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by the_duck 11y ago
This game makes me feel like a cat.
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The case for publicly funded therapy(theglobeandmail.com)
62 points by the_duck 11y ago|34 comments
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Our Biased Brains(nytimes.com)
6 points by the_duck 11y ago|0 comments
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All the single ladies (2011)(theatlantic.com)
2 points by the_duck 12y ago|0 comments
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by the_duck 12y ago
What do you mean by "cycling"?
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by the_duck 12y ago
I'm talking about cases where human involvement is minimal. If all I need to do to make a painting is press the "run" button, there's not much intention there. I haven't expressed anything. You could certainly make
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by the_duck 12y ago
To me, computer generated art always feels less remarkable than traditional art. If you present me with two paintings that are identical, pixel for pixel, and tell me that one is human authored and the other computer authored, I'd be l
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Oliver Sacks on learning he has terminal cancer(nytimes.com)
625 points by the_duck 12y ago|121 comments
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by the_duck 12y ago
What amazes me about mosh is how it handles transitions in and out of the private wifi network at my school. When I want to ssh to school machines from off campus, I generally need to use a VPN. Without the VPN the machines are unreachable:
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Smartphones Don't Make Us Dumb(nytimes.com)
1 points by the_duck 12y ago|0 comments
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by the_duck 12y ago
Also, we probably have a lot more footage of 1985. Since video recording equipment got cheaper, more videos got made. Since many of those videos still exist, 1985 is still "present" in 2015 to a much greater degree than 1955 was
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by the_duck 12y ago
>The only time I ever hear this application is for the joke, “Aye you got Kik?”, normally seen as someone trying to “spit game” to attract a partner. It’s really difficult for me to describe it here but it isn't super relevant. This
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The Death of the Artist and the Birth of the Creative Entrepreneur(theatlantic.com)
39 points by the_duck 12y ago|14 comments
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Sony hack probably an inside job, says co-director of The Interview(anonhq.com)
1 points by the_duck 12y ago|0 comments
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A bad job is harder on your mental health than unemployment(mashable.com)
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by the_duck 12y ago
There's a special irony to the fact that this high fidelity audio format is being promoted by Neil Young. Young's a rock musician. He's been around loud noises (e.g. rock concerts) most of his life. He's also 69 years ol
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by the_duck 12y ago
> Several investigators have found that performers tend to stretch their intervals Johan Sundberg has excellent examples of this "stretched" tuning in some of his talks. He claims that musicians stretch intervals intentionally
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by the_duck 12y ago
Whenever I read about coding bootcamps I feel a tinge of worry that they might mean the end of the "good old days" for software developers. Do we expect that they'll have any tangible impact on the labor market by pumping out
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by the_duck 12y ago
I briefly considered connecting my credit and debit cards to Datacoup, but their dialog box set of warning bells. It asked for my card number and my online banking password. These are the same as my online banking credentials. In principle,
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by the_duck 12y ago
... and mined by organic, free range computers. :)
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by the_duck 12y ago
Artisanal bitcoins! They're 67 quadrillion times more expensive, but they're all natural and locally-sourced.
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by the_duck 12y ago
Huh. "Belt-phone business guy" is a new expression for me. What does this mean, exactly?
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by the_duck 12y ago
Non dynamic: >From 2000 to 2009, no province had lower so-called “firm entry” than Quebec. In fact, in the manufacturing, retail, transportation and finance sectors, more companies went away than were created. No other province had that
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by the_duck 12y ago
sigh (Current Quebecer here)
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by the_duck 12y ago
"The anxiety of feeling lost and stupid is not something you learn to conquer, but something you learn to live with." I started practicing mindfulness meditation a few years ago. Mindfulness trains you to experience your emotions
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Secret: the anonymous social app(nytimes.com)
2 points by the_duck 13y ago|0 comments
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by the_duck 13y ago
"Because labor markets in science and engineering differ greatly across fields, industries, and time periods, it is easy to cherry-pick specific specialties that really are in short supply, at least in specific years and locations.&quo