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by wrp 4y ago
I can illustrate one way that "diversity" hiring has affected perceptions of a demographic. In the 1980s, I worked around engineering departments a lot. Women were rare, but it seemed to be widely assumed that any woman in enginee
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by wrp 4y ago
> ...it's the ideas that are the draw for me; if the ideas start repeating themselves...it becomes a lot harder to read a lot faster. I read for the ideas, too. It's typical for me to discover a wonderful book, search out every
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by wrp 4y ago
Downvoters and negative comments here completely misunderstand this comment. It does not defend Russia at all. It is just raising the interesting question of why the US is openly showing operations that are usually kept secret until long af
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by wrp 4y ago
Alwyn Scott's Stairway to the Mind (1995) has an accessible critique of Penrose's theory from the perspective of neurophysics. Basically, he argues that neuronal activity is on such a large time and energy scale that quantum eff
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by wrp 4y ago
I suspect the majority of HN visitors swing by once a day. They make a comment here and there and then leave. By the next day when they see any replies, the thread is history and they expect no one is going to care.
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by wrp 4y ago
I never realized the zombie diet is keto. Have you ever seen a fat zombie?
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by wrp 4y ago
I've read testimonials from women who had severe acne and cured the problem by stopping frequent washing of the face with soap. It that case, the restriction of soap usage clearly improved skin health.
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by wrp 4y ago
To add a data point here...I've read studies on the effectiveness of handwashing for sterilization. Apparently it's simply the abrasion under water that removes pathogens from the skin. Studies found no difference in effectiveness
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by wrp 4y ago
The article makes no mention of the two most influential exposés by CIA insiders, Philip Agee's Inside the Company: CIA Diary (1975) and Frank Snepp's Decent Interval (1978). Either book would give a better illustration of con
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by wrp 4y ago
> You are quoting a single monthly report..and are attempting to mislead by 1) extrapolating it to the entire conflict since 2014 and 2) asserting the "bulk" of casualties to be inflicted by Ukraine... Instead of a representati
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by wrp 4y ago
From the report you linked: During the entire conflict period, from 14 April 2014 to 31 December 2021, OHCHR recorded a total of 3,106 conflict-related civilian deaths (1,852 men, 1,072 women, 102 boys, 50 girls, and 30 adults whose sex is
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by wrp 4y ago
For an alternative, there is also an Inkscape extension for doing hexmaps and countersheets. ( https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/299033/inkscape-extensions-... )
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by wrp 4y ago
> ...they were unhappy with Jackson's adaptation. For a summary of the criticisms of Jackson's interpretation, the only article I know of is "JACKSON, PETER" in Michael Drout's J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia (2007
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by wrp 4y ago
> ...the general "feel" of the show is vastly different from Tolkien's writing. Isn't that exactly what is getting Tolkien devotees twisted in knots? I can empathize both with people who want to see something new in a
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by wrp 4y ago
> LOTR has been a solid part of pop culture for over 20 years now... Actually, LotR the book has been a major influence in American pop culture since the 1960s. The debate here seems to be whether RoP is faithful to Tolkien's vision
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by wrp 4y ago
Does the phrase "successive waves of 28 drones" mean "28 drones in successive waves"? A total of 4 killed doesn't give the impression of a powerful weapon. With a long range but seemingly small payload, the Geran dr
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by wrp 4y ago
There is/was an MIT computer scientist who argued that the reason why fewer female students stay with CS is that they take a more pragmatic view of the career prospects.
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by wrp 4y ago
I've read that for some parts of the world, ocean floor maps are still based on data from 18th century surveys.
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by wrp 4y ago
The article describes how Ukraine is putting more effort into online propagandizing toward than Russia is toward Ukraine. Is that by itself winning? There isn't much discussion of effectiveness and probably can't be without extens
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by wrp 4y ago
> Western media in most western countries isn’t state controlled... Have to disagree. Western media and big tech have been very willing to control information flow to suit the desires of politicians if they are from the right political p
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by wrp 4y ago
Thanks, this looks like a good alternative. One thing though is that people may find the presentation of results easier to search through in BookFinder4U. For pre-ISBN books, you need to use the Out-of-print Search. I use it regularly to fi
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by wrp 4y ago
It was terrible, relative to Google, for a long time. I've kept Bing bookmarked for several years and now and then check to see how it does against Google. I'd say that within the past two years or so it has gotten to the point
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by wrp 4y ago
BookFinder4U is even more useful, as it is a superset of Amazon, eBay, AbeBooks, and a few others. Coverage is not limited to North America. ( http://www.bookfinder4u.com/ )
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by wrp 4y ago
Key quotes: Gen Z attitudes that may come across as lazy or entitled to a more seasoned worker are actually just different values and different approaches. They can't perform [t]asks like making small talk with a client or writing a
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by wrp 4y ago
I can't remember what writer, maybe P.J. O'Rourke, who quipped that at least one benefit of living in a police state is that you can count on the streets being well policed.
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Carrying pocket notebooks was common in Renaissance England and I think throughout Europe. One popular homemade type had erasable pages made from linen stiffened with starch. Pocket notebooks have a very long history of being used as a sort
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by wrp 4y ago
This is about the 1990s, not the 1980s. Late Soviet life was bad but in a different way and degree. A minor aspect of the story given is the nature of organized criminality in Russia. Two good videos by Mark Galeotti: History of Russian org
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by wrp 4y ago
Some further links: Video of suspect truck being searched. ( https://twitter.com/christogrozev/status/1578679085269626881 ) Satellite photo of whole bridge. ( https://nitter.it/pic/orig/enc&
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Destruction of Crimea Bridge: What We Know So Far(thedebrief.org)
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Security camera footage of the explosion. ( https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1578638952885784576 ) If it was a truck bomb, it would had to have been a suicide bomber, but I have doubts. Observe the small car that

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