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Pull quotes could still make sense for long articles (1600-2000+ words, which take 10+ minutes to read), especially in online magazines. For these lengthy articles, a reader could be interested from the heading and subheading, but then stop
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Wouldn't the natural behaviour of thinking about other things while peeling potatoes be an advantage, instead of a disadvantage to be solved with Zen? Many discoveries or solutions to problems (from scientific to the everyday) are foun
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A lot of articles are using the 'metaverse' term to describe concepts that already exist. The Financial Times defines it as: "(noun) a virtual world where users appear as avatars to socialise, work, shop or play." [0] Wi
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I thought it was interesting how newspapers were handling the name change. The Washington Post and The New York Times are both continuing to use Facebook whenever possible, with most articles using "Facebook" in the headline and c
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I share the same experience of preferring subtitles over dubs, coming from an English country. This is most popular with Japanese media like anime (like movies like 'Your Name'/'Kimi no wa na' or Attack on Titan). I
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>People were taking advantage >I don't have much sympathy for the people abusing the system I disagree with the premise that it's unethical to use a product I purchase and own from a for-profit company for a use that turned
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The sole source for this information are notes taken by the FBI, according to the article you linked, with the recording that allegedly backs up these claims as sealed until 2027. I'm in alignment with the American studies professor qu
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>Entrepreneurs tend to be positive and optimistic, and then only surround themselves with other positive, optimistic people. I wonder how to navigate this. Quite frankly, I would not be interested in startups at all if I listened to the
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Could you please state a source or elaborate your reasoning? That is a very bold claim, especially since biotech in particular has quite high costs. Note also that the objectives may be different (e.g. save more lives, versus maximize profi
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That depends. Do I like my work that has average pay? Do I have a significant other who cares for me, and a loving family? Is the reason that I have an average paying job, because I maintain a range of open-source software projects that are
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For books on strong fundamentals, you can try the Art of Problem Solving series [0]. They suggest a curriculum to start with prealgebra, move to algebra, then counting & probability, then geometry, then precalculus, and finally to calcu