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App store payments will have increased competition(kalzumeus.com)
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Make Color Illusions with Histogram Compression(psy.ritsumei.ac.jp)
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Rather than just comparing the amount of time people spend on activities, it's important to examine the intention. "I only want to spend an hour browsing my phone but I end up spending 8" Did people really interact with libra
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"staffed with below-average IQ people" I'm not sure why your co-workers' IQ is your concern. To come out of the gate with a comment like this sounds like you have a strong disdain for them. Part of your reason for joinin
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I think you're probably mis-representing the famous Grace Hopper story which is often cited as being the origin of the word bug[1]. In fact, in Hopper's notebook she even writes "First actual case of bug being found". T
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I've never really thought of "bug" as being very idiomatic (at least, no more than other words). The origin of the word "bug" doesn't come from the insect sense of the word. Bug has roots in a word "bogey&
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My first thought is "How absurd! They're not alike at all!" My second thought is "What nuance is the news story missing?" I wonder if a bit of Gell-Mann Amnesia［1］ is in play for my first reaction ［1］ https:/&#
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I'm in my thirties and I've definitely maximizing time and health. This wasn't a conscious choice, but I've almost always worked significantly less than 40 hours a week. On the flip side, I don't have a huge amount
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A couple of stand-out memories from the olden days (and I don't consider myself particularly old): Getting a call in a restaurant. Only happened to me once but I certainly felt like a VIP. Carrying a tiny map book of London around with
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Try shadowing. Shadowing is basically just playing audio and repeating what you hear as soon as you hear it. You can do it by just watching Netflix/youtube. The ideal setup is a pair of headphones and microphone that plays your own v
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You Need More Lumens(meaningness.com)
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There is a pathway to citizenship. It requires over 5 years of residency and relinquishing other citizenships (among other conditions). Many myths around obtaining Japanese citizenship persist online. This site offers some good rebuttals.
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Because he doesn't have a youtube channel (though you can hardly blame him...) Recreational mathematics is featured a lot on youtube. Channels like stand up maths. Some of the topics Martin Gardner wrote about are being covered again i
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The hard part is writing your patter so that it doesn't sound like you're listing cards. Without giving away too many magical secrets, I invite you to consider the fact that there are many ways to reference cards more subtly. Col
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> So I decided to start by giving the correct answer, and see how he responded. I explained “The model-view-controller is a software pattern, and so resides inside the written code. Since in most cases, this code only runs on the applica
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I really like checklists. If you need convincing, read Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande. They let you focus on the decisions rather than remembering the steps.
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The app experience is very smooth. I managed to make a flashcard and review it very quickly. Do you have any support for cloze-deletion? I find that is the number one way to improve your output in a foreign language. How are you going to st
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The biggest difference is if alcohol is part of your routine or just for special occasions. If it's part of your routine you might have a glass or two of wine with dinner most nights. Or a couple of pints in the pub after work. Maybe
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I feel like I'm one of the worst procrastinators in the world. Today I spent an hour doing some focused, concentrated work with zero problems, but then I had to reply to a "difficult" email that I've been putting off. Th
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I like the advice but it always seems to backfire for me. I started jogging everyday. Maybe 2 or 3km. But recently I struggle to do 500m a day. Same with programming. I'll start with a few good days but then it devolves to opening an e
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Saikawa, the CEO of Nissan at the time of Ghosn's arrest, has admitted to being overpaid. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/09/nissan-ceo-saikawa-to-step-d...
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The box was chosen to be too large to fit in the x-ray machine. The checks were lax for private jets. I assume this loophole is already closed.
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Even if you have the mental strength to resist interrogation and not make a false confession, it might be in your interest to confess to speed things up. If you no-showed at work for 3 weeks, would you lose your job? But if you confess, you
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The most curious thing: Why were none of the Japanese executives arrested? Not even briefly for questioning? Ghosn was held for hundreds of days, Kelly is currently undergoing trial. It seems to me that this was a corporate coup with assist
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The 99% conviction rate number that is mentioned can be misleading. This article[1] details how prosecutors drop cases and only bring 'airtight' cases before a judge. However, Carlos Ghosn's case was not simple some street c
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I sincerely wish I could run. I do like running, but my knee does this "snapping" thing and is overly loose. Very quickly it turns into pain. I've tried stretching, strengthening and visiting doctors and physios but no one re
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Whatever you do everyday really adds up. Studying a new language? 3 new words a day will give you a formidable vocabulary in a few years. A can of coke everyday? The calories will have to go somewhere.
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Pimsleur really is a fantastic method. I'm surprised it has dropped into relative obscurity. For those who don't know, the Pimsleur language tapes involved learning a bunch of phrases and repeating them back to the tape. This woul
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What worked best for me was putting in sentences rather than single words. So I might put in: ハンバーガーを食べる Then there's two good ways to practice this. One is just reading/recognition. Can you understand the sentence? The other wa
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I'm a big fan of spaced repetition systems. I recommend them strongly but would also like to offer some advice against common failure modes: * Adding too much. Either from pre-made decks or just making cards for absolutely everything.

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