Earthlings that liked this link may also enjoy: https://www.astrobin.com/iotd/archive/ (massive archive of amateur astrophotography images + equipment/processing details)
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Tired: carbon clams ingesting solar energy (tiny plants) and outputting pearls Wired: silicon clams ingesting solar energy and outputting dogecoin
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by jointpdf 6y ago
Oh yes, and specifically about anxieties like you describe. It makes intuitive sense to me that your brain would simulate anxiety-inducing situations in order to exercise those high-stakes decision-making pathways (or similar). Escape seque
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Was EverQuest (1999) the first GaaS game? The wiki says that the concept started with WoW, which is obviously wrong since EQ preceded it: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_as_a_service
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For this, train the cars in DC.

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