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by mwattsun 5y ago
https://archive.ph/GcH5L
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Bitcoin Was Made for This Moment. So Why Isn’t It Booming?(nytimes.com)
9 points by mwattsun 5y ago|9 comments
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without paywall: https://archive.ph/mWWhJ In today's news: "I assure you, we will overcome adversity, and we will do everything to no longer depend on the West in any strategic sectors of our life that are of deci
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If this is a topic that interests you I recommend following Stewart Brand on Twitter for news and updates. He is president of The Long Now Foundation. From him I learned a couple of years ago about the concept of "proxies" and the
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by mwattsun 5y ago
I wasn't responding to the contents of the article, but the usefulness of Hacker News as a reality check. I skimmed the article. It's from 2016 so it's outdated and doesn't include comments about Elon Musk's Neurali
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I went through a Veterans Administration course of CBT and In Vivo Exposure Therapy and it was nothing like the "primal scream" therapies I did in the 90's that you may be thinking of. I thought "venting" was dispro
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This is the greatest thing about Hacker News in my opinion. Obviously, there are limits on what I know so I depend on people here to help me out. Thank you! That said, I've learned that headlines are often not written by the authors of
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HN crashed the site so I can't tell
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Taking LSD or other hallucinogens is not a shortcut to enlightenment. In your paragraph above you could substitute "took acid" with "found Jesus" or "travelled to India to meditate at an Ashram" and it would st
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by mwattsun 5y ago
I was the quiet "science and math" kid in class but took high school speech and debate to round out my experience to get into college. I discovered how much I liked getting up in front of people and talking/arguing. Turns out
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https://archive.ph/mEWIT
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The Future Turns Dark for Russia’s Oil Industry(nytimes.com)
4 points by mwattsun 5y ago|1 comments
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Song of Sand by Suzanne Vega If sand waves were sound waves What song would be in the air now What stinging tune Could split this endless noon And make the sky swell with rain If war were a game that a man o
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I'm pretty sure they're saying that the 4 points I listed are a good argument against a battlefield nuke strike, but much less compelling when it comes time to launch an all out nuclear assault on the United States. Presumably by
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This purported leak from an FSB officer says nuclear war won't happen. Of course, I can't vouch for this but it's food for thought. Nuclear war won't happen because: 1) It would take more than one man (Putin) to launch a
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I enjoyed a good book related to the subject: The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the 19th Century http://cyborganthropology.com/The_Railway_Journey:_The_Indus...
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> but they're probably obvious things if you know the person An example of this is how Ted Kaczynski got caught: His brother recognized his writing and turned him in
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I'm sure they can achieve a degree of certainty, but not enough to hold up in a court of law because writing styles can be faked as well
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The War in Ukraine Could Change Everything – Yuval Noah Harari – Ted [video](youtube.com)
7 points by mwattsun 5y ago|0 comments
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I don't think it's damaging. I think it gives people a way to imagine the stories they will tell about themselves when they become successful someday in the best case. If not, well at least they had a nice fantasy for entertainmen
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If they made this into a comedy series I'd probably watch it.
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As a former Navy man, I can't imagine being told to go fight in some muddy field with a weapon I don't know how to use for a crazy leader with delusions of grandeur. I would find a way not to go.
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I was only 4 during the Cuban Missile crisis, but I've talked to people who remember it and this sounds a lot like it.
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I thank your English teachers too because your book is one of my favorite books and an example for me of excellent writing. You told a good story and to me that is the most important thing.
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You just gave me an idea because I like ancient history. I'll pretend I'm a freshman and actually write an essay on one of those books. I was never able to do it and failed the class. I've always felt bad about it. Actually w
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I hit that wall at U.C. Berkeley over the English requirement. I didn't know how to write an essay on "Odysseus" and "The Iliad" and say something intelligent about them. I was doing fine in math and physics. In ret
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I don't know where you got this info, but it's not difficult to tell a drill from an actual emergency. That said, it's not a problem because most launch techs would do their job.
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I had a buddy who was a launch control tech. I asked him these same questions. He said the launch control officer had a .45 pistol to encourage him to initiate the launch sequence if he hesitated. I can't confirm this, but he was a mor
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I'm having flashbacks to the early 80's thinking about the American submarine sailors on high alert right now. I served on the USS G. W. Carver SSBN 656, which had 16 of Poseidon missiles. Each had 10 warheads for a total of 160 b
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This is an indicator of trustworthiness and credibility. What else is the Coinbase CEO lying about?

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