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1. 31.▲
   by michaelwww 4y ago

   I'm not a physicist but how much of modern physics is real and not just math?
2. 32.▲
   by michaelwww 4y ago

   So this is how Texas froze over and lost power a couple of years ago (as I understand what you said)
3. 33.▲
   by michaelwww 4y ago

   The guilt vs shame or feeling bad about something I did vs feeling bad about who I am argument is a useful simplification. They describe either endpoint where most people are somewhere in the middle with a mixture of both.
4. 34.▲
   by michaelwww 4y ago

   psychopaths are in a class by themselves and only a small percentage thank goodness
5. 35.▲
   by michaelwww 4y ago

   > “Guilt-prone people tend to carry a strong sense of responsibility to others, and that responsibility makes other people see them as leaders,” > Although “guilt” and “shame” may seem quite similar to most people... Whereas someon
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   by michaelwww 4y ago

   I think davidro80's comment was too black or white and an attempt to shut down discussion. Those type of comments usually get downvoted on HN. I can admire Ginsberg's "Howl" without approving of his personal life, but I
7. 37.▲
   by michaelwww 4y ago

   Perfect for who?
8. 38.▲
   by michaelwww 4y ago

   I learned something and enjoyed this to boot. Excellently written with a sharp writing style and incisive comments. It's quite a trick to make a children's movie that pleases everybody or at least doesn't turn off some group
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   by michaelwww 4y ago

   One day I noticed I only had a jar of mayo in the fridge so I decided to do an experiment and turn my refrigerator off. I cut my electricity bill in half. I'm able to get by on food that doesn't need to be refrigerated.
10. 40.▲
    by michaelwww 4y ago

    Too late
11. 41.▲
    by michaelwww 4y ago

    If you're like me and like to step through code with a debugger, shorter lines are better for setting breakpoints and checking values.
12. 42.▲
    by michaelwww 4y ago

    I don't know where you're from, but in California we are developing other options California just ran on 100% renewable energy, but fossil fuels aren't fading away yet https://www.npr.org/2022/05/07&
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    Are you going to peel off the "I did that" Biden stickers from gas pumps now that the price has come down or are you going to let Biden take credit for it?
14. 44.▲
    by michaelwww 4y ago

    I guess 427 million barrels left isn't enough for the oil junkies
15. 45.▲
    by michaelwww 4y ago

    I'll be very surprised if this ends well for Putin
16. 46.▲
    by michaelwww 4y ago

    For Windows, I'm thankful for voidtools "Everything": Find any file instantly across storage devices.
17. 47.▲
    by michaelwww 4y ago

    You weren't joking! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WokFi
18. 48.▲
    by michaelwww 4y ago

    Are you referring to this? Modern art was CIA 'weapon' https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern-art-was-cia-...
19. 49.▲
    by michaelwww 4y ago

    > less funny-chat-chat I have a low tolerance for videos with tone like: "Hey kids, did you know honey bees have a queen and are themselves called drones? Pretty cool, right?" I hated that tone even when I was a kid.
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    I was thinking more like sneaker net - passing thumb drives of photos and videos around
21. 51.▲
    by michaelwww 4y ago

    I'd be surprised if by now Iranians hadn't figured out alternate means of communication.
22. 52.▲
    by michaelwww 4y ago

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32903367
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    > On the level that you would write a prescription for it like a drug? I'm assuming the prescription is just for bureaucratic purposes to determine who pays for the museum entry fees
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    This is an interesting history of wind generated electricity
25. 55.▲
    by michaelwww 4y ago

    Art therapy is used on many institutions and other psychiatric holding places so I assume art has already been proven to have therapeutic value
26. 56.▲
    by michaelwww 4y ago

    “This is another reason I really liked running this computation on Charity Engine — we actually did use a planetary-scale computer to settle a longstanding open question whose answer is 42.”
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    The answer to life, the universe, and everything(news.mit.edu)

    1 points by michaelwww 4y ago|1 comments
28. 58.▲
    by michaelwww 4y ago

    I'm re-watching 'Law and Order: Criminal Intent' and S02E14 "Probability" depicts exactly this kind of financial whiz with autism. The explorations of the patterns was really good, but ultimately it is a disability
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    > where there must be a loser, then of course it will serve as a distraction from accomplishing actual goals I didn't realize it was this bad. This is awful.
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    Clickbait: A cost cutting measure by the owners to stop paying for syndicated content by getting rid of it. Adams says "Dilbert wasn't singled out"