malloryerik

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by malloryerik 3y ago
I've been reading Caroline Alexander's translation of the Iliad (she's the author of this article) and have been tremendously impressed. It's apparently at least as accurate as Lattimore (the academic standard) but so mu
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by malloryerik 4y ago
The wall of text is my fault, as copying from Kindle didn’t preserve formatting. Here Wikipedia’s definition: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop If I have or had any misunderstanding about the term, it might b
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by malloryerik 4y ago
Excuse me for my tone, but might you actually be gish galloping here? > "Russian propaganda does not strike me at all as using Gish Gallop tactics. They repeat fairly simple points in multiple venues without trying to overwhelm the
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by malloryerik 4y ago
This is the way of Russian misinformation and propaganda. Timothy Snyder discusses at length in The Road to Unfreedom. And it has spread. Witness U.S. hard-right politics. Eventually the "Gish Gallop" becomes an assault on factua
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by malloryerik 4y ago
Test the kids on their own essays, for example? Maybe this could itself be automated with GPT-3? The highest-quality answer involves skilled teachers with enough time who know and understand their students. (Actually the very highest might
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I very much want to be in discussions with people who disagree with me. That said I equally want those discussions to be had in good faith, without lies or conscious distortions. I’d like to be free of bots, or maybe better, to have bots la
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by malloryerik 4y ago
Just wanted to mention that I love this. Checked it out yesterday and am back today for actual use. Ah, I should add that I came to HN first because I couldn't remember the name. Carefulwords.com
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Superstrong dollar threatens debt crisis across emerging economies(asia.nikkei.com)
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10k Years of Economic History – An interactive timeline(citeco.fr)
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The Book That Explains Our Cultural Stagnation(nytimes.com)
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by malloryerik 4y ago
> It's a real shame, because most software I use can be written by a handful of good engineers in a couple of years. And what if the engineers bootstrap instead of taking VC lucre?
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Maybe the current glow on fusion could actually brighten fission's prospects? At least that thought came to me while reading your original comment because fusion presents an opportunity to update the entire "nuclear" category
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OK, what's the napkin math?
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I can now read and exercise thanks to ebooks. Whaa? Typically in the evening/night I walk quickly while reading from my ebook screen, then sprint until I'm about to burst or collapse, resume reading and walking fast until I'm
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by malloryerik 4y ago
I honestly think the best comparable stack now is Phoenix in Elixir with LiveView, especially if you're drawn to the realtime web aspect. And probably hosted on Fly.io where you can get a push-button start with database included (Postg
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by malloryerik 4y ago
Thanks for this answer, it's quite illuminating.
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What about "flipped" classes, where students learn independently with electronic media, so at whatever speed and level they can handle, while teachers support them by reviewing their work, mentoring and tutoring?
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by malloryerik 4y ago
From what I gather, the US actually has a lower rate of homelessness than many Western European welfare countries, but the homeless in the US are apparently bunched up in a few cities. Is this right? https://en.m.wikipedia.org&#x
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70-Year-Old Naval Technology Could Pave a Path for a Nuclear Energy Revolution(thedailybeast.com)
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Yeah, sounds true enough.
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> If you missed a turn, god help you. People had lots and lots of paper maps. Every gas station had a rack of them. You'd probably have had a good spiral-bound one of your entire region in your car. Wrong turn? Just check the map an
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by malloryerik 4y ago
Maybe what was a "good reason" 15 years ago isn't anymore, namely the lack in those days of WebSockets and, if I'm correct, widespread Server Sent Events?
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by malloryerik 4y ago
I believe we're able to reframe pain and regulate its emotional impacts through conscious reasoning. If that's right, you can change the way pain is impacting your moods. Maybe these would interest you: 1. Cerebral cortex modulati
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1. "My brain feels slow; I'm lost; must be that I'm not good enough. But I'm 18 and have to suck it up and try harder." Improves and masters self. 2. "My brain feels slow; I'm lost; must be that I'm g
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by malloryerik 4y ago
I'm quite curious about how the social side works at CL user Grammarly.
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I've found learning very similar languages simultaneously is tricky because cognates conflict with each other. Is it lemon or límon ? It might be better to get good enough at one that you can intuitively distinguish it from the othe
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by malloryerik 5y ago
Totally! No notifications by default and then if some are necessary, copious use of Do Not Disturb-type features, and if you need to see things quickly, a smartwatch with the most limited notifications you can get away with. It's still
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How does working remotely seem to affect ageism in software development?
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In a World on Fire, Stop Burning Things(newyorker.com)
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by malloryerik 5y ago
Well the same ownership, Nikkei.

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