sometimeshuman

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by sometimeshuman 5y ago
There is no stigma these days for not starting a family kids and men can privately retreat into video games and pornography. When confronted about their selfish* lifestyle the above comment is convenient cover but it is not backed by solid
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by sometimeshuman 5y ago
"If you disagree with someone, you need to get into the arena with them and criticise what they say and debunk it." This is the challenge Dennis Prager often offers to young college students in his audience. It is comically grotes
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"Most journals already allow authors to distribute copies by request." Does anyone know how this works in practice ? I'd like to ask a few of my favorite researchers for a copy of their papers but I am a hobbyist and don&#x27
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by sometimeshuman 5y ago
First -- Thanks! But second, how do you have the right to that ? Doesn't the institution you work for or the paper's co-authors restrict distribution so to maximize the royalties and recoup research costs ?
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by sometimeshuman 5y ago
As the saying goes, "hurt people hurt people". A personal story: When my childhood family moved to a promising white working class neighborhood one of the neighbors saw our large family and yelled "go back to slummy neighbor
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by sometimeshuman 5y ago
You should have a decent size professional network given your many years in academia. Assuming you can narrow down which companies could benefit from your innovation, maybe you already know someone in industry who can make the introduction
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by sometimeshuman 5y ago
"Karma has no value at the moment". How do you know that ? At the very least this statement is wrong since you can not downvote with less than 500 karma. Do you have direct knowledge of the algorithm that pushes a post to the fron
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by sometimeshuman 5y ago
Maybe a minimum karma threshold as well ? It would at least prove the poster has familiarity with the culture of HN and what content is most relevant.
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I regret I have no direct comment regarding the parent story other than to express sympathy. But as a U.S. resident I couldn't tell you how many times I have walked past my neighbors' blood on the sidewalk, heard gunshots at night
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Lower it by 1 more degree FTW. "Somewhat surprisingly, the researchers found that happiness is maximized at 57 degrees Fahrenheit." http://gymlion.com/what-temperature-makes-you-the-happiest/
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by sometimeshuman 5y ago
I start most days with 1 hour of manual labor required for my side business which doesn't require mental effort. Because I am not behind schedule, maximizing productivity is not the goal so I simultaneously listen to an educational pod
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by sometimeshuman 5y ago
As a gainfully employed adult, it is hard to personally justify piracy of entertainment media. Now if this discussion was about open access to science, medical, and technical papers, many of which were funded by tax payer dollars, then you&
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Many stressors have an adaptation phase. It is plausible those effects get reduced with prolonged exposure in humans although that wasn't necessarily the case in mice: "Long-term exposure of mice to 890 ppm atmospheric CO 2 alters
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"If you could take your salary and live in a different country..." Spain (?) perhaps, because Spanish culture may have a better work/life balance and coastal Spain is similar to coastal California climate-wise. I haven't
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by sometimeshuman 5y ago
With all respect, the claim you are framing these stories as "cautionary tales" is questionable given certain tone of your writing. Also the PP had examples where the counter example is simply demonstrated. That's what parent