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by nanis 5y ago
> ... motorcycle or bicycle. The interface is a bit like riding a horse, There is no truth to this: First, riding a horse is a _cooperative_ enterprise. You have to communicate with another living being and convince it to do what you wan
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by nanis 5y ago
I don't think one can talk about Shabbas and elevators without mentioning Feynman's take[1]. [1]: https://old.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/ev3gy/excerpt_from... PS: I am linking to where I eas
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by nanis 6y ago
I find the downvotes interesting. Do you think the web page is actually well done? Or do you disagree with the observation that the drop between weeks 6 and 7 in 2020 (in the midst of a bad flu season) looks different? % ch in flu cases bet
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by nanis 6y ago
> In the meantime, public health measures like masking and distancing will work against both viruses. This argument does not make sense because of the timing of the disappearance of the flu. For example, NYS was having a really bad flu s
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by nanis 6y ago
Here's the article[1]. It is important to note that there is no net wealth increase and the "much optimism" embodies so many unproductive value judgements. [1]: https://www.econlib.org/archives/2012/
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by nanis 6y ago
For one example, note https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs_v4/ which leads to http://www.columbia.edu/~mhs119/Temperature/ which leads to https://data.giss.nasa.gov/
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by nanis 6y ago
> 1960s seemed to be unusually cool Note that the set of thermometers and temperatures that make it into the GHCN comprise repeated convenience samples. The techniques used to smear individual observations over vast swathes of territory
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by nanis 6y ago
> Our government could have paid people to stop working and stay home, Right, what would everyone eat then?! Ephemeral bits and bytes stored in digital wallets? It is quite an achievement of capitalism that it produces such surplus that
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by nanis 6y ago
> Just tax pollution the amount it costs to clean up pollution Even if Pigovian taxes were implementable[1], that's how they work. Since there is an optimal amount of pollution, the taxes are supposed to be set where the marginal co
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by nanis 6y ago
> The researchers said little is known about the effects of caffeine on wildlife, but the caffeine in Puget Sound is so diluted it probably has a minimal effect.
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Internal Affairs used facial recognition software against NYPD cops(nypost.com)
1 points by nanis 6y ago|0 comments
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by nanis 6y ago
> What did you expect? Many years ago, I got excited when I got a Nokia phone which supported Java ME. Finally, here was my chance to put some useful stuff on _MY_ phone I thought. Then I learned what I needed to get a single copy of som
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A Teacher Marched to the Capitol. When She Got Home, the Fight Began(nytimes.com)
1 points by nanis 6y ago|0 comments
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by nanis 6y ago
> real boom after all is the cohort born around 1960. There is a boom in birth rates which remains sustained high for about 10 years. However, the conditions of early childhood environment keep improving along with a reduction the hazard
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by nanis 6y ago
See also https://docs.chef.io/chef_solo/
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by nanis 6y ago
> I know. I meant the echoing wavefront seems 10y late : 1935+65 = 2000 Good point. I believe I was thinking about 75. 65 crept in because I was also going to mention that at the beginning of the US Social Security program (1935), the as
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by nanis 6y ago
> 6-fold increase in risk due to exposure Interestingly, the Guardian article does not cite a source for that claim, so it is impossible to evaluate it soundly. However, just above, it states: >> the number of people with Parkinson
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by nanis 6y ago
> It doesn't strike me as fair to dismiss studies like the ones quoted (from the article) as simple correlations. I didn't see the particular studies and I am not dismissing them out of hand, but I've seen a lot of studies
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by nanis 6y ago
There is always the problem of over time people not dying of other causes so that more get to live to the ages where they can get diseases that used to be rarer. Also, AFAIK, improvements have been made in the diagnosis of Parkinson's.
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by nanis 6y ago
> Swearing for effect can work sometimes For effect, it needs to be used sparingly. Otherwise, turns into white noise.
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by nanis 6y ago
> Linux (Arch for me, but probably others) ArchLinux has been painless. although I must say I've not tried anything too cutting edge with the GUI. Even if you don't use Arch, the Wiki is invaluable.
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by nanis 6y ago
> I'll probably try MacPorts. I've been using MacPorts continuously for about 10 years now. It's been completely pain free. I think I ran into a single broken package in that time period.
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by nanis 6y ago
> I believe Adam Smith called it "the invisible hand" (w/o explicitly noting that the "invisible boot" is jammed into the "invisible customers"' collective asses). It is useful to actually read wha
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by nanis 6y ago
> at nausea In case the error was unintentional, _ad nauseam_. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_nauseam
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by nanis 6y ago
> who fundamentally believes group association Not only that, but they see themselves as a leader in the group or imagine that the choices of the leader would always be consistent with their preferences. > This inference became logica
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by nanis 6y ago
> To be as clear as possible, the President isn’t Democracy I am afraid I am lost.
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by nanis 6y ago
> I think his movies seem so good because everything about them is good. Seems to me you just made my point. :-) I must have missed the greatness while sleeping.
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by nanis 6y ago
I am not sure I understand the statement about chess. It is important to understand that scientists are individuals with individual incentives. While some have an inherent drive towards getting closer to truths via the application of the sc
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by nanis 6y ago
Correct me if I am wrong ... but I am under the impression that Kurosawa does not make "movies". He makes "films". The kind that makes people mad when you fall asleep a quarter of the way in.
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by nanis 6y ago
Three movies for freedom lovers: * Logan's Run ... It really is safe outside * Demolition Man ... "You see, according to Cocteau's plan I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think; I like to read." * Gattaca ... &quo

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