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by maksimur 3y ago
If you have better sources than the ones on Wikipedia you're welcome to edit it.
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According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tea_consu... , Turkey is the top tea-consuming country per capita, with Ireland second and UK third. Interestingly, Russia isn't too far off either. I
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by maksimur 3y ago
Apart from LaTeX, I'm the opposite of you and while initially I found Anki to be a little "overcrowded", within a few days I became proficient in using its features and understanding its spaced repetition algorithm. I'm
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by maksimur 3y ago
I've attempted to explore different teas before, but I always struggled with their plain taste, which eventually led me to give it up. However, your suggestion that there are more infusions than I could've tried makes me want to g
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I'm curious about the approach you took to achieve that. I've made several attempts to switch to drinking solely water, but I struggle with its plain taste. Could you provide more details?
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by maksimur 3y ago
I have actually considered that option, but unfortunately, it appears that it may contain similar or even higher levels of acrylamide compared to regular coffee, which appears to increase cancer risk.
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Ask HN: Are there any safe alternatives to coffee for all-day sipping?
5 points by maksimur 3y ago|30 comments
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by maksimur 3y ago
> It also has social effects. HN makes usernames very vague compared to say, Reddit or Slashdot. Which means that after more than 2 years on this site I still don't know any. The site is extremely impersonal to me, compared to Reddi
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by maksimur 3y ago
It's reassuring to know that I'm not the only one with this issue. Typos can be extremely disruptive, often compelling me to re-read the entire sentence.
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by maksimur 3y ago
I don't know if this is the case, however, there are people who actually delight themselves in writing complex sentences comparable to a mathematician's use of mathematics or a painter's artistry on canvas.
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Ask HN: Which symbolic programming languages do exist?
5 points by maksimur 3y ago|3 comments
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by maksimur 3y ago
Perhaps we should consider alternative indicators to replace positive votes as well, although this may prove to be an even more difficult challenge. The crux of the issue may lie in the semi-permanent nature of online communities. In real l
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by maksimur 3y ago
Thanks everyone for your reply. It made me reconsider my opinion. Though the downvotes are unnecessary. Use them when they're actually necessary. Not as gate keeping or as a "don't agree" button or whatever frivolous thi
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by maksimur 3y ago
Torrents have the habit of disappearing when no users keep them alive. It happened to me enough times to be wary of such solution. If there's a way to keep them alive regardless of interest I'm all for it.
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by maksimur 3y ago
I hope not, unless GPUs become cheaper.
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by maksimur 3y ago
Dictator of the US. That's one of the weirdest things I have ever heard. But I know once upon a time that word had no negative connotation. Just like fascism after all.
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by maksimur 3y ago
Would you mind sharing the prompts? My writing skills are horrible and I'm thinking about using LLMs to improve myself.
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by maksimur 3y ago
What does this have to do with trolling? Don't they actually mean censoring/silencing? As far as I know the definition of a troll is "someone who posts inflammatory, irrelevant, offensive or other disruptive content to get a
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by maksimur 3y ago
What are the Linux versions of these? UPX doesn't pack binaries smaller than 40k.
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by maksimur 4y ago
> It depends on the hardware That's the problem. I don't want to buy new hardware just for running an OS or having the ability to suspend/hibernate, especially so if it's more expensive than what I have.
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by maksimur 4y ago
Could you elaborate?
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by maksimur 4y ago
Qubes OS is a hassle to set up and it's too heavy in my experience. Also I couldn't suspend to RAM or hibernate because my hardware wasn't fully supported.
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by maksimur 4y ago
Given the downvotes to my comment (the irony), I have to add some context. When I talk about getting downvotes for asking what makes a good coffee, or other conversational topics like that, I mean doing so in the appropriate place, such as
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by maksimur 4y ago
I assume it can be generalized with votes being a proxy for social reputation, and internet users, being the humans they are, likely (consciously or not) adjusting their interaction depending on that surrogate cue.
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by maksimur 4y ago
I wish it was only about avoiding unpopular topics. You get downvoted even for asking what makes a good coffee or any other questions that people will happily engage with in real life interactions.
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by maksimur 4y ago
I'm curious to discover if an Anglish opposite favouring phrases from other languages in lieu of native ones exists.
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by maksimur 4y ago
I don't know how it works for others but this happened to me many times already. I went from being an extreme-right teenager to an extreme-left young adult and feel like I'm going through a moderate stage right now. I wonder how m
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by maksimur 4y ago
The difference is US being an ally, close in culture and other aspects that don't apply to China. If this is sinophobia why are we fine with Taiwan?
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by maksimur 4y ago
It seems like insects are halal only if they have a "clean" diet. So things like cockroaches are haram but locusts and fig-inhabiting insects are halal because they feast on what humans feast.
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by maksimur 4y ago
I wonder how Muslims and Turks reconcile insects being haram and dried figs containing them. Anyone care to explain?

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