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by t_mann 4y ago
There might be something else at play too - it's probably harder for them to remind themselves to slow down / speak in a sufficiently 'textbook-like' style in their own language than it is for them to switch to English.
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by t_mann 4y ago
> My language partners have highly praised my accent, which I understand to mean that I'm not completely horrible. Not trying to be mean at all, but one should be careful with such assumptions, especially in a country like Japan th
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by t_mann 4y ago
My bad - then your probability of losing would be zero with zero cash, yes. But we still don't have a proof for the constant probability of 0.5 for winning.
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by t_mann 4y ago
There's an amusing amount of probability puzzles with seemingly paradoxical solutions out there, to the point that it's almost more surprising to see one where the intuitive answer is correct: - https://en.wikipedia.org
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by t_mann 4y ago
You'd never win, because you can't have more than the other guy. A draw is not winning
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by t_mann 4y ago
hmm, I don't really see where the probability of 50% comes from? even if we assume that we don't have any contextual knowledge about what amounts would typically be carried in wallets, the probability of winning would surely have
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by t_mann 4y ago
If you post " I don't know, maybe setting unrealistic expectations and telling everyone they are worth more which implies they are doing something wrong to not get that worth out isn't doing them favours either in the long ru
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by t_mann 4y ago
You're talking about Christian traditions, though. This is specifically about pre-Christian cults.
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by t_mann 4y ago
Yes, apparently you don't know how language affects emotions, expectations and personal relationships, and what the long-term effects on mental health, productivity, longevity and quality-years-of-life are. Don't confuse your pseu
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by t_mann 4y ago
Wow, this is a textbook example of trying to solve a deeply personal/emotional problem with logics and data instead of compassion. To anyone who activates their empathy sensors it's evidently clear that the OP is having a mild bur
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by t_mann 4y ago
The monospace font just tops it off. Yeah, it does the job in principle, but it gets kids and parents wondering why it seems so removed from the 'real world' (usually assumed to be represented by the parents' job environments
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by t_mann 4y ago
Fyi, you can achieve something similar tailored to your own preferences by using a tool like rssmix.com plus the RSS reader of your choice.
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by t_mann 4y ago
The role must have been filled by dozens of different individuals over the centuries, it seems reasonable to assume that there was some kind of induction process for new recruits.
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by t_mann 4y ago
A bit over a year ago I took the time for little experiment and made practically simultaneous heart rate measurements using a fairly recent FitBit model, another smart watch (forgot which one), the heart rate reading from a medical arm cuff
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by t_mann 4y ago
NP isn't rigorously proven to be hard yet either.
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by t_mann 4y ago
Feeling somewhat vindicated vis-à-vis my middle school biology teacher after being belittled for asking whether this would happen.
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by t_mann 4y ago
I vaguely recall Symbian being adopted/developed(?) by Nokia. It's incredible how early Symbian was, but what's most remarkable is that it wasn't even Nokia's only shot at a smartphone OS, they also had Maemo.
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by t_mann 4y ago
Tbf, if it's not a lab-based PhD, you'll usually manage to work on the side. I know several people who were in full-time employment throughout pretty much their whole PhD (aided by supportive employers and sabbaticals). Even at (e
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by t_mann 4y ago
That dichotomy doesn't exist, because everything is ruled by law. But the courts look at the entire situation as well, and you'll find that having actively lied to people or not does make a difference in fraud cases.
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by t_mann 4y ago
I doubt the report is factual (fyi, here's what came out for the same query in my browser The twin-spotted sphinx moth is a pretty moth with beige-brown and white wings and pinkish-red and yellow markings... ), and I haven't real
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by t_mann 4y ago
When you have the skills to design pretty 2D graphics and functional games, and you decide to do it in Excel, just because. Hacking in essence.
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by t_mann 4y ago
Rugpulls, as in projects attracting funds and then absconding with them, are different from exploits in that they involve outright lies / deception. There's a (moral, at least) difference between bad intent and honest incompetence
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by t_mann 4y ago
Lending is a financial service and undeniably useful. In fact, chances are high that you've used loans in some form yourself already. Overcollateralized means that the value of the collateral is greater than the loan value, as is commo
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by t_mann 4y ago
* environmental impact can (and is being) addressed technically. Bitcoin doesn't even have (Turing-complete) smart contracts and web3 can exist without it (or PoW in general) * lack of regulation isn't the tech's fault, and i
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by t_mann 4y ago
I'll give a simple example: think of an escrow service. It's clear that it provides some value, it's easy to code up and audit, and it actually needs the blockchain (so that the code is inevitably open source, and you know th
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by t_mann 4y ago
Aave is an overcollateralized lending protocol with immutable code and a front end hosted on IPFS. That's fairly (not fully) close to providing a 'code-and-forget', public-goods-like web service. Liquity is an overcollatera
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by t_mann 4y ago
A bit boring seeing those lopsided anti-crypto/web3 comments at the top of HN so regularly. Those who entered crypto markets during the boom have already been burnt severely, that should be all the warning they need. I don't even
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by t_mann 4y ago
I would upvote if it wasn't for the stance of disagreeing with the implications of data that you don't have any reason not to trust. What you describe clearly is a problem with data collection, where crucial unobservable variables
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by t_mann 4y ago
Can confirm that I got that exact challenge only on Firefox at least a week ago, although only on one site. Still getting it now.
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by t_mann 4y ago
CS is liberal arts because software is used by humans? By that standard pretty much any degree qualifies as liberal arts, including medicine, engineering, law,... Tbf, that kind of thinking actually goes back to the origins of medieval univ

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