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by powerset 5y ago
You might even say they had a positive impact
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by powerset 5y ago
I'm seeing an error: DOMException: Failed to construct 'RTCPeerConnection': 'stun.l.google.com' is not one of the supported URL schemes 'stun', 'turn' or 'turns'. at createPeerConne
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by powerset 5y ago
The FAQ makes it sound like it's an option, at least I hope so. https://kinesis-ergo.com/keyboards/advantage360/#faqs "Which keycaps should I get? This one is easy… Dye-Sublimation PBT: These are premium
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by powerset 5y ago
I wonder whether you could apply this analogy to physics and science in general. If so it seems like we haven't reached the peak/middle yet.
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by powerset 5y ago
Glad to hear they're at least claiming their contribution to the metaverse will be built on open standards and protocols, I hope they follow through on that. Pretty sure nobody would want a walled meta-garden.
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by powerset 5y ago
+1 For recommending Origin as surprisingly enjoyable and worthwhile. The theory itself is explained clearly and quite interesting, but I think that's more of a bonus, and actually the best part is witnessing an early application of the
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by powerset 6y ago
For some reason most of my comment contributions here are references to N.S. Glad to see I'm not the only one who immediately thought of this.
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by powerset 6y ago
This corroborates my experience interviewing at Amazon. Fortunately the recruiter prepped me well on what to expect and the LPs I should study. I was happy to "study for the test", and the interview went well. They even allowed me
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by powerset 7y ago
I saw Siddhartha recommended a couple times here. It's a good one. If you like Siddhartha, I highly recommend reading Hermann Hesse's other books as well. My favorites are The Glass Bead Game (Nobel-winner) and Narcissus and Goldm
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by powerset 7y ago
Even if that's true about some modern philosophy, the old stuff is still worth studying!
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by powerset 7y ago
I just previewed a few pages from "How Cars Work", and it listed this 'money saving tip' that I found pretty funny: "Don't ... make eye contact with police officers while driving"
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by powerset 7y ago
On the subject of encouraging kids to go deep and explore whatever they're interested in learning, I had that opportunity as a kid who homeschooled, and I think it benefited me a lot. Sure, I still had to spend some time learning thing
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by powerset 7y ago
Do you feel like learning this from someone in person was necessary, or could you get most of the benefit from reading or watching a video somewhere? If so, any recommendations?
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by powerset 7y ago
If you're willing to splurge a bit I recommend artoftea.com. Their purple oolong and earl grey are crazy good.
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by powerset 7y ago
Sign me up!
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by powerset 7y ago
The tricky part to finding the formula for a good calcium battery (as it was with lithium batteries) is getting the interface reaction to work. It's a complicated reaction that is hard to understand or predict. Brute forcing different
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by powerset 7y ago
I wonder what counts as a credit monitoring service. Can I choose what service I use? ...Can I monitor it myself?
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by powerset 7y ago
> copmetent Thought this was a typo at first, but given the context maybe the spelling was intentional and humorous!
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by powerset 7y ago
I'm curious why you chose to make it a mobile app instead of browser based. Would it be possible to build it such that, when I visit the site I'm automatically dropped directly into the local chat room for whatever wifi network I&
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by powerset 8y ago
Not a coincidence, the Star Trek character is named after the real life Paul.
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by powerset 8y ago
Definitely an interesting idea, though somehow feels creepier to me.
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by powerset 8y ago
I know whether this game is intended to be a recruiting campaign, but if it is it seems like a pretty clever one.
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by powerset 10y ago
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by powerset 10y ago
Neal Stephenson wrote a pretty interesting essay on the societal implications of deemphasizing text. In the beginning was the command line: http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html
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by powerset 10y ago
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by powerset 12y ago
A nice little pep talk motivating study of linear algebra and why it's useful (e.g. pagerank): http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-06sc-linear-algebr...
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by powerset 12y ago
reddit.com/r/meditation is pretty decent
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by powerset 12y ago
Crypto ransom is the premise for the novel Reamde by Neal Stephenson
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by powerset 12y ago
From reading the title I thought I would get to see the map, but I was disappointed to find the page only tells you where you can go to buy such a map.
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by powerset 12y ago
In other words, it's a lever that the FDA can (will they?) use to solve an important problem: the discrepancy between drugs that bring the greatest profit and drugs that bring the greatest societal benefit. Potentially a loss of effici

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