sporkologist

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by sporkologist 7y ago
We see things in the optimal way for us to navigate the world we evolved in. "As it is" has no meaning outside our perceptual affordances.
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by sporkologist 7y ago
The Internet is not something that you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes.
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by sporkologist 7y ago
> simply lose that data Maybe the worst use of "simply" ever.
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by sporkologist 7y ago
If you need hard core science proof that journaling is worth it, maybe go on to a different activity like mime or surfing that you'd like better. For me, it lets me be more objective about what I'm doing and helps organize things
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by sporkologist 7y ago
IEEE lives up to its name
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by sporkologist 7y ago
Well duh, if they did then Bezos wouldn't have $zillions in the bank.
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by sporkologist 7y ago
It started as a "Hot or Not" type co-ed rating app....
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by sporkologist 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico... It is a type of silicosis, and has been around since 1935.
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by sporkologist 7y ago
> nonsensical What would you consider nonsensical jargon? Jargon is jargon because it makes sense to those in that particular profession (medicine in this instance) but not to those outside it. Jargon that doesn't make sense to thos
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by sporkologist 7y ago
I don't think they would start allowing the use of professional jargon as spelling words, such as pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. But I may be mistaken.
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by sporkologist 7y ago
Ah yes, much better! Thanks, now I'm seeing the cheery upside of deforestation!
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by sporkologist 8y ago
> we haven't mastered the art of teaching, except to those for whom it is superfluous To put it another way... We haven't mastered the art of teaching, except to those who have mastered the art of learning
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by sporkologist 8y ago
You're conflating science publishing philosophy with standard software development?
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by sporkologist 8y ago
Hotel California seems like the coolest modern version of that chord sequence, in a minor key no less.
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by sporkologist 8y ago
"An Amoeba Just Found an Entirely New Way to Solve a Classic Computing Problem" https://www.sciencealert.com/an-amoeba-has-solved-an-exponen... It's not quantum physics, so I'll settle for $100k
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by sporkologist 8y ago
I had long wondered about the feline anisotropy tensor, this makes it more formal.
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by sporkologist 8y ago
> - Shutting down only Visa and Mastercard would disable the vast majority of credit cards. Can you say "instant riot"
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by sporkologist 8y ago
Is the thunder being generated? That's the most interesting part IMHO.
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by sporkologist 8y ago
FTA: "In theory, the API changes should only have prevented Twitter users from continuing to cross-post their tweets to Facebook automatically. It shouldn’t have also deleted the existing posts from Facebook users’ profiles and busines
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by sporkologist 8y ago
The only context I've heard is "talking about someone / doing something behind their back." Yeah I suppose you can construct more meanings for it, as OP authors apparently wanted to do. And down the BS rabbit hole we go.
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by sporkologist 8y ago
"The hidden meaning transforms the abstract beauty." Not BS! Take for instance, E=mc^2. Thought of as a beautiful equation by many in the sciences. But, one of the hidden meanings is you can make an atomic weapon using it, which t
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by sporkologist 8y ago
I can set up positive or negative cases for each of these. I call bullshit. There are plenty of bullshit "profound" statements that abound in everyday culture ("Look before you leap" vs. "He who hesitates is lost&qu
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by sporkologist 8y ago
Should have been "behind our eyes" i.e. ourselves. Behind our back is empty space with other people in it. Too ambiguous/poorly thought out.
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by sporkologist 8y ago
Also, landing on an aircraft carrier, flying the space shuttle, and piloting the SR71 are pretty dangerous. All of which have nothing to do with OP's flight anxiety.
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by sporkologist 8y ago
One is spammy, the other isn't
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by sporkologist 8y ago
> They slap the same side effects on drugs of the same class They spend billions on developing and promoting these, and they can't figure out the side effects for a specific drug? Maybe they should spend just a little bit more.
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by sporkologist 8y ago
The plastic waste researchers may not be inclined to solving problems of space propulsion. Likewise, rocket scientists won't be pushing the field of plastic microbe decomposition or whatever. Luckily there are some of each here on the
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by sporkologist 8y ago
Some day in the far future, eBay will invent a technology that lets people embed Youtube videos in their listings. I'm not holding my breath though.
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by sporkologist 8y ago
Make sure you take care of patent issues first—if you're making something that someone else has patented, they can make you stop producing them and/or sue for legal fees. Consult with a patent atty. first if you haven't done
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by sporkologist 8y ago
I think mine's more like 1/r^2.

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