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by sn41 7y ago
There are 2 popular ways. 1.Set-theoretic technique : forcing, e.g. Cohen forcing which was used in the proof of the independence of the continuum hypothesis.A good reference is Shelah's book on forcing. 2. Model-theoretic: construct a
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by sn41 7y ago
You do have a point.
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by sn41 7y ago
please read the very next sentence. peace.
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by sn41 7y ago
I live in Northern India which has heavy air pollution. I recently bought an air purifier. Just the difference in the quality of sleep is amazing. And it is not a placebo effect. The filters are already visibly grimy. The PM 2.5 consistent
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by sn41 7y ago
Yup. That's my definition.
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by sn41 7y ago
Over time, I've come to realise that the most important gift we can give our children is formal training in critical thinking. I think STEM and such can wait. The ability to question narratives put forth by the industry, the government
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by sn41 7y ago
That makes much more sense. And it turns out to be the opposite of what I thought when I read the title. I had initially thought - just write bad code whose only merit is that it works.
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by sn41 7y ago
This is a bizarre theory. The Bhagavad Gita, which is quite ancient, describes Yoga in great detail, especially Chapter 6, for example [1]. Not to mention Yoga Sutras of Patanjali [2]. Of course, modern Hatha Yoga might have some new poses.
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by sn41 7y ago
Yahoo pipes was really fun and great, and I was happy that someone besides Google was still innovating in an exciting way. I remember being very sad when Yahoo Pipes was finally unplugged. That day I realised that the web is not about users
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by sn41 7y ago
I live in Northern India. On occasions when I visit cleaner countries like NZ, Singapore etc. my productivity goes up. I thought this was because my colleagues were absent. Maybe PM 2.5 is also to blame!!
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by sn41 7y ago
The best non-fiction I have read in the past 25 years is * Longitude, by Dava Sobel.
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by sn41 7y ago
This is a fairly ridiculous premise. You cannot trivialise an empire that lasted more than 400 years and held together one of the most fractious region on earth (look at what happened after the Ottomans) and say that it was so brittle that
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by sn41 7y ago
I used to love playing this circa 2001. It's also great to learn programming games using OpenGL. Great to see this still going strong...
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by sn41 7y ago
I will not trust a "smart" watch. However, your fatigue is not a good sign. You should get medical advice. Perhaps you are not breathing right during your sleep. A possibility is sleep apnea. I do have allergies which make me tire
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by sn41 7y ago
This is quite strong policy. Usually in most sinister incompetent companies, the user name is "admin" and the password is "password". On a serious note: there should be a mandated, periodic, third-party security audit by
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by sn41 7y ago
I guess one test of introversion is whether being in a group is invigorating or tiring. I am tired after interacting with most groups except with my closest friends.
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by sn41 7y ago
There are both good and bad aspects to the socialist approach taken by India. (+) The biggest gain: There have been no famines in Independent India - in the previous 80 years, around 20 million died in famines. This was a massive issue duri
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by sn41 7y ago
In the years to come, I believe free software will be recognised as one of the paradigmatic changes in how science itself is done. Now chemists and biologists have started talking about making data openly available and so forth. It's a
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by sn41 7y ago
The line about the Swiss, the Borgias and the cuckoo clock is kind-of inaccurate. The cuckoo clock comes from the Black Forest region of Germany, not Switzerland. However, the quote is true in spirit when you realise that the Swiss did not
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by sn41 7y ago
Sorry, but I do strongly believe in this. The work stands apart from the man. As a kid, I loved Lord Byron's poetry. Later, disgusted at his personality, I stopped reading his works. Still later, now I realise that flawed human beings
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by sn41 7y ago
I hope this model of wipers get progressively improved and widely adopted. One of the issues with "semicircular" wiping is the areas which cannot be cleaned. If this works well, it will be a significant improvement in driving in r
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by sn41 7y ago
This is great. I think we need phrasebooks for all cultures. I'm Indian, and a Chinese friend was pissed that Indians say "yes" and never do it. I think it's a cultural no-no in India to say "no" to someone&#x2
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by sn41 7y ago
I agree. Industrial scale exploitation of animals for gourmet items of dubious taste abound, and should be discouraged. I was just pointing out that the practice mentioned by OP was not as rare as it sounded.
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by sn41 7y ago
Thanks for the suggestion. I was afraid that it will be too dense. I'll give it a shot.
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by sn41 7y ago
Even in the present day, civet coffee [seeds from the excrement of civets who had eaten coffee berries] is used for its milder taste. [1] Not really related to food, but urine was used in leather tanning etc. I read about this in the book &
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by sn41 7y ago
"We can remember it for you wholesale" is the original short story, I think. Philip K. Dick's works taken as a whole, are mind-boggling. At some point, I want to work through Ubik. Stanislaw Lem, the great Polish sci-fi autho
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by sn41 7y ago
Not only are there Islamic themes, there are also Jewish themes. The name "Kwisatz Haderach" is based on Hebrew. (This is mentioned in the list.)
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by sn41 7y ago
Another <sn followed by a number> user agrees with you. My problem is the only way to retain notes over 8 years or more is plain paper and pen, or plain text. Of late, I've also started using ruled index cards.
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by sn41 7y ago
There's this tweet that I find strange. One side effect of the oversold mindfulness-stoicism outlook is that people do not raise genuine concerns and instead say "the problem is within me, I just need to breathe right": http
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by sn41 7y ago
This actually makes a lot of sense to me. Nice idea.

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