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by sls 8y ago
Since you obviously like this sort of thing, let me point out that quantum uncertainty isn't simply a factor of measurement/observer effects[1][2]. (The only part of what you said that I am addressing by this is the "this is
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by sls 8y ago
The word "mindfulness" in the context of a particular faculty or practice derives from attempts to translate the Pali word "sati". Cultivating sati correctly is part of the Noble Eightfold Path described by the Buddha. U
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Methodology described here [1] if you want to go beyond assuming their result is essentially a lie. In the per-state data [2] you see results like 31-32% below ALICE in the Dakotas, but 47-49% in NY and California. If one wanted to present
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by sls 8y ago
I don't know why you point out that it's impossible to falsely diagnose cancer in a patient who has cancer. Surely you agree that it's also impossible to falsely diagnose autism in a person with autism? But perhaps your remar
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by sls 8y ago
Do you think the word "cancer" is thrown around too lightly when people say that they had a melanoma removed?
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by sls 8y ago
I know something about the wholesale auto auction business. What kind of collusion are you suggesting?
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by sls 8y ago
This struck me as very surprising. Straight Dope's take[1]: > While coal-burning power plants are responsible for producing most of the sulfur dioxide out there (and thus acid rain), they don’t contribute that much of the compounds
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by sls 8y ago
Your contention is that the public policy decisions to start adopting license plates around the turn of the 20th century also encompassed the decision to track and permanently store all licensed vehicle movements?
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by sls 8y ago
Back in his collection All the Myriad Ways , Larry Niven wrote a brief essay called "The Theory and Practice of Time Travel" that explored ideas like these. One excerpt: > GIVEN: That the universe of discourse permits both tim
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by sls 8y ago
I think the Smalltalk systems that use image-based persistence[1] meet that criterion, despite the image itself eventually being persisted in a file system. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk#Image-based_persis
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by sls 8y ago
Have you had a chance to look at the Theoretical Minimum books by Susskind, Hrabovsky, and Friedman?
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by sls 8y ago
I think the reference is to this book, "Site Reliability Engineering" [1]. As you will see on the main page [2], it is part of Google's effort to describe "How Google Runs Production Systems", which is basically wha
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by sls 8y ago
The Greek historian Polybius (ca. 200 BCE) observed characteristic weaknesses of democracy, aristocracy, and monarchy. He theorized that the Roman mixed constitution in which powers were separated was a key factor in the success and stabili
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You are hearing a lot of different advice about what GDPR compliance means, and until that is settled (or proven so unsettled as to be unknowable), you lack a key factor in your business decision. My advice is to consult an attorney who you
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by sls 8y ago
Maybe… but I've never once asked to see the lease at a client site to verify the terms under which they were allowed to do business there.
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by sls 8y ago
Expressions like the American greeting "How are you?" are examples of phatic expressions ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phatic_expression ), meaning that they are functional as opposed to communicative. Althou
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by sls 8y ago
The problem is that a lot of what happens in American prisons really is absurd, Kafkaesque, sadism apparently for its own sake, and yet this hasn't actually led to the reductio . When we know that other approaches are better for socie
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by sls 8y ago
fyi - Why Ukrainians Hate When You Say 'The Ukraine' http://www.newsweek.com/why-ukrainians-hate-when-you-say-ukr...
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by sls 8y ago
If I may make a suggestion, the part that's of interest to me is what went into the making. I also wouldn't have taken special note of the old submission, because it doesn't tell me anything about how it works or how it came
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by sls 8y ago
I would love to see a Show HN about your amazing project sometime.
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by sls 9y ago
You shouldn't be convinced by one sentence saying that a conclusion was reached a few years back. But you also have no basis for confidence in the negation of that conclusion on the basis of that almost total lack of data or theory. Yo
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by sls 9y ago
RMS is very clear on the difference between open source and free software [1]. > The two terms describe almost the same category of software, but they stand for views based on fundamentally different values. Open source is a development
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by sls 9y ago
"The harder I work, the luckier I get," is the quote I've heard. You prompted me to research it and I found this article [1] suggesting that the version "Diligence is the mother of good luck" may be the oldest attes
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by sls 9y ago
I didn't downvote, but it may be that those that did are tired of seeing this same "insight" on every single story about a free service.
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by sls 9y ago
I've been delighted with "Mack's shut-eye shade premium sleep mask" for years. I've only needed to replace my original once. I started using these when I was a traveling consultant, and now use it only for travel, w
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by sls 9y ago
from the paper: > Training proceeded [...] using 5,000 first-generation TPUs > We evaluated the fully trained instances of AlphaZero against Stockfish, Elmo and the previous version of AlphaGo Zero [...]. AlphaZero and the previous Al
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by sls 9y ago
Yes, you're right. I wrote hurriedly and was ambiguous. I meant to say that the rule about not ending a sentence with a proposition is aping Latin style. Thanks!
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by sls 9y ago
N.B. ending an English sentence with a preposition is fine, c.f. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/grammar/ending-sentences-w... - it's just aping Latin style
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by sls 9y ago
If you search for "desk pad" on Amazon, Google images, etc. you'll see them. A large rectangle of paper, typically being held in a base at the corners, top and corners, etc., sometimes printed with a grid, calendar, etc. My f
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by sls 9y ago
This is an old science-fiction idea, Robert Heinlein's _The Roads Must Roll_ was published in 1940. When I looked this up to get a date for the citation, I found that H. G. Wells used the idea in 1910 as well. https://en.wik

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