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DC Tracks Legal Changes with Git(arstechnica.com)
5 points by ultra_nick 5y ago|0 comments
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by ultra_nick 5y ago
Watch one of these turn out to a miracle cure for some random disease. I can understand preventing access to dangerous drugs for the average person, but keeping ourselves deliberately ignorant by blocking research was stupid.
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It's crazy how many people don't get the IPFS/Dweb. It's like the invention of personal computers. It's going to change everything like the shift from time share department computers did. Imagine what programmers co
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It's possible consciousness isn't a real thing. Humans might just be big neural networks that predict the actions most likely to result in survival.
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Civil disobedience
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How does it structure the flash cards into a knowledge tree? Is it like Roam plus Anki?
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by ultra_nick 5y ago
There are different types of note taking. For random items, I use lists like Trello. For lots of non-transferrable knowledge, I use a wiki like Notion. I haven't liked the note taking tools for learning, so I've been building a
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by ultra_nick 5y ago
I love this style of note taking. My friends and I are trying to build a modern automatically backlinked note database. https://www.conceptionary.app/
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by ultra_nick 5y ago
I'm building a prototype that does that. It's not done yet, but you can check out last month's demo of the "pull up". https://www.conceptionary.app/ (Please don't squish my website HN)
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by ultra_nick 5y ago
I bet my method beats most others. Answer basic questions for every step of a topic: what, why, how, who, when, where Sleep in it Review with spaced repetition
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I'm stuck in a vim like combat with a spider.
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I don't understand. Do you have to look at the keyboard to type? Notes feel as natural to me as talking.
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by ultra_nick 6y ago
Work for a non software company. I work for a large hardware company and I'm bored out of my mind every day.
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by ultra_nick 6y ago
Work at a large hardware company like Dell or HP. I'm bored out of my mind during work.
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Are subscription models the future of healthcare?(statnews.com)
1 points by ultra_nick 6y ago|3 comments
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What do you guys think about subscription models for hospitals? https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/12/fee-for-service-is-a-ter...
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by ultra_nick 6y ago
What do you guys think about subscription models for healthcare? https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/12/fee-for-service-is-a-ter...
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Why is a large American newspaper bullying some random blogger?
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https://datingchances.com/ A virtual dating coach and learning community for practicing your social skills. I focused too much on non-core features and ran out of motivation.
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by ultra_nick 6y ago
NuScale's small modular reactor (SMR) seems like a good solution to this problem. https://www.energy.gov/ne/nuclear-reactor-technologies/small...
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The world is awash in bull(callingbull.org)
4 points by ultra_nick 6y ago|2 comments
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A free course on critical thinking and healthy skepticism. "The world is awash in bull. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release. Higher education rewards bull over analytic thought. Startup culture
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That sounds a lot like the "Find the point nearest to this one on a 2s plane" interview question. Neat.
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Why break tasks up into 10 line files when you could break them into 10 line Python/Similar functions? Same advantages as above, a more powerful cross platform language, cross-task references can be linted def run(params): &quo
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I've trying these methods and hitting the same motivation wall on my app for the past few months. Managing context and working in small steps is helpful. A continuous drip or spaced repetition of similar work also helps. Reloading the
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I wish banks had API tokens, so that people didn't have to exchange their passwords for financial services.
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by ultra_nick 7y ago
Skeptics Guide to the Universe https://www.amazon.com/Skeptics-Guide-Universe-Really-Increa...