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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
Smalltalk's workspaces go back to 1980
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
that's my point: many news sources are framing it as a good thing by not calling it what it is: a deadly heat wave
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
There's no universal law that declares it has to be reported as such
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
Climate Crisis Any news source that reports "record-breaking temperatures" is, deliberately or not, making these dangerously increasing temperatures sound like a good thing. This extreme heat is costing us $$$
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
that's pronounced "mee-sheer"
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
they mean that since _everything_ is awesome these days, awesome now means "ordinary"
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
exactly. What other features of our faces will software "correct" next ?
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
Highly recommended is the interview on Econtalk with him. What an erudite man.
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
the denial is strong today
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
Divides a big number by a huge number and now it doesn't seem so bad
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
I think the lack of social interaction from the office is a good thing because it's healthier for our friends to be outside of our work
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
regardless of meeting size in any company where people don't trust each other there will be more gossip and backstabbing
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
bad implementation of a good idea
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
yeast
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
you don't realize it until it's already happening
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
your reply made me question myself so I got Skin in the Game off the shelf and whadddayknow he _does_ give a definition: "Perfect ergodicity means that each one of us, should he live forever, would spend a proportion of the time in the
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
I'd love for it not to be true and it's not like I have any proof
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aumann%27s_agreement_theorem
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
Everyone of his generation loves nuclear. It was the hottest thing back then. Makes me wonder what todays generations will be advocating which their children will have to deal with
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
Sadly it's because manufacturers deliberately make them loud to make it seem like they're doing their job more. It's the same with many garden tools. Lawnmowers, leaf blowers and hedge trimmers can be made very quiet but the
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
Taleb uses his own definition of ergodicity which he's yet to state
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
Wouldn't it be more efficient to charge cars from electricity gathered from solar urban roofs ? Car parks would make ideal areas to cover with solar roofs in the style of gas-station roofs. They'd be generating electricity and kee
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
Actually solving problems at the roots like that won't show results for 1 generation which is too long for human political memories
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
they should provide an option where they send you a new battery and you replace it yourself
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
button is on the side and inaccessible while bulb is in socket
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
why not a tiny recessed button you push with an inserted paperclip ?
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
https://leanpub.com/elementsofclojure
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
Ragtime is classical music
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
Good on him
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by vbuwivbiu 7y ago
Every cell contains the entire genome which, informed by chemical messages from cells nearby, has a subset of genes activated which encode the information needed to know what to do. Even the simplest cells on Earth are extremely advanced an

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