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South Atlantic Anomaly(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by mxcrossb 6y ago|0 comments
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Why one biologist says it’s not too late to retract the “arsenic life” paper(retractionwatch.com)
2 points by mxcrossb 6y ago|0 comments
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
Everyone always argues “the universe is so big there must be aliens”. But as soon as you ask why aliens don’t act like us, it becomes “the universe is too small to have that kind”! I think the heuristic is just fine.
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
I would also like to add that Fermi’s paradox doesn’t assume humans are interesting, it just assumed probes are cheap. If probes can easily and cheaply be made to cover the galaxy (and we know that this is possible even without major breakt
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
It was super frustrating to see the author dismiss Dykstra’s argument as an appeal to authority. No it isn’t, it just means that we find the arguments he outlined compelling. As someone who switches between C and FORTRAN daily, it’s incredi
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
No way, if I read that link suddenly I’d be culpable! Also I just lost the game. But from my reading I think this order only applies to business regulations, so you might want to delay your next bird feather gathering party.
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
I need to get a check list for the ever so popular criticisms of academia article. This one surely would hit plenty of boxes: scientists don’t pay attention to industry, researchers only care about grants, etc. It’s a lot of words just to s
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
I agree. Many political topics are very complex, and it is hard to independently form opinions on them. Humans rely on fallacious shortcuts all the time when making decisions, otherwise we’d be paralyzed. We would see people switching their
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Why Aren’t We Wearing Better Masks?(theatlantic.com)
2 points by mxcrossb 6y ago|0 comments
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
Well farewell to any hacker news readers in Poland. That is, unless the administrators are willing to restore any comment here at the whim of a foreign court.
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
I thought we were getting punked by an AI generated article again
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
Thanks for the response, that’s a good point.
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
The USA currently has nine million active cases. I actually think at this point if you have cold symptoms it may be more likely you have covid than a common cold. (Though maybe someone has data in cold cases to clarify the cross over point)
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
Of course, being unaware of how much you’re being charged is par for the course with AWS!
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
Thank you very much for the detailed link
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
The linked post celebrates this saying they can share this data with law enforcement, but is it legal for them to pursue cases based on the evidence found in stolen data?
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
I just opened up google maps and zoomed in on a random town: Mt. Pleasant Iowa. If I search it on google, on the top of the page is a snippet from Wikipedia. The top result is a link to Wikipedia. The second is the actual town website. This
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
How does it work now with copyleft licenses? If I gpl my code, does that no longer apply after the same number of years as a copyrighted work? How does the law handle a continually evolving code base?
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
There are a lot of rumors right now that the president will spin up his own media service after leaving office. He even hinted at that in his last tweets. Parler recent troubles is maybe opening up a space for him. But I’m curious what step
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
I absolutely despise cmake. But autotools is even worse, so it’s what I end up using. I haven’t found another approach which handles my needs.
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
I own a kindle fire tablet. I wanted to use an app from a competing service, but alas it wasn’t in the Amazon App Store. No problem though, I installed the google store on my tablet, and downloaded it. Side loading would have also worked. I
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
To me this is the flaw in the article. The T-3 situation was only hard because it wasn’t clear if it was land or sea. But I don’t see why this should be a problem in space, just consider it the high seas.
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
I don’t agree with your assessment. The difference between the 5% and 45% isn’t about belief, but opportunity. Look at this poll: https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/20... > Supporter
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
Amusingly enough, almost every top level comment in this thread is faded to white (which I think means downvotes?).
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The Antique Microwave Oven That’s Better Than Yours(youtube.com)
2 points by mxcrossb 6y ago|0 comments
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
50% is effective enough for a society to squash corona, but a purely self motivated person will surely prefer the 90% version.
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
I feel like we’re watching a medical ethics textbook unfold in real time. When the cold judgement of impartial history books come out, it will be interesting to read about. I also am wondering about the mindset of people getting a 60% vacci
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
I remember it being a huge story when apple maps made a similar mistake. But according to the comments here google has been equally bad for years.
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
I consider myself able to read manga in Japanese, yet certainly encounter a few words each chapter which I have to guess the meaning of. So I can see how this would help. Yet my impression would be that this isn’t really that time consuming
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by mxcrossb 6y ago
It’s an interesting reminder that a lot of simple staples in the US are fortified with various nutrients. It almost transforms your view such that it’s less you buying food, and more the government providing your provisions so that you’re a

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