quercusa

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   by quercusa 6y ago

   Is there any scientific discovery with a longer gap between prediction and validation?
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   HBO Max Adds “Proper Social Context” Intro to 'Blazing Saddles'(hollywoodreporter.com)

   2 points by quercusa 6y ago|0 comments
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   by quercusa 6y ago

   Is this an online version of Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple, in which a charismatic (though here anonymous) leader knows how to push the psychological buttons of a lot of disaffected people?
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   by quercusa 6y ago

   'ticks per person/hour' - there's a fun stat!
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   Japan may extend Hayabusa2 asteroid mission to visit 2nd space rock(space.com)

   5 points by quercusa 6y ago|1 comments
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   by quercusa 6y ago

   I'm not sure it would be cost-effective. On the other hand it is the greatest for cleaning pans with burned-on food.
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   by quercusa 6y ago

   In areas with very hard water, it may be the only way to prevent calcium deposits that make dishes feel rough and fog glasses. An appropriate amount is < 1/8 of a tsp (~ 0.6 ml) per load.
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   by quercusa 6y ago

   I've had the same experience with our Bosch dishwasher.
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   by quercusa 6y ago

   One way to spot disk-related issues: In Task Manager/Resource Monitor, watch the 'Disk Queue Length'. It should stay below 1.00 except in extreme circumstances such as running a backup.
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    My wife dragged me to see Arcadia in 1995 (Stage Door Theatre, San Francisco) - I was mesmerized. Reading it is good; seeing it performed is much better.
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    Yep, sometimes there's nothing as loud as silence!
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    The novel Blindsight by Peter Watts considers the issues humans would face in contact with similarly alien aliens. It's an intriguing read. Available under CC: https://rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm#CC
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    Twitter has lots of money to spend on lawyers; he didn't. (The US does not have a 'loser pays' legal system.)
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    Nice piece about the SAGE site on Mt. Umunhum over Silicon Valley: http://www.mobileranger.com/blog/sentinel-of-silicon-valley-... and a strong dissenting opinion ("the biggest taxpayer fraud in world history&quot
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    The Troubled History of the Radian(nature.com)

    1 points by quercusa 6y ago|0 comments
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    Douglas Tallamy, an entomologist at the University of Delaware, makes a convincing case that one factor is the replacement of native plants with (often showier) aliens which local insect populations can't eat. This then reduces the pop
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    Bad/weak/over-stretched managers make the best case for good managers!
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    This part captures the importance of parents reading to their children from an early age: Other vocabulary words these first-graders had learned were posted on cards around the classroom. They included: wander, persevere, squint and scrump
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    There's a lot there I need to add to my list. I'd like to put in a word for Eric Frank Russell, whose short Allamagoosa ( https://www.baen.com/Chapters/1439133476/1439133476___3.htm ) won the first Best Sh
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    Randall Munroe did a whole book in this style: https://xkcd.com/thing-explainer/ It's a lot of fun.
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    RDD works because talking is really powerful. Ever had to teach a class on something you thought you knew? The act of turning an amorphous blob of 'knowledge' into a linear presentation will often show you that you didn't und
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    "which they do not perceive" is key here. I suspect that HN readers tend to an above-average degree of sensory sensitivity that causes them to notice things most people don't. Add to that even a little training/experienc