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Ramen restaurant prevalence is associated with stroke mortality in Japan(nutritionj.biomedcentral.com)
75 points by rococode 7y ago|61 comments
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by rococode 7y ago
The Japanese definition for 神曲 (kamikyoku) is just "incredible song" which I think is probably the intended modern Chinese definition in these contexts (I speak both). I'm not sure if it's an example of wasei-kango [1] (
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GatesNotes: 5 Books to Enjoy This Winter(gatesnotes.com)
3 points by rococode 7y ago|0 comments
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by rococode 7y ago
OVH has unmetered (i.e. effectively unlimited) bandwidth and is well-established - enough that they have their own gTLD, at least. I often recommend them for situations like these where 1TB/month/instance may not be enough.
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by rococode 7y ago
> Get the best lawyer you can not afford. I've always wondered, what are good ways to actually find the "best" lawyers? For the typical person who doesn't keep track of legal cases, wouldn't it be pretty difficul
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by rococode 7y ago
What's the effect of different CRI on humans? I'm curious what the difference is between good and bad CRI, and if a person would be able to notice it.
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Shorting Home Equity Mezzanine Tranches (Feb 2007) [pdf](static1.squarespace.com)
2 points by rococode 7y ago|0 comments
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by rococode 7y ago
Here's a guide to reading Cyrillic with some fun mnemonics and tips: http://i.imgur.com/bCiPTU5.jpg
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by rococode 7y ago
I'm a big fan of 75% keyboards. The layout retains nearly everything from a full-size keyboard except the number pad (i.e. there are F-keys, numbers, arrows, Escape, Home/PgUp/PgDown, etc.), but compresses it all into a singl
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by rococode 7y ago
> Definitely don't cheap out! This is so important for any surgery where mistakes can be life-altering. When I was a teenager we cheaped out on braces with a dentist 3x cheaper than the other one we'd spoken to, and my teeth ar
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by rococode 7y ago
There's a serialization module called pickle that can be used to store models: https://docs.python.org/3/library/pickle.html
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S. Korea builds 'K-City' for autonomous vehicle testing (2018)(en.yna.co.kr)
2 points by rococode 7y ago|0 comments
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by rococode 7y ago
On the subject of the dangers of deepfakes, the most recent episode of The Blacklist addressed deepfakes in a storyline I found quite interesting. Basically (spoilers ahead), this researcher creates a sentient AI and the AI promptly decides
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by rococode 7y ago
Here's a list of past/future times for this transit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_of_Mercury#Past_and_fu... It looks like the next one visible from anywhere (but presumably not in the US) will be in
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Singles’ Day sales break records despite trade war(globaltimes.cn)
1 points by rococode 7y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: What are some exciting non-STEM breakthroughs happening now?
58 points by rococode 7y ago|16 comments
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by rococode 7y ago
Not to say that I think it's particularly practical, but there is a somewhat well-established "40%" keyboard design that doesn't have a number row. They typically rely heavily on modifier keys or layer switching. Here&#x
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Hypothetical Explanations for the Fermi Paradox(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by rococode 7y ago|1 comments
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by rococode 7y ago
I think CSGO doesn't have as many stable "currency items" like buds or refs in TF2; keys are pretty much the only currency item. But it still has plenty of high-price items that can be sold reliably for prices upwards of $100
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I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006)(blog.mycology.cornell.edu)
210 points by rococode 7y ago|184 comments
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The Big Die-Up (2017)(americancowboy.com)
32 points by rococode 7y ago|4 comments
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ConnectU(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by rococode 7y ago|0 comments
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by rococode 7y ago
I've always felt this kind of view seems rather bleak. Humans will only go down one of two paths. Either humans and human history will be entirely wiped out from the universe when Earth inevitably becomes uninhabitable, or human ingenu
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by rococode 7y ago
[stealth] | Seattle, WA | Full Time, Onsite | Salary + Equity We're a stealth startup in the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence's (AI2) startup incubator looking to make our first engineering hires. We're working on
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Shuping Wang: Whistleblower Who Exposed HIV Scandal in China Dies(bbc.com)
3 points by rococode 7y ago|0 comments
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Fate of the Universe(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by rococode 7y ago|0 comments
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by rococode 7y ago
When I was active in the Minecraft server scene, minecraftservers.org (and other sites) had very simple low-tech bidding like this. I presume it's still mostly the same. They would hold weekly/monthly auctions for a "Sponsore
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Hypothetical Explanations for the Fermi Paradox(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by rococode 7y ago|0 comments
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Ultimate Fate of the Universe(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by rococode 7y ago|0 comments
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Multi-Agent Hide and Seek(youtube.com)
5 points by rococode 7y ago|0 comments

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