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by symplee 7y ago
This is the time to fill every strategic petroleum reserve in the world [0] to the top. And then double capacity and fill again. I'm sure there are some unintended consequences to doing this, anyone care to weigh in on pros and cons?
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by symplee 7y ago
Worth the click even to just skim the hilarious images that illustrate the points.
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by symplee 7y ago
Moving forward, masks should be readily available in public places in the same way tissues are. For example, a large box or auto dispensing machine for individually wrapped, single masks, in libraries, grocery stores, offices, classrooms, m
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by symplee 7y ago
It would be a separate entity, whose sole job is verification, not education.
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by symplee 7y ago
Is there an equivalent "short term disability" insurance for companies? Where if some unforeseen event happens, they can still make 60-80 percent of their revenue for 6-12 weeks?
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by symplee 7y ago
What we need is a credible credentialing system where you can demonstrate you've acquired knowledge comparable to a bachelors degree. Instead of just adding more walled gardens of degree granting institutions.
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by symplee 7y ago
If wonder if we're getting closer to our brain's "algorithm" which takes reference images from the real world and generates newly imagined scenes when we're dreaming.
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by symplee 7y ago
Anyone have links to play online? Some sites I can think of that support other variants: https://lichess.org/ ( https://github.com/ornicar/lila/ ) And some crazier variants: https://ww
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by symplee 7y ago
I think most "Lyric" videos, where the screen is a single image, or nearly the same image, can be compressed to be almost the size of just the audio. If not, I would second the "zero pixel" option!
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by symplee 7y ago
And it's the reason why FedEx and UPS have their Super Hubs where they do: https://youtu.be/y3qfeoqErtY?t=119
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by symplee 7y ago
Also check out: The mean center of the United States population (over time) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_center_of_the_United_Stat...
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by symplee 7y ago
And orchestras...
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by symplee 7y ago
I guess that's one way to get a leg up on the competition.
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by symplee 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_ap...
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by symplee 7y ago
Great, now I have to also stop scratching my face with my elbows.
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by symplee 7y ago
There's a referenced journal article on the Coronavirus Wikipedia page [0] that says other coronaviruses can survive up to 9 days [1]. Can anyone corroborate? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_coron
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by symplee 7y ago
I thought about this too. Imagine a glove that had thousands of micro pores (like your skin) that would secrete a tiny droplet of Purell. But not enough to be wet. Just enough to create a layer of evaporating sanitizer between the glove and
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by symplee 7y ago
Exactly. I'm imagining a modern-day version of the scene in Apollo 13 where they have to find a way to fit a "Square Peg in a Round Hole" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry55--J4_VQ
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by symplee 7y ago
I empathize with people who are trying to help by reducing their footprint. Though I fear it'll all be in vain when a machine is invented that can suck a lifetime's worth of frugality out of the air in a fraction of a second.
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by symplee 7y ago
Similar to the infamous: "temporary" workarounds...
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by symplee 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect
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by symplee 7y ago
Check out Wikipedia's "Current events" section [0]. I feel it does the best job of providing the relevant factual updates about the world without all of the drama, clickbait and gossip. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org
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by symplee 7y ago
How about a GitHub for science?
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by symplee 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture
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by symplee 7y ago
If we bring in topography, aren't we now running into a 3D version of the coastline paradox? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox So, yes, good point. Let's start with assuming a perfect sphere, th
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by symplee 7y ago
*Spherical cap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_cap Bonus points for whoever calculates the ratio of the surface areas for the two spherical caps that contain half of the human population. (The circle's ra
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by symplee 7y ago
What metrics are being used to quantify/measure this?
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by symplee 7y ago
The next big breakthrough will be a program that can convert TLA+ directly into production code. And create all of the necessary tests, with a formal proof that the code is correct.
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by symplee 7y ago
The book's complete but they can't agree on what to name it.
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by symplee 7y ago
Has anyone had success (or failure) in the real world with enforcing preconditions, postconditions and invariants? Has this caught bugs faster, reduced side effects and helped ensure overall correctness? Or has it lead to more overhead and

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