thomyorkie

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by thomyorkie 10y ago
> "Pot smokers are T-R-O-U-B-L-E" There is an error in your reasoning process which has been pointed out several times now (not just by me). I encourage a bit of introspection.
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by thomyorkie 10y ago
I understand that you've had some bad experiences with people who also happen to smoke marijuana, but you are painting with much too broad a brush. You must ask yourself: how accurate are you in your assessment of who smokes marijuana
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A Shocking Find in a Neanderthal Cave in France(theatlantic.com)
4 points by thomyorkie 10y ago|0 comments
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by thomyorkie 10y ago
Yeah, studies show that many healthcare professionals don't wash their hands like they are supposed to. My guess is this is the primary vector for spreading disease in hospitals. I know it's kind of annoying to scrub your hands
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by thomyorkie 10y ago
I think his point was that the boy's mom wasn't careful to ensure all the bacteria had actually been killed. The boy probably kept getting strep because some bacteria had survived and thus the bacteria could have become resistant
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Wheeler's delayed-choice gedanken experiment with a single atom(nature.com)
1 points by thomyorkie 10y ago|0 comments
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by thomyorkie 10y ago
Full text: http://alzres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/alzrt232 More recent info: http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2015.00...
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Near infrared light mitigates Alzheimer's disease-related pathology(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
3 points by thomyorkie 10y ago|1 comments
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Drink Coffee? Off with Your Head(npr.org)
4 points by thomyorkie 11y ago|0 comments
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by thomyorkie 11y ago
Could have a semi-private feed, where viewing is open but commenting is somewhat restricted.
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The Real Face of Jesus(popularmechanics.com)
1 points by thomyorkie 11y ago|0 comments
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by thomyorkie 11y ago
> The only serious advantage the car would have over the Tesla would be the 15 minute charger And by 2019 Tesla probably will have something similar.
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Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer Has Run Out of Time for a Turnaround(nytimes.com)
1 points by thomyorkie 11y ago|0 comments
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New startup aims to transfer people's consciousness into artificial bodies(techspot.com)
1 points by thomyorkie 11y ago|0 comments
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Golden ratio discovered in quantum world (2010)(sciencedaily.com)
20 points by thomyorkie 11y ago|9 comments
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by thomyorkie 11y ago
"If the voice(es) in any way confined themselves to the spectrum of being/knowledge that i as an individual acknowledged that i was in posession of, that would be one thing, but the world becomes a weird place when they go outside
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by thomyorkie 11y ago
The difference is institutionalized racism in the 1950's vs a few bad actors on these college campuses. A minority in the 1950's had good reasons to feel unsafe; that should be obvious to everyone. It's less obvious today a
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by thomyorkie 11y ago
It seems to me that flagging a submission should result in an admin review, not in an automatic reduction in the submission's points.
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by thomyorkie 11y ago
Can someone explain why this was suddenly removed from the front page?
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by thomyorkie 11y ago
Yeah, it appears they did remove it from the front page manually.
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by thomyorkie 11y ago
I don’t understand this. To the extent that parapsychology studies are well designed, the scientific community should be open minded enough to try to reproduce the results.
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by thomyorkie 11y ago
Also interesting: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20887774
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A mechanism for cognitive influence at a distance?(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
15 points by thomyorkie 11y ago|17 comments
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Orchestrated Objective Reduction(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by thomyorkie 11y ago|0 comments
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by thomyorkie 11y ago
I think everyone agrees that alcoholism or chronic alcohol abuse is bad for you. The interesting question is if moderate or light use is correlated with longevity.
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by thomyorkie 11y ago
Often studies like this break down alcohol consumption by type. Here is a review of several studies that concludes that "a substantial portion of the benefit is from alcohol rather than other components of each type of drink" ht
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by thomyorkie 11y ago
Here's a poor quality recording of LeCun's presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc-KbuZqGkI&list=PL513vUSBNc...
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by thomyorkie 11y ago
I too took CS61AS in scheme and AI in python, but my experience was different than that of your friend. I didn't find it difficult to pick up python, and learning it after scheme made me appreciate python all the more. Unless one plan
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by thomyorkie 11y ago
I've seen hypnosis and EFT help some people with depression. Unfortunately, they seem to be a treatment options that go overlooked.
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by thomyorkie 11y ago
I wonder if meditative activities that promote lower frequency brain waves would be useful here.

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