throwaway1239Mx

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by throwaway1239Mx 5y ago
working link: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0205297
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by throwaway1239Mx 5y ago
I've tried reading lights, but the backlight on my kindle is much better for preserving night vision. I think it may also make less of an impact on ease of falling asleep... just to add my $0.02!
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by throwaway1239Mx 5y ago
> Now, 1% may not sound like a big deal. After all, there is almost no reason for excitement or concern when you lose 1% of your total mass. I... Really? Y'all ok with just losing a randomly selected pound or two of flesh? I think
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by throwaway1239Mx 5y ago
Came here to comment on binary finger counting; found it'd already been said! I have trouble with some positions due to the ring/pinkie connection, but for me it's more of an internal count anyway, so something like counting
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by throwaway1239Mx 5y ago
I have finally settled with a standing desk and an Ikea Ingolf bar stool - basic flat wood seat, no padding. As a 6'4" person, many chairs are awful, create pain, etc., but I love this setup. The idea that having a slightly less c
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by throwaway1239Mx 5y ago
I realize this is a bit late, but Rephial is no longer updating - http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showpost.php?p=152370&postcount... Most activity is on the forum at oook.cz or the github releases page, though Rephial
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As Bad Information Spreads, Florida Schools Seek to Teach 'Digital Literacy'(npr.org)
47 points by throwaway1239Mx 6y ago|58 comments
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by throwaway1239Mx 6y ago
I've always enjoyed reading BC's endnotes about the research he did for each book almost as much as the actual story. :D
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by throwaway1239Mx 6y ago
The book series by Bernard Cornwell is also excellent, if you enjoy that sort of thing. The books have a fairly well defined structure (one may even consider them formulaic), but he appears to have done a lot of detailed research into day-t
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by throwaway1239Mx 6y ago
I have this vague hope that maybe the 'top comment' position is also based on number of replies, not necessarily upvotes, but then... the discussion itself is pretty sobering. The current program cost relative pennies, proved to b
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by throwaway1239Mx 6y ago
Making things more accessible rarely has a downside for folks who don't need it in my experience, and often has an upside. My favorite example is doorknobs - think of a round doorknob vs one with a lever. People with broken/missi
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by throwaway1239Mx 6y ago
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/10/09/the-score This is linked in OP, but gives very slightly more detail around how the score was actually popularized, and what Apgar's career looked like.
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by throwaway1239Mx 6y ago
for context, the same thing posted 13 hours later: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24617571 (what's the secret to both comedy and online rati - TIMING!)
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by throwaway1239Mx 6y ago
Like many here, I don't have questions either, but the Explorabook and Kid's Shenanigans were life changing for me. I always wanted a copy of Earthsearch, but some parts of it really stuck with me from copies I saw in the store
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by throwaway1239Mx 6y ago
As of 2020, the US population is ~327000000. The UK population is 63000000 [Source: Wikipedia] Now, do some division. That's ~1 assault on a LEO per 2990 people in the US and ~1 assault on a LEO per 2100 people in the UK. So assaults
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by throwaway1239Mx 6y ago
If you're sick of watching video, and prefer actual text, there's an open-access PDF available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1998119
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by throwaway1239Mx 6y ago
The movie was a childhood staple, but the book is even better - literally LOL'ed, snorted, etc. "In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash" by Jean Shepherd. There are lots of additional short stories there not featured in the mo
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by throwaway1239Mx 6y ago
AFAIK (spouse is an OT, works with PTs, puts up with my barefoot nonsense & enjoys explaining biomechanics to me) forefoot walking is something to avoid. Leads to shortened calf muscles/tendons, can lead to problems in old age as b
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by throwaway1239Mx 6y ago
Take your shoes off. (sorry, I had to) Go walk outside without them on something mildly unpleasant, like "chipseal" pavement or gravel for short distances - the increased feedback will encourage you to walk gently (advice stolen
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by throwaway1239Mx 6y ago
Thank you! Props for polite correction on someone straw-manning the OP. Otherwise I likely wouldn't have looked into this one. I've definitely noticed mental fatigue from the changed aural environment in my house. I normally work
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by throwaway1239Mx 6y ago
Thank you for sharing this. I've been feeling out of sorts and overwhelmed[0], and this really resonated. I generally tend to avoid things like (3) unless sharing them with someone else, and this feels like the reason why , moreso tha
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by throwaway1239Mx 7y ago
Why in the holy hell is this getting downvoted[0]? Advice on what kind of ammunition to use during the endless war on bugs that we humans have perpetrated for our own comfort[1] is without a doubt invaluable information. [0] This is not sna
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by throwaway1239Mx 7y ago
"Bodyweight squat" often refers to the practice of squatting without additional weight - which is exactly the movement the article discusses.
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by throwaway1239Mx 7y ago
It's likely a teaser for his new book - don't have access to the whole article, but see: https://www.npr.org/2019/04/19/714600205/einsteins-unfinishe... as an alternative.
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by throwaway1239Mx 7y ago
The final volume in Teixeira's series (at least, that published on the US side of the pond, and available online) appears to be the Life of the Scorpion ( https://archive.org/details/lifeofscorpion00fabr/ ) whi
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by throwaway1239Mx 7y ago
The thicker one (in english) may be somewhat difficult to find. https://www.worldcat.org/title/works-of-jh-fabre/oclc/316395... As far as I can tell, there are 3 locations (one in The British Library, St. Pan
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by throwaway1239Mx 8y ago
Any suggestions for sources on what was obvious prior to 1980? Happy to spend hours reading... but hours searching + reading adds up rapidly in a time-scarce environment.