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by peter303 7y ago
In 2002 after dot.bomb, prices held flat for a while. A fair of vacancies in SoMa. The 2008 recession sort of bypassed tech.
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by peter303 7y ago
"Into the Wild"
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by peter303 7y ago
Refers to how to give a good lecture too- three main takeaways, three subpoints per main point, three supporting examples per point... Less than three points sounds too simple; more three points too complicated
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by peter303 7y ago
Eventually new technology exposes a counterfeit. There was a recent NOVA about fake dead sea scrolls and the competition between counterfeiters to create better fakes and forensic experts to weed them out. At the time the episode was filmed
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by peter303 7y ago
I think their market has stopped growing. At one time I'd monitor about 20 local meetups, half in computers, half in hobbies. But 80% havent had meeting since last summer snd are zombies. I attribute these to a variety of issues. Somet
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by peter303 7y ago
Reads like the graveyard of my high school and college languages BASIC 1970 high school computer hacking LISP 1972 MIT A.I. course APL 1973 MIT circuits course PL/I 1973 MIT systems programming course OS360 Assembly MIT systems program
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by peter303 7y ago
The second time I learned physics or other subjects is through history science and physicist biography books. This is not as efficient as physics textbooks, but fleshes out the how and why many of these ideas came about.
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by peter303 7y ago
Mr Skurka is a legendary solo long distance hiker in Colorado. He once did the Pacific Crest Trail plus Continental Divide Trail on the same trip.
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by peter303 7y ago
Kudos! Several dozen US labs in the US claimed similar capability in January. But ponderous accuracy certification from the FDA kept them unofficial until March. Also this probably doesnt scale well to the thousands per day states need now.
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by peter303 7y ago
Give Bezos a break. His companies allows quarantined people to suffer less.
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by peter303 7y ago
Dozens of labs came up with diagnostic tests in February, but the FDA+CDC placed huge bureaucratic roadblocks. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/why-coron... Several states like Colorado
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by peter303 7y ago
Hah, The crisis is turning Trump into a socialist: trillions injected into the banking system, more health care paid for, more aid for students ... Rand Paul must be having a fit. (librrtarian who votes no on most federal funding)
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by peter303 7y ago
Trump Inc gave up on CDC testing week and unleashed the more competent private sector. The first CDC portable test kit was defective making them [re]test at their central lab.
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by peter303 7y ago
The second decade millennials never experienced a down market until now. Perhaps that will put a stop to all those silly Financially Independent - Retire Early (FIRE) blogs about millennials retiring early to tropical islands and living off
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by peter303 7y ago
I disagree with assumption that year length has stayed constant the past 70 million years. The Earth experiences tidal friction from the Sun just like the Moon and Earth affect each other. I am guessing the year lengthening effect slower th
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by peter303 7y ago
I suspect improvement when the weather warms. There is little community spreading in the summer countries of Africa and southern hemisphere.
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by peter303 7y ago
It was refreshing in Feb to visit a National Park without have 5 Chinese buses pull along side you.
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by peter303 7y ago
Do you personally know someone with covid? With flu or cold? Covid very dangerous, but not widespread yet.
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by peter303 7y ago
The US case growth and death growth curves are same as Italy ten days ago (Feb 28 & 29 respectively for March 9). I wonder if the US will take as drastic actions, or perhaps individual US states.
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by peter303 7y ago
The survival of the current US administration is at risk. Especially from anti-science policies like this health one and more abstract ones like climate change. I say "Good riddance!". We can only hope this happens in time to save
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by peter303 7y ago
Prairie dogs in Colorado. A number of pet dogs and a human owner or two get it each year. If recognized early, antibiotics work fine.
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by peter303 7y ago
What if I transfuse blood from healthy young subjects? That was a claim from some startups, a wacky VC or two, and even a joke in the Silicon Valley HBO show. The rumor mill says this is happening at a low level.
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by peter303 7y ago
Numerous articles about $4000 fees if test done at ER. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/02/why-are-we-bein... The new fed law and my state make the test itself free, but dont address the high se
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by peter303 7y ago
lots of fake news out there
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by peter303 7y ago
No, the CDC created a defective first kit, delaying EFFECTIVE national testing a month. Congress should investigate the reason for this failure. We'd be far ahead if we bought test from Germany or Korea. NPR had a story about genomics
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by peter303 7y ago
US banks lend frackers over $200 billion. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/opinion/the-next-financia... They were squeaking by oil fell from $110 to $40 in 2014. Many will go belly soon triggering bank
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by peter303 7y ago
The majority of unicorn valuations are bogus- small slices purchased at astronomical prices to make the valuation appear an order of magnitude higher. A true stock offering, whether using conventional IPO banks, or creative methods like Goo
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by peter303 7y ago
Even though Goedel proved no logical or material system can be 100% complete, you can probably get close enough for practical purposes of being intelligent.
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by peter303 7y ago
Contrast this to Shakespeare's fairies who are playful and smaller stature.
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by peter303 7y ago
I suspect you could get used to immortality and not think about accidental deaths. That is pretty much the case with human teenagers.

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