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by lsh 8y ago
yes, I've heard that argument but couldn't empathise with it ;) The book spoke to me directly and I have the opposite opinion. Definitely an interesting read but also polarising.
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by lsh 8y ago
> "That’s one reason why efforts to encourage empathy for people with depression, anxiety, or other mental disorders often focus on the biological basis of the conditions." There is a deeply insightful book called "Against
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by lsh 8y ago
This would be a privacy Vs anonymity tradeoff, right?
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by lsh 8y ago
One of the oldest versions of Opera (in the archive) from 1999 (765.31 KB): https://browsers.evolt.org/browsers/archive/opera/win/212/
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by lsh 8y ago
> ... it’s invisible to most people. that's a really general statement but I'm going to bite. Tech need not be up front and in everybody's face. I think HTTP is the same. It seems reasonable that most people don't kno
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by lsh 8y ago
there is also evidence this ability to conjure imagery in our minds simply does not exist for some: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia which leads me to wonder if the capability exists on a spectrum and is strong
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Creator of TempleOS, Terry Davis, has passed away(osnews.com)
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by lsh 8y ago
In fake organisations you'll be alone, surrounded by passive-aggressive office culture and every personality on the spectrum from always-hostile to Vulcan-autistic. If you're able, shop around for a job until you find one of these
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The Seif Project(seif.place)
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by lsh 8y ago
This was interesting: > Seventy-two percent of Expedia employees say they experienced impostor syndrome, the highest among companies with at least 100 employee responses. and > On the lower end of the spectrum, only 44.45 percent of A
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Nim: Efficient and expressive programming(nim-lang.org)
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by lsh 8y ago
Speak for yourself, friend. You weren't born entitled to anything. I'm in better circumstances than you for my generation but it's unlikely I'll live to retirement age (disease). Grousing about 'capitalism' or
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by lsh 8y ago
the bill is so brazen, I keep wondering if they mean for it to not pass. Like they put it out there just to appease some organisation that they are 'at least trying'. Hopefully it doesn't backfire a'la Brexit
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by lsh 8y ago
that was really helpful, thank you. Feedback submitted
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by lsh 8y ago
So cynical! I don't blame you, but being a cynical and pessimistic spectator is easy. Instead of slinging shit you might indulge us with just how you know better. Is it from watching many failures from the sidelines?
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by lsh 8y ago
weary == leery? Fixing the world, one typo at a time.
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by lsh 8y ago
ikr? even at 1.5x speed his dithering was rather lengthy. I have newfound respect for interviewers where their flow with the interviewee seems natural.
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by lsh 8y ago
is that actually spaghetti though? it looks like linguine ...
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by lsh 8y ago
"Impact Journals, LLC" is on the old list of (possibly) predatory journals: https://predatoryjournals.com/publishers/
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SPACEPLAN Game Released on iOS, PC, Android and Mac(jhollands.co.uk)
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by lsh 8y ago
Thankyou for the links
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thank you for the link
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> However, real scientists don't stop and accuse the original authors of being "unprincipled" -- nine-point-nine times out of ten, they work with the original authors to discover the discrepancies. I'm not a real scie
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by lsh 8y ago
It's good to have reasonable goals and a budget, even if some of them aren't met. The funders absolutely know what they are doing and handicapping a replication effort because it went a few thousands over budget would be outrageou
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by lsh 8y ago
> So papers have become a good business, no the way to disseminate outstanding research results. That's awfully cynical and over-broad, but I agree to a point. Greedy and unscrupulous publishers are part of the problem, but so are l
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by lsh 8y ago
an upvote for you. the so-called 'soft sciences' are even softer when it comes to the rigour in their publications, which is a shame because it tarnishes their whole field. The gaming of academic prestige by publishing publishing
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by lsh 8y ago
A direct link to the results: https://elifesciences.org/collections/9b1e83d1/reproducibili... There have been several news items on Hacker News recently about academic publishing, reproducibility in general and pr
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by lsh 8y ago
Why do people use Facebook or Twitter or Instagram? Convenience mostly, and some nice features that emerge from centralisation. People, including academics, are about as willing to give up their copyright in order to be published as your av
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puh-leaze. Just another Gnome derivative.
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Trailers don't summarise the whole movie. And even if you feel they do, knowing the outline of a movie isn't going to ruin the actual movie experience itself. I avoid heaps of crap movies simply because I dismiss them out of hand

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