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Hessdalen lights(wikipedia.org)
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by schtitt 8y ago
The ReMarkable has, by some black magic, managed to reduce the latency by quite a lot compared to, say, a Kindle.
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by schtitt 9y ago
I honestly think rating people in a service like this will make it feel even more artifical and 'disconnected'. Coolness is not a one-dimensional scale, and what is interesting to you might not be interesting to the next person. S
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by schtitt 9y ago
I know this is a popular way to phrase it, but opponents of gay marriage are not saying gays shouldn't have the same rights as other people. Not being allowed to marry a person of the same sex is a universal law, it doesn't just a
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by schtitt 9y ago
Hm yeah, except without government regulation there would be no copyright in the first place..
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by schtitt 9y ago
I remember reading a question about this somewhere, where it was stated that because of the massive turbulence inside a vacuum, there was very little chance of a spider surviving something like that!
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by schtitt 9y ago
So I just read through your [2]. The first part seemed good and reasonable, though towards the end (from day 10 onwards) I felt like the guy was kind of just trying to come up with stuff to excite the reader, and which in my mind cluttered
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by schtitt 9y ago
Yup, you're right. It does add something for sure. I guess the further away a show/movie strays from common tropes the more important is the value of not knowing what will happen.
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by schtitt 9y ago
Hm, I disagree. Usually when you read a book/watch a movie, you do have a pretty good idea who will survive. I mean, even in the original trilogy, most people knew how things would go down since the books were well known. I would say m
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by schtitt 9y ago
Did you mean the opposite here or do you really get the impression that info with grammar mistakes is more valuable?
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by schtitt 9y ago
Yeah, to call the theory of an invented Jesus 'simpler' is quite a stretch, since you then would have to explain both the rise of Christianity, the gospel writings, and the records of Josephus the Jewish historian who did write ab
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by schtitt 9y ago
When I read this I though a violent struggle didn't happen but that he wanted to imply that it did. The reason is that it reminds me of similar techniques that my more drama-loving acquaintances use,and based on the way this is writt
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by schtitt 9y ago
If you could help me and 25% of everyone [1] figure out that underlying problem, we would be super grateful! [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/articles/sleepd...
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by schtitt 9y ago
It's like the code version of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomic !
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by schtitt 9y ago
Curious about the implied link between social-ness and creativity.. care to expound? I can think of several individuals who are highly creative but who prefer being alone.
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by schtitt 9y ago
I appreciate you taking the time to write this, and for bringing to my attention the concept of an ornamental hermit - that's today's 'huh' moment! Just for the record, it sounds like I am in quite the same situation as
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by schtitt 9y ago
I think much of the original point still applies: Should I put mental resources into being perceived as 'not boring' or should I disregard all that and focus on doing what I do well? Maybe I catch a lucky break and somehow just ha
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by schtitt 9y ago
In a given person's life, there might be plenty of reasons why they can't be one or the other, but that's just me being a pedant. However, as I see it you can choose to invest time and resources into being 'useful'
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by schtitt 9y ago
Have you found any good ways to mentally deal with this arguably sucky part of human nature, assuming you belong to the part of humanity that would rather be useful than interesting? For me it's a daily source of consternation and I wo
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by schtitt 9y ago
This as in Bach, or this specific piece?
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by schtitt 9y ago
I think the core of the issue here is that at some point, the nuisance outweighs the risk. How long will this ban be in place? Until the terrorists forget how to make laptop bombs? In the meantime, how many hours of productive work is being
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by schtitt 9y ago
> I've always thought there is no such thing as the wrong weather, just the wrong clothes ;) So you're saying you're Norwegian?
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by schtitt 9y ago
I think it's more about being 'mentally prepared'. A lot of 'successful' people are harping on this thought that as long as you work hard you can accomplish something similar to what they have, which might trick a l
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by schtitt 10y ago
You all bring up good points, and I agree that the usage was imprecise and/or wrong, though the original comment did, IMO, contain enough information that you should be able to deduce with a significant probability (in the Bayesian sen
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by schtitt 10y ago
No, they're not different. Every time I am visiting the states I have to go through the extra process of interviewing (due to things that happened a long time ago), and every time I am struck by how it seems like they're actively