rthomas6

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by rthomas6 7y ago
This isn't new, it's how subtle bias in the media has always worked. These techniques have been used practically since the beginning of the press.
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by rthomas6 7y ago
Don't we kind of have Paradigm 2 on our smartphones and tablets? It's not perfect but it's something.
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by rthomas6 7y ago
It's a negative externality. Price it into the cost, use that extra money to offset pollution/whatever, and the problem is solved. It's simple to say but nobody wants to do it because it hurts.
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by rthomas6 7y ago
How does org-mode compare to Todoist + gcal? Does it solve a different problem?
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by rthomas6 8y ago
I don't take particularly good care of my teeth: I brush in the morning when I remember, maybe 4 days/week on average. I floss about as often. I've never gotten a cavity or had any problems at all, and I'm 31.
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by rthomas6 8y ago
There's a fairly popular project written in Elixir called Pleroma. It's not Rust, but it's a lot faster and lighter than Ruby.
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by rthomas6 8y ago
reduce(lambda x,y: (x+y)/2.0, numlist) Why wouldn't this work?
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by rthomas6 8y ago
I mean, my 4 year old son begs me to go on the train all the time.
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by rthomas6 8y ago
I think I know what IPFS is, but nothing about its culture or who uses it, or why. What is the use case for ipfs? Can I make a normal website on it? What kind of stuff is on it right now? Is this one of those things that has mostly disturbi
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by rthomas6 8y ago
Do you think it would be possible to deliver the news well via robot? I don't believe so. The news could be delivered well or poorly in person, but it could only be delivered poorly via robot. But it really doesn't matter what we
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by rthomas6 8y ago
I could not disagee more. Sorry... But fuck Labview. I'll take VHDL over that mess any day.
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by rthomas6 8y ago
To me the most interesting and convincing part is that fecal transplants from schizophrenic patients to mice changed the mice's behavior in ways that are similar to schizophrenia, as well as changes in glutamate levels. This shows some
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by rthomas6 8y ago
Related: the technology behind this has a harder time with cats than it does people, and the results are hilarious: http://aiweirdness.com/post/182633984547/gancats
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by rthomas6 8y ago
Try the Fediverse (Mastodon)! It's set up to be less inflammatory because the retweet equivalent doesn't allow embedding your own response. It's also easier to create an isolated island for yourself. Find an instance that ali
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by rthomas6 8y ago
I think it may take off when blogs offer activitypub streams and you can follow them and it shows up in your feed. The technology is already there, people just have to add it.
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by rthomas6 8y ago
Time for everyone to move to the Fediverse! Preferably small instances for your irl social circle. I know it probably won't happen that easily, but a man can dream.
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by rthomas6 8y ago
Ayn Rand was a deeply flawed person who would have been aided by having more empathy for others. But she does make a few fantastic points that unfortunately tend to get lost in her ancap fervor. Namely, that people tend not to think for the
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by rthomas6 8y ago
* The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. It introduced me to an entire world I didn't know was there before. Straight up Vipassana meditation is better, but it's less accessible, and this book started me on the path. Parts of it cross
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by rthomas6 8y ago
Excuse me if this is a stupid question, but why is 1000 lbs not enough? I weigh 150 lbs. My wife weighs about 130. What in the world is going to weigh 700 more pounds?
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by rthomas6 8y ago
It's important to note that this method of slaughter is also considered more humane, and for the same reason why the fish tastes better when prepared this way. Because the fish's body is not flooded with stress chemicals like it
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by rthomas6 8y ago
It's a website built to a standard that Google created, and when a site is built that way Google and iOS treat it like an app. It can be "installed" on your phone and used like a normal app.
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by rthomas6 8y ago
Good point. Looks like the Firebasee free tier hosting limit is 10 GB/month, so if his speedometer is 1.7 KB, and PWAs only need to be downloaded once by each user, that's ~5.8 million new users/month for free. So basically f
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by rthomas6 8y ago
Hosting static content can be done for free. Looks like he's using Firebase, but I believe you could host it on Netlify/Github Pages for $0, since there's no server side work being done.
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by rthomas6 8y ago
Not small, but https://lesswrong.com is interesting.
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by rthomas6 8y ago
https://hubski.com It's sort of a social web of trust, similar to HN/Reddit but about as different from those two as HN/Reddit are from each other. The way the site works is interesting: There is no moderation or
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by rthomas6 8y ago
Walmart is adapting fairly well. It's just that they have a stigma among wealthier folks, so we don't know about it. Walmart's online selection is often competitive with Amazon, or even cheaper. They have free 2 day shipping,
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by rthomas6 8y ago
Wouldn't that just mean her named philosophy was Catholicism?
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by rthomas6 8y ago
Facebook's solution was initial exclusivity to college students. This made it cool to high school students. Then once high school and college students were all on it, their parents eventually got on. So maybe we could shamelessly copy
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by rthomas6 8y ago
Beware the man of one study: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/12/beware-the-man-of-one-...
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by rthomas6 8y ago
Yes, there are some low hanging fruits. My country (USA) is the worst offender. But if you do the math, we can't afford to consume the same amounts we do now with fully sustainable tech. Not yet. I didn't mean to imply we have to

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