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by qiqing 11y ago
TL;DR: Article says we're not as good/egalitarian as we'd like to be. Sure, but the data shows that we've come a long way. And things are getting better even faster, because technology increases productivity. I recentl
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For a sense of perspective, it's about the signal to noise ratio. Recruiter spam can be as bad as any other kind of spam if it gets to a high enough volume to overwhelm your inbox, especially when you aren't looking, or when they&
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Gene change in cannibals reveals evolution in action(newscientist.com)
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Easter Island Heads Have Bodies(snopes.com)
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I don't know about humans, but in mice, epigenetic obesity has been observed for 6 generations. (Also, not sure about epigenetic stress response, but I suspect it's similar.)
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This part makes my stomach turn: The West has been in this position before. Optimism about the prospects of transforming an ancient civilization through engagement, followed by deep disillusion, has been the pattern ever since early Jesuit
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FWIW, I'm not making the argument that high-rises have to be hated. I'm saying that categorically hating high-rises is bad for everyone who wants to live in that city and can't.
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I just wish there was some neighborhood like La Défense where 'all future high rises' in the Bay Area are exiled, where people prefer a vital, living, high-density, sustainable city to the preservation of the aesthetic of their
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From the article: "It’s legendary for being the most hated building in Paris. I want to defend it not because it’s a particularly beautiful tower, but because of the idea it represents. Parisians panicked when they saw it, and when th
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Iceland grieves after police kill a man for the first time in its history(pri.org)
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Hacker’s Tweet Reignites Ugly Battle Over Security Holes(wired.com)
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It seems that the problem is that zoning laws in most places prevent turning more land into more trailer parks, but it's not clear to me that those laws prevent some kind of vertical stacking. I can imagine a few mechanical engineers t
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Ah, I see them now. I had ctrl+f'ed for 'install' and few other terms before giving up.
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China has almost 1.3B mobile users, and half of them are on 3G or 4G(techinasia.com)
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Termites can digest cellulose. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termite#Diet As can rabbits, apparently, via a form of hindgut fermentation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit#Diet_and_eating_habits
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The particular bacteria species present (Escherichia, Shigella and Streptococcus bacteria) are typical of carnivores, not herbivores, but we don't know how much (yet) how much those strains have or have not adapted to their cellulose j
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+1. It's hard for the U.S. to take the moral high ground on espionage outrage until China's equivalent of the NSA has their fingers in as many pies. But it's conveniently easy for journalists to forget that.
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Fake Unicode Consortium(plus.google.com)
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This looks pretty awesome and I'm going to try it out. Feedback: might want to include iOS App Store and Google Play Store links directly in the blog post because 1) I wouldn't have had to open a new tab to search for your app man
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I grew up in the U.S. but moved around a lot, and most schools I went to were like PG described. All except for my high school, which was predominantly immigrant (majority Russian/ex-Soviet bloc, minority Asian; parents were mostly gee
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I think you're right. About them evolving, that is.
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Consider these paragraphs: "One candidate in Ms Rivera’s sample passed the interview by adopting the persona of a successful consultant that he knew at that firm. Even if you do not go that far, you must at all costs avoid appearing ne
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How to Survive as a Female Founder(medium.com)
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From the link: "Update: The day this article was published, it was announced that Eriksson will be able to continue baking her own bread and providing healthful vegetable options. The incident has been called a 'misunderstanding,&
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Is it ASCII or Protobuf? The importance of types in cryptographic signatures(blog.sandstorm.io)
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Fitbit files for $100M IPO, shows big profits(fortune.com)
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I dunno, this seems like you might have triggered the "vote-ring detector."
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What do they say about glass houses and the NSA?
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Early attempts to study stress hormones from aggression in large cats (e.g., lions and tigers) studied hunting behavior. The researchers puzzled over data that didn't make any sense to them for a long time before realizing that to a li
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TIL how long baby slings have been around. "Before the invention of the baby sling, dated by Dr Taylor to at least 2.2 million years ago, when human ancestor head size suddenly began to increase, physically mature infants were more lik

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