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by wrp 4y ago
I may be displaying a shameful lack of knowledge about modern history, but I can't think of any revolution besides the American that didn't result in a worsening of social and economic conditions for at least a generation. The onl
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by wrp 4y ago
> Israel is pretty prosperous if you're Israeli. What is called in Israel the War of Independence and outside the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , wasn't a revolution. The Jews in Palestine had their own territory and governance dist
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by wrp 4y ago
As someone who remembers the latter part of the Cold War, I can tell you that the actual inefficiencies of the Soviet system were significantly underestimated in the dominant Western narrative. Your ideas about Soviet industry appear to be
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by wrp 4y ago
Doesn't ring a bell. If you can give more details about who said it, that might help someone find your answer.
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> I also like other well engineered simple long-lasting stuff. Soviet engineering as a whole is interesting in this respect. From syllabuses I've read, engineering education in the USSR was at least as rigorous as in the USA. The pr
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It was so long ago, I don't even remember whether it was in a book or article. That's why I asked, hoping to find it again. I just remember being impressed with the complex considerations behind what initially appeared to be simpl
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by wrp 4y ago
Many years ago, I read a breakdown of the systems thinking behind the development of the AK-47. It showed how the design features of the gun related to the goal of optimizing number of enemy killed for expenditure of all forms of resources.
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by wrp 4y ago
If you have never tried using different hardness grades, just find an art supply shop with a display of drawing pencils and try a little scribble with each grade. Note that since every brand is a bit different, you can't use your exper
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by wrp 4y ago
Not an expert, but I think that part is wrong. You can still do a controlled landing with a severely damaged helicopter. If the damage is so bad you can't, perhaps ejection is not really an option either.
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by wrp 4y ago
Wood-cased pencils have lead that is darker and less smudgy than MP lead, because wood-cased use a graphite+clay mix while MPs use graphite+polymer. Some people even prefer the feel of wood-cased pencils in hand, but I personally prefer the
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by wrp 4y ago
If you have no special requirement in mind, the Pentel lead that is available practically everywhere is nothing to sneeze at. I probably use more of Pentel than anything else. The benefit in choosing other brands mainly comes when you want
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by wrp 4y ago
The appeal of these stories lies more in their play with ideas than in their literary merit, but there is enough variety that I think most people could find at least a few they enjoy. My favorites were The Scent of Strangeness , Quantum M
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Quantum Shorts: Flash Fiction Inspired by Quantum Physics(shorts.quantumlah.org)
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Notebooks from Japan usually take FP ink well. Notebooks from American/European companies (usually made in China) usually don't. Clairefontaine/Rhodia is the main exception, though I think the paper is actually made in France
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by wrp 4y ago
If you are a FP lover but want to try a gel for convenience, I found the Pilot Hi-Tec-C in 0.5 mm to give the writing feel most like a FP. ( https://www.jetpens.com/Pilot-Hi-Tec-C-Gel-Pens-Standard/ct/... )
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by wrp 4y ago
I've wondered why I hear so much about chalk but not about mechanical pencil leads. I'm so picky about mine that whenever I find some I really like, I lay up a hoard in case it gets discontinued.
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Idea -> diagram -> pseudocode -> code. All on paper. Prefer loose sheets so I can spread them out. Mentally run through it and "printf" to the margins. Concise languages only.
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by wrp 4y ago
Have to disagree. I've tried DDG and was never impressed enough to switch from Google, but I have found Yandex to increasingly give better curated results, especially for stuff originating in Europe. Bing has also gotten much better, b
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by wrp 4y ago
Hate buying clothes online; have to return 80% for fit/color. Don't like buying books online; sick of getting new books with mashed corners. Don't trust buying food online; frequent past-dating and damage. I can't think
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Summary: Willis has suffered cognitive decline over many years. During that time, his acting roles were made less talky so that he could handle them. The article claims that this is a tragedy because a good actor was led into making many ba
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Over his whole career as a professor, my father was so concerned about test sharing that he kept a file of every test he ever gave and was careful to never ask the same question twice.
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As is very common in America, the author conflates culture with race and proceeds to make vast and inaccurate generalizations about demographics. If you think Hispanic culture is particularly loud, you probably haven't experienced the
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I believe the pronunciation sounds more like sung-poon .
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I don't think these ads have any effect in the direction intended, but I do share the feeling of absurdity in that I only see these ads when watching a DVD that I've already purchased.
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by wrp 4y ago
> How does it get to this point? Russian society has always been at this point, at least, according to the trend of 19th century literature and foreign accounts I've read going back to the (I think) 17th century. If you are willing
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Nothing hypocritical there. I think it's safe to assume that people in the USA complaining about Mexican immigrants are not those who are moving to Mexico, and those complainers in Mexico City are not among those who went to El Norte
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In the text, they distinguish the Harry Potter fallacy from the fallacy fallacy and a few others.
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For many years, academic publishers have followed the model of high prices and small print runs. I think they just assume that only university libraries will actually buy a copy.
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No. They distinguish the Harry Potter fallacy from the fallacy fallacy . Students, once they learn the fallacies, just love to spot them and charge others with committing them, and so expect that dropping some Latin name for an opponent
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by wrp 4y ago
Academic journal articles may be more convenient, because they usually focus on the key citations for a field in the brief literature review. Use Google Scholar to find some, then download from Sci-Hub.

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