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by jtr1 3y ago
Most countries have a public system to teach physics to teenagers for free. I’d say we’ve made a little progress.
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by jtr1 3y ago
I was home schooled through my freshman year of high school. I have no intention of home schooling my children, but I’m always fascinated to listen to other adults in the process of talking themselves into it, because it gives me small a wi
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by jtr1 3y ago
This is an interesting idea. I honestly hadn’t considered that we could contribute to strike funds in these countries. Seems like a thing worth organizing
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The Internet Isn’t Meant to Be So Small(defector.com)
2 points by jtr1 3y ago|0 comments
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by jtr1 3y ago
I’m well aware those groups. I’m asking about solutions here.
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by jtr1 3y ago
What sort of civil society groups are there advocating for this kind of infrastructure in Norway? I’m always curious how people organize to achieve these outcomes. I live in a medium sized city in the US that is badly in need of better cycl
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by jtr1 3y ago
I’ve become very interested in the phenomenon of hyperphantasia recently, or the degree to which people are able to conjure various senses in their imagination. My wife is able to envision spaces well enough to recall where most things are
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by jtr1 3y ago
Could also be a statement of belief about how the human brain works
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by jtr1 3y ago
Wow, that ethics statement at the end
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by jtr1 4y ago
NPR is very up front about its funding: https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finance...
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by jtr1 4y ago
Well, I suppose it’s worth asking what a coal or gas fired plant is made of. In any case, it appears to be a problem people are working on
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Survey Shows Overwhelming Interest in a Four-Day Workweek(spectrum.ieee.org)
17 points by jtr1 4y ago|6 comments
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by jtr1 4y ago
I've had it for several years at this point.
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by jtr1 4y ago
There is a dropdown menu just above the list of posts. "compact" mode will give you what you're looking for.
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by jtr1 4y ago
> The difference is that it will be easier Seems like you know what the difference is, you just haven't assigned it the proper weight.
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Maximum Fun network is becoming a worker-owned cooperative(vulture.com)
9 points by jtr1 4y ago|0 comments
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by jtr1 4y ago
I'm genuinely surprised I had to scroll so far to see this answer, even more so by the downvotes. Especially for a junior candidate, I'd consider a pretty good sign if they were able to ask for help effectively and at the right ti
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by jtr1 4y ago
It’s either the techbros or the wokes, choose your own adventure
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by jtr1 4y ago
I know you’re not really engaging with the argument here, but IMO I'd like to see more early capital directed by agencies that are ultimately accountable to democratic bodies. Plenty of examples at DoE
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by jtr1 4y ago
As an employee of an otherwise decent company who happened to bank with SVB, I was mainly resentful of being stuck in the same boat as the latter group
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by jtr1 4y ago
How are they taking your money?
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by jtr1 4y ago
Even if well-loved, a CEO has material leverage over employees that a pastor does not.
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by jtr1 4y ago
They all like to say the free market is the optimal computer of value until you compare it to runaway AI
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by jtr1 4y ago
1. At least in the US, contributions to social security stop once you hit 160k, making it a regressive tax. Raise that cap and like magic, the system is solvent. 2. Growing home prices come from a lack of supply. And you’ve completely flatt
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A hydrogen-powered airplane just made a record-setting test flight(canarymedia.com)
3 points by jtr1 4y ago|0 comments
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by jtr1 4y ago
This is super cool! I really dig the way airtable makes relational databases accessible to non-developers, but I've been looking for open source alternatives. Going to give this a spin this weekend :)
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by jtr1 4y ago
Equal Exchange has some phenomenal decaf offerings
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Clarksworld closes submissions due to GPT spam(twitter.com)
100 points by jtr1 4y ago|82 comments
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by jtr1 4y ago
I was one of these. I grew up fairly religious in an environment where dancing was looked down upon (especially for men). As an adult, I had friends repeatedly nudge me toward it and it took a long time to get comfortable with it. Much of m
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by jtr1 4y ago
> Previous generations would just go out for a ride, take the car out on Sunday and and enjoy the scenery. We just don't do that anymore, either because we're more concerned about the environmental effects of driving, or that w

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