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by klipt 3y ago
> language encoded way more information about reality than we thought it did Language is roughly what separates humans from other apes ... so why would it surprise us that it encodes much of the information of civilization?
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by klipt 3y ago
Just be sure those carrot leaves you're eating aren't fools parsley - the leaves look kind of similar.
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by klipt 3y ago
US institutions are more constrained by notions of due process and human rights than comparable Russian or Chinese institutions. Which is probably a good thing for Americans, in general.
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by klipt 3y ago
Nice proof of concept of opening the BBB but I see they didn't mention anything about the chemo improving survival for these patients yet... I guess that will only be the next phase of the trial?
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by klipt 3y ago
Immigrants waiting to get citizenship so they can enjoy the same safety net.
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by klipt 4y ago
Have a look at this study about moving the "absolute" pitch anchor: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/perfect-p... Maybe you could apply their methodology to yourself to retrain your A t
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by klipt 4y ago
> Whereas the "real" perfect pitch people are always anchored, no matter how much noise anyone throws at them Actually they're not immune to being thrown off, there was an experiment where people with perfect pitch were pl
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by klipt 4y ago
> When it comes to meat production, we have already reached the steady state. Well yes but also no, we've reached a steady state. If we reduce meat production we would reach a new, lower steady state which would buy some more time
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by klipt 4y ago
That's why Lego is popular - basically indestructible.
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by klipt 4y ago
> I think school was better with everything on paper. I'm pretty sure writing notes on paper is better for learning. Something about engaging more of the brain through motor skills.
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by klipt 4y ago
Surely the fuel costs massively more?
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by klipt 4y ago
Good for those state governments!
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by klipt 4y ago
Look I know hacker news is biased towards thinking the solution to everything is "do a startup, become a billionaire, use your money to solve it" but there are legitimately other ways of getting things done, for example engaging w
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by klipt 4y ago
I imagine 99% of the scientists moving to China were originally from China, and decided to return rather than stay in the US. I don't think many non-Chinese foreigners are learning Chinese to move to China and chase the "Chinese d
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by klipt 4y ago
If you want to build schools, why not get a job at the department of education?
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by klipt 4y ago
> what problem are you trying to solve? That sounds like a math question! Get 'im, boys!
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by klipt 4y ago
Decaffeinated green tea or rooibos tea are pretty harmless.
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by klipt 4y ago
"Skeleton on the Dunny" is a great book!
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by klipt 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_club
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by klipt 4y ago
I guess tech's "move fast and break things" approach may not be ideal when it comes to devices that could cause permanent, irreversible brain damage...
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by klipt 4y ago
Evolution took the lazy shortcut of making us want sex, not children, and for millions of years that hack worked. Now that birth control exists, there will be much stronger selection for actually wanting children. People who only want sex w
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by klipt 4y ago
Isn't beef bad because cows release methane, but feeding cows seaweed can mitigate that?
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by klipt 4y ago
I don't think the state should be in the business of killing anyone. But a woman aborting a Downs baby is not the state killing anyone, and most pro choice people would say the woman isn't killing anyone either, since the fetus is
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by klipt 4y ago
Don't send your kids to extra math classes, send them to extra Spanish classes so they can plausibly tick the Hispanic box!
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by klipt 4y ago
> so it's both the case that the labor costs are outrageous and that they're insufficient to explain the outrageous project costs. Which is what I said, the difference in labor costs "helps", not that it's the so
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by klipt 4y ago
Do you also think women shouldn't be allowed to abort Down syndrome babies because "that's eugenics"?
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by klipt 4y ago
Probably helps that wages are lower in Spain. Americans want cheap infrastructure but also want high wages and that's probably an impossible combination.
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by klipt 4y ago
> the latter still has the same gross economic output Well no, if we still had the same gross economic output as 1000 years ago quality of living would be much lower. The point of competition is that it drives up total economic output. O
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by klipt 4y ago
Well yeah in fact regression to the mean predicts that below average people will on average have children smarter than themselves while above average people will have children less smart than themselves (but still smarter than average). Tha
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by klipt 4y ago
> Ray is a trans humanist who believes we’re on the cusp of eternal life via the singularity. https://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1968#comi...

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