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by ummwhat 5y ago
Also noteworthy, humans seem to be the only species concerned with privacy of sexual matters.
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by ummwhat 5y ago
Profits Q4?
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by ummwhat 5y ago
Just 3 more updates until Pithon 3.14
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by ummwhat 5y ago
Wouldn't it obviously have come from the California Gold Rush?
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by ummwhat 5y ago
The best summary of the word that I've seen is that its a lot like "gringo". Its status as pejorative or descriptive or even endearing depends on how it's said and the context in which it is said and on the person saying
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by ummwhat 5y ago
The informal Chinese word for white people is "Lao Wai" which literally translates as "old foreign" (the formal word for foreigners is Wai gou Ren (foreign country person)). The explanation I was given for the informal w
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by ummwhat 5y ago
I heard that first he went half way to the new world, then half of that distance, then half of that distance...and never made it in the end.
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by ummwhat 5y ago
In Haiku parse tree The oroboros told me "In Haiku parse tree..."
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by ummwhat 5y ago
Lawmakers are not going to write a law whose sole purpose is indicting lawmakers.
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by ummwhat 5y ago
"Segway" also makes perfect sense. "Let me use this as an awkward clumsy vehicle to get to the next topic".
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by ummwhat 5y ago
Hey wait, aren't Helter Skelter and Yellow Submarine still under copyright?
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by ummwhat 5y ago
When it's inconvenient, "children aren't capable of adult responsibility". When it's inconvenient in the other direction, "this court has decided to have you tried as an adult."
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by ummwhat 5y ago
If it's the paper I'm thinking of then I read the original and that's not really a fair representation of what they did. What they actually did was they started with some data on things which had gone viral but could only see
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by ummwhat 5y ago
Those are the types of problems which I describe as "solving the problem is half the problem". Anyone can easily write the fixes to these sorts of problems. They don't because the real complication isn't the surface leve
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by ummwhat 5y ago
I know arrows theorem says something about spoiler candidates and irrelevant identical alternatives, but I didn't think it manifested quite like this.
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by ummwhat 5y ago
The vagrant around the corner from me is banned from all stores in the area for his controversial refusal to abide by "no shirt, no shoes, no service". He's extremely not mainstream. You should only listen to him if you want
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by ummwhat 5y ago
There's no consistent grammatical rule. Certain words and phrases are obvious warning signs about the speaker, but you have to be somewhat immersed in the culture to notice. Usually the literal meaning of the word / phrase really
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by ummwhat 5y ago
The hills are high and the emperor is far away.
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by ummwhat 5y ago
That's not strictly settled science. The truth is herd immunity / lack thereof is well within the error bars of the vaccine efficacy / R0 estimates. We don't actually know, but it looks like the delta curve is peaking in
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by ummwhat 5y ago
They are effective. The vaccine stops delta between 70 and 90% of the time (depending on which vaccine and which study you look at). The "impossible to get herd immunity" scenario is within the error bars, but I wouldn't stat
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by ummwhat 5y ago
Based on the error bars I've seen, you should be closer to 40% sure. Or less. Maybe on the next mutation I'll have cause to agree with you. For now, herd immunity is still an endgame worth pursuing.
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by ummwhat 5y ago
>Back on the harms side again, there's a possibility that teaching kids "just do this and don't ask questions" can have negative consequences. Don't worry. The schools teach that with or without masks.
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by ummwhat 5y ago
I want to renew my subscription, but I can't click renew.
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by ummwhat 5y ago
Ironically, you picked the one "law" in physics which is technically a statistical statement rather than a law per se.
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by ummwhat 5y ago
The estimates I've seen vary from 4-8 so it's not a sure thing if we do/don't have herd immunity. I keep saying we should be masking and standing apart now so that hopefully we can nudge r0 down a bit and avoid lockdowns
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by ummwhat 5y ago
The same brain function is processing every layer of the stack. Its the call stack of a recursive function.
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by ummwhat 5y ago
I'd argue everything about how we think is already deeply recursive. Your brain has some sort of function for parsing what it is being told. Whenever a new context/setting comes up (such as "yesterday", "in Vladivos
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by ummwhat 5y ago
Why yes. Running a fever is dangerous because that's exactly the point where the blood starts to boil. Let it simmer too long and smoke comes out of your ears.
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by ummwhat 5y ago
Why New York is so unbearable that 8 million people bear it and millions more visit it. Clearly no one actually likes more housing or more stuff.
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by ummwhat 5y ago
I could tell you, but it might cost some people their job.

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