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by vharuck 4y ago
Interesting factoid: "real numbers" are called that to distinguish them from "imaginary numbers." The latter term was not meant as an improper noun, but a proper insult. Some mathematicians called them imaginary to impl
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by vharuck 4y ago
The kind of "politics" to avoid at work is the kind you avoid in polite conversation: irrelevant. If one's work has nothing to do with Israel, then talking about it must causes problems. But if the work has an effect on the
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by vharuck 4y ago
>"if you're the right sort of person, you have the right sort of hunches" To me, this sounds like a line from a multi-level marketing pitch. It sounds like they're saying "This may not apply to you," but a
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by vharuck 4y ago
Sort of like how the valuable parts of math textbooks are the theorems and proofs, with the problem sets (i.e. implementations) being nice but arbitrary extras?
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by vharuck 4y ago
I disagree. I think anyone can learn anything, though it may take an unreasonable amount of time and effort for some. Learning a new concept can be complicated, especially for things introduced in high school and university. All those conc
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by vharuck 4y ago
Not to mention that Wikipedia also acts as a filter for importance. Important cases are more likely to have articles. This is bad for exhaustive research, but great for "I need to write a summary by tomorrow."
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by vharuck 4y ago
Low unemployment means there are plenty of jobs available. Those jobs are available because employers believe they can increase revenue by shelling out more money on headcount. So those employers believe there's still money to be made
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by vharuck 4y ago
>Perhaps '8 feet' is meant to keep a filmer out of potential harm, and from interfering with a police officer and suspect potentially struggling. If that were the intent, there'd be no reason to focus on the act of filming
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by vharuck 4y ago
Free school lunches have been available even during the pandemic. Schools were even given funds to deliver the meals to rural homes.
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by vharuck 4y ago
As somebody who works in public health in the United States, I can guarantee that obesity is seen as an epidemic, tracked in the population with annual surveys, and targeted as a component of disease. Governmental and non-profit public hea
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by vharuck 4y ago
>(If applicable) split the night into two shifts to maximize uninterrupted sleep. My wife still tells people about how grateful she was for me proposing this. We each had a guaranteed 6 straight hours of sleep: I slept 9pm to 3am, and s
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by vharuck 4y ago
Doesn't GitHub's own Terms of Service prevent them from doing something like Copilot? https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/github-terms/github-t... >This license does not grant GitHub the right
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by vharuck 4y ago
>Some people know a lot about what they are doing and are highly skilled. A concert pianist doesn't just walk up on stage and wing it. If I may torture your example to defend the GP, concert pianists trying to improve will wing it d
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by vharuck 4y ago
Can you link to evidence of this happening? Because all I could find were stories about how Trump's lawyers argued this was the case, but were forced to admit in court there were poll watchers acting on Trump's behalf: >Judge
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by vharuck 4y ago
The Japanese light novel "Shin Sekai Yori" ("From the New World") explores a world where a small proportion of people develop incredibly powerful psychic powers. Spoilers: In it, the government follows TFA's first t
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by vharuck 4y ago
My HOA prohibits any vegetable or fruit plants, except heirloom tomatoes. So I can guess somebody on the board has a particular hobby.
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by vharuck 4y ago
I agree that technology, in the abstract, is usually morally neutral. But very few people work on abstract ideas for the sake of knowledge. Somebody's paying the salaries to develop and implement the technologies, and they're do
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by vharuck 4y ago
If Section 230 [0] were repealed (which is what those laws would do), I can't imagine any website would allow user-generated content without (a) requiring a lawyer's approval of every submission before hosting it, and (b) buying e
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by vharuck 4y ago
>How am I supposed to equate a drawing any graduate art-school student could reproduce with foundational discoveries in mathematics Pretty sure that's GP's point. Nowadays, any graduate physics student can solve calculus probl
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by vharuck 4y ago
Where's the software letting me surveil my supervisors? They're supposed to be spending some time and effort on me, so I have a legitimate need to make sure that's happening. There should be software that scans their emails
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by vharuck 5y ago
REACT PIOUS Hits all the vowels except Y. But I feel like it's not so great. Wish I could replace the P with something more useful.
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by vharuck 5y ago
US law permits restrictions on speech, but only in very specific cases for very good reasons. For example, gag orders during court proceedings are temporary limitations on speech meant to ensure a fair trial. https://www.law.cor
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by vharuck 5y ago
"Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten." - Mort , by Terry Pratc
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by vharuck 5y ago
Medical tests are only part of the solution there. They would be worthless without the more important component: a trusted third-party tester. As we've seen with DMCA takedowns on YouTube, an automatic third-party arbiter ends up fav
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by vharuck 5y ago
Not all social problems, just those where the people involved have opposing goals. And even then, it's not so much a no-go as unlikely to work. We can tackle problems like advertising and recruiting for local hobby groups. But peopl
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by vharuck 5y ago
I was amazed to learn that the Japanese people didn't use a writing system until the 4th century, and even then it was just Chinese. Not an adaptation of Chinese characters, which came later, but the Chinese language. Japan had agricu
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by vharuck 5y ago
I first heard the theory on an episode of RadioLab: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/episodes/91569... One of the researchers interviewed on that episode was Karim Nader, who focuses on what he c
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by vharuck 5y ago
The flop of Google Glass cemented in my mind that smart phones are really hard to beat. It's a small device that's easy to carry with you, has a large and detailed display, allows custom programs, and is easy to put away. I cons
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by vharuck 5y ago
Why not just go to the Census Bureau for annual tables of populations by age?
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by vharuck 5y ago
>I can build up a relatively vivid mental image of my walking route to school (from the bus terminal) over 40 years ago. Is it accurate? Who cares. Not only that, but by recalling and rebuilding memories, how gaps are filled in depends o

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