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by ruytlm 7y ago
Similar article from 2017: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/world/asia/japan-lonely-d...
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by ruytlm 7y ago
> Facebook is currently doing an end-run to create the first supranational currency, and it's billion+ users combined with the technological agility (specifically, the lack thereof) of national governments means that they actually h
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by ruytlm 7y ago
There are also many useful tools for the skeptic with regard to edited images: http://fotoforensics.com/ It will be interesting to see if such tools are developed for video as well.
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by ruytlm 7y ago
> I don't like paying taxes,nobody does. I like paying taxes. I have absolutely no problem with the idea that if I (and others) contribute from what we earn, that we get collective benefits, such as education, infrastructure, and he
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by ruytlm 7y ago
>Also, finding other people who enjoy talking about cars or writing fan fic doesn't have this sort of harmful in-group/out-group dynamic. Purely anecdotally, but I beg to differ. There is more than a little bit of tribal hostil
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by ruytlm 8y ago
I suppose similar in terms of the right place a the right time would be the QF32 incident[0], where by chance there were two additional pilots in the cockpit; a check captain, and a supervising check captain who was training that check capt
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by ruytlm 8y ago
Seems high to me as well, but some googling suggests that that's in the mid- to upper-range of current e-bike pricing, with entry level being around the $1,000 mark.
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by ruytlm 8y ago
The author of the linked article is also the author of that book (John M. Barry).
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by ruytlm 8y ago
It always surprises me how the US, as the paragon of the free market, is so comfortable with a lack of meaningful competition. I think it's something like 70% of US households have only one 'choice' for ISP. Then there was th
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by ruytlm 8y ago
I am reminded of this[0] piece, of when heroin was available by prescription in the UK, prior to the war on drugs. [0]: https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/yw4nnk/when-boots-prescri...
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by ruytlm 8y ago
If this was at all realistic, we'd also see similar effects in people in other fields - bus drivers more likely to crash before lunch, etc. That we don't see such an outrageous difference implies that the original study is not tra
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by ruytlm 8y ago
https://www.statnews.com/2018/10/29/alzheimers-research-outs... You may find this interesting.
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by ruytlm 8y ago
This is one of the areas I think is fascinating about prosthesis - once we get to the point where they're essentially connected in to the brain, and can be used as though they were a natural limb, what would happen if say, you raised a
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by ruytlm 8y ago
Related, and interesting in my opinion, is that NPR also use the same microphone for everything, to create a 'signature sound': https://current.org/2015/06/a-top-audio-engineer-explains-np...
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by ruytlm 8y ago
Shouldn't the burden of proof should be on Forrester's model to prove that it is true? As I understand it, this article is implying that Forrester's model incorporated those as base truths, without particularly rigourous evid
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by ruytlm 8y ago
> "Even though Forrester had no expertise in urban affairs—or in social science more generally—Collins agreed that a collaboration could prove fruitful." This is one of the most interesting sentences to me. I have long been con
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by ruytlm 8y ago
This[0] article was posted somewhere here a while back I believe, and is a potentially related approach to Alzheimers. [0]: https://www.statnews.com/2018/10/29/alzheimers-research-outs...
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by ruytlm 8y ago
I wonder how long it will be before this can be built on as a world for a video game.
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by ruytlm 8y ago
>There is also hope that Niantic’s pending game with a Harry Potter theme will also be popular when it comes out some time next year. It will be interesting to see how successful this is, given that unlike Pokemon, Harry Potter isn'
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by ruytlm 8y ago
I'd argue closely related to the Uncanny Valley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley
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by ruytlm 8y ago
Wasn't aware of this, thanks. Also interesting that three weeks before the Camp Fire began, PG&E were cutting power during high winds.[0] [0]: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2018&#x2F
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by ruytlm 8y ago
Worth noting that in the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Australia, there was an AU$494 million class action[0] settlement against a power company (and others), as that fire was determined to have started from power lines. That said, I&#x2
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by ruytlm 8y ago
I appreciated not knowing too much about it, and discovering along the way. If your journeys are all signposted, you will only end up where you expected.
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by ruytlm 8y ago
It's fascinating that this all comes about because movies are still filmed at such a low framerate, and people find it no longer looks 'cinematic' when the framerate is better, just because they're so used to movies havi
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by ruytlm 8y ago
As an insight into how well thought out these laws are, then-PM Malcolm Turnbull said the following when announcing these laws in 2017: "The laws of mathematics are very commendable, but the only laws that apply in Australia is the law
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by ruytlm 8y ago
Presumably depends on the jurisdiction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Child_Actor%27s_Bil...
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by ruytlm 8y ago
Per Baltasar Gracian: "The greatest form of knowledge is, on occasion, not to know, or to affect not to know."
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by ruytlm 8y ago
Form and function here are fundamentally interrelated. How you design your public spaces affects how effectively they can be used. A good public space should not only be well planned, but also appealingly designed, in order to attract users
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by ruytlm 8y ago
>City planning has little to do with loneliness. >If a city council wants to combat loneliness they should provide its citizens with public spaces where they can organize non-profit meetups for free. For those spaces to be provided, t
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by ruytlm 8y ago
My favourite part is the use of long scale[0] when talking about a billion.[1] Bring back the milliard! [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales [1]: http://calculusmadeeasy.org/2.html

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