maverick_iceman

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by maverick_iceman 10y ago
I assumed whiskey. That's like Indian national drink.
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by maverick_iceman 10y ago
Huh, I always assumed Horlicks (and Complan) were health drinks. Because of the pervasive advertising I didn't even question this claim. Now I feel pretty stupid.
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by maverick_iceman 10y ago
False or misleading commercial speech is not protected by the First Amendment.
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by maverick_iceman 10y ago
AOSP forks seem alive and well in China. But yes, in rest of the world non-Google Android is struggling.
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by maverick_iceman 10y ago
Which one?
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Why Do We Spend So Much Time Teaching Historical Physics?(forbes.com)
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Einstein versus the Physical Review (2005)(physicstoday.scitation.org)
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On the Viability of Conspiratorial Beliefs (2016)(journals.plos.org)
1 points by maverick_iceman 10y ago|0 comments
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How many people does it take to keep a conspiracy alive?(pbs.org)
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Physics in 100 Years – Frank Wilczek (2015)(arxiv.org)
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by maverick_iceman 10y ago
AP courses have vector calculus.
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by maverick_iceman 10y ago
Who would want to come across as a greedy monster instead of someone who loves their work?
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by maverick_iceman 10y ago
Try Google Drive and Google Photos. Google Photos offer unlimited space for high-res photos.
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Physics in 100 Years – Frank Wilczek (2015) [pdf](arxiv.org)
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by maverick_iceman 10y ago
I don't see anything wrong in people becoming super rich by exploiting their talents in the free market. That's the opposite of feudalism. The alternative was tried in Soviet Union and Maoist China. The results were not exactly pr
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The Mathematician (1947)(www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk)
59 points by maverick_iceman 10y ago|7 comments
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Birds and Frogs (2009) [pdf](ams.org)
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by maverick_iceman 10y ago
Hopefully, UK will now get rid of onerous, business-strangling regulations of the EU. That's at least one good aspect of Brexit.
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by maverick_iceman 10y ago
>it wasn’t a coincidence that the industrial revolution was followed by three centuries of war This is woeful selective reading of history. Warfare was a constant everywhere in the world before the industrial revolution. Also 19th cent
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by maverick_iceman 10y ago
At times, I feel that Musk is a con-man, selling dreams to naive and impressionable techies.
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Fundamental Theories and Epistemic Shifts:Can History of Science Serve as a Guide?(arxiv.org)
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by maverick_iceman 10y ago
Am I the only one surprised (and concerned) by how many ventures Musk start at the same time?
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by maverick_iceman 10y ago
OA seems like a poor cousin of Stranger Things. Very slow paced and nothing much happens in S1.
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by maverick_iceman 10y ago
I think Netflix is diluting the quality of their original content in the race of creating more and more minutes. Initial Netflix offerings like House of Cards were awesome, it has gone downhill since then. The Marvel offerings are awfully s
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by maverick_iceman 10y ago
I wish I could frame this comment in gold.
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by maverick_iceman 10y ago
Maybe they make promotion decisions based on new product launches, incentivizing multiple products over the unsexy work of maintaining old ones.
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by maverick_iceman 10y ago
I doubt they have any coherent strategy in the messaging space.
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The PhD Octopus (1903)(uky.edu)
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by maverick_iceman 10y ago
>I don't really know what purpose they serve. Ego.
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What Quantum Gravity Needs Is More Experiments(nautil.us)
2 points by maverick_iceman 10y ago|0 comments

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