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This rumour was published Dec 4th and closes with: > Mauri QHD said that AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su will have a presentation at CES 2021 on January 12, so we could hear more about AMD’s next chip reasonably soon. This prediction has passed its d
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Exceptional edge cases, like flagging inappropriate content, are open to abuse. This is especially true for highly automated systems like those run by Amazon and Google but I think it occurs on community sites like HN as well. It is unfortu
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Explaining the title The Elect : > One more thing: We need a crisper label for the problematic folk. I will not title them “Social Justice Warriors.” That, and other labels such as “the Woke Mob” are unsuitably dismissive. One of the ke
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John McWhorter [1], together with economist Glenn Loury [2], describe themselves as the black wing of the Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) [3]. One can argue that he and Steven Pinker make up the linguistic wing of the IDW and both are cultural
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Web link [1] (vs. PDF): > In this article, we aim to develop a political economy of mass hysteria. Using the background of COVID-19, we study past mass hysteria. Negative information which is spread through mass media repetitively can af
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From Wikipedia [1]: > ReactOS is a free and open-source operating system for amd64/i686 personal computers intended to be binary-compatible with computer programs and device drivers made for Windows Server 2003 and later versions of
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Another fine article by Derek Lowe: > The adenoviruses have long been used as tools in molecular biology, since they have plenty of room to carry a modified DNA payload, show no tendencies to integrate DNA into the host genomes, and can
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Posted on HN yesterday as Solar-assisted fabrication of large-scale, patternable transparent wood : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26051883
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The Gulf Stream [1] is very real and very consistent. I think we forget the important role this system played in the rise of the United Kingdom and the United States as global powers. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G
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Yesterday’s TWiV 717 podcast [1] is a great resource explaining antibody escape. Takeaways: 1. Reinfection is most likely driving the selection pressure that results in antibody escaping variants. 2. SARS-CoV-2 Antigens are present in the g
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From Wikipedia [1]: > The ship will be equipped with five retractable, telescopic wingsails that can rotate 360 degrees. The masts will measure 80 m (260 ft) for a total height above the waterline of 45 to 105 m (148 to 344 ft). That wou
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The 501.V2 variant is widespread in South Africa and is troubling due to its potential for vaccine evasion [1]: > On 6 February 2021, The Financial Times reported that provisional trial data from a study undertaken by South Africa's
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Table derived from Fig 2. in the paper: 1. Foraging Behavior ==================== 1.1 Meat diet 1.2 Fish diet 1.3 Food storage 1.4 Day range 1.5 Migratory distance 2. Reproductive Behavior
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I had a discussion with a maker of hand crafted canoes about materials. He was surprised that his cedar-strip [1] canoes were lighter than the equivalent kevlar (which is well known as being lighter than fiberglass but more expensive and ha
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Transparent Wood Composites [1] "are novel wood materials which have up to 90% transparency and higher mechanical properties than wood itself". This latest paper Solar-assisted fabrication of large-scale, patternable transparen
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Similarly, CBC news reports about Allegations of vaccine queue-jumping at Ontario nursing home [1]. I suspect that we should tone down the outrage over the edge cases (end-of-day left-over doses). The Atlantic article points to the need i
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What about Kalimantan? I've been to Kota Kinabalu (many years ago) and the social difference compared to Kuala Lumpur was striking. I assumed Kalimantan was socially more similar to its island neighbors. Official laws and social norms
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Shunning [1] can be devastating and is used as a powerful alternative to physical punishment in pacifist communities like Anabaptists (e.g. Mennonites and Amish). Shunning is like a chronic disease while caning is acute. [1] https:/&#
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> this isn't too different to what ex-gay/re-education that is happening in a lot of western countries Both are illiberal as they punish behavior between consenting adults but extreme corporal punishment is a different level in
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Indonesia's Aceh flogs two men for having sex [1]: > They were reported by neighbours back in November. > The two men, aged 27 and 29, winced in pain as they were whipped by robed and masked enforcers who lashed the men on thei
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> Indonesia has banned public schools from making religious attire compulsory, after the story of a Christian student being pressured to wear a headscarf in class went viral. A small victory for liberty to offset the setback in Myanmar.
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The Nature article is about [1]: > The Ramanujan Machine is a computer algorithm, named after the Indian mathematician Srinivas Ramanujan, which generates conjectures similar to what proposed by Ramanujan. The #Criticism section states:
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> A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) is a "blank check" shell corporation designed to take companies public without going through the traditional IPO process. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special
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How should multinational conglomerates like Apple and Google handle sovereign nation states that violate The Golden Rule? I think the best case scenario is to deescalate the situation while also minimizing the impact of the violation; I don
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This article details the decisions of whether to include Chromium in several Linux distributions following Google’s announcement that it will be Limiting Private API availability in Chromium : https://blog.chromium.org/2021
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The paper Glacial episodes of a freshwater Arctic Ocean covered by a thick ice shelf [1]: > Here we provide evidence for at least two episodes during which the Arctic Ocean and the adjacent Nordic seas were not only covered by an exten
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The paper Smartwatch inertial sensors continuously monitor real-world motor fluctuations in Parkinson’s disease [1]: > We developed the Motor fluctuations Monitor for Parkinson’s Disease (MM4PD), an ambulatory monitoring system that us
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This systematic review and meta-analysis concludes: > Our analysis suggests that higher consumption of eggs (more than 1 egg/day) was not associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, but was associated with a significan
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At 4m48s: > This is day one. This is the very beginning. This is the Kitty Hawk stage of electronic commerce. https://youtu.be/rWRbTnE1PEM?t=298
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Great overview of the biotech behind these COVID-19 nanobodies by Vincent Racaniello [1]: > Human monoclonal antibodies that block infection with SARS-CoV-2 are being used to treat COVID-19 patients, but an alternative, antibodies produc

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