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by xenocratus 1y ago
I do something similar. If I'm not anxious but awake, I try to just visualise random stuff, random worlds. Somehow my brain is decent at that and I slowly drift off, though I sometimes get a jolt from reality. Recently I found that whe
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by xenocratus 1y ago
Robert Sapolsky [1] has entered the chat... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determined:_A_Science_of_Life_... Note: not necessarily endorsing this, but it seemed very relevant :)
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by xenocratus 1y ago
> but then again it’s always a humans fault in the end Disagree, a human might be the cause/trigger, but the fault is pretty much always systemic. A whole lot of things has to happen for that last person to cause the problem.
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by xenocratus 1y ago
> I find it extremely hard to believe Israel didn't know, with extreme detail, what they were getting themselves into I find it extremely hard to believe Israel didn't know about the Oct 7 attack in the first place, and chose t
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by xenocratus 1y ago
> Lately every few days I go outside and run hard to beat my last time (currently PR is 28:10). [...] a few days ago [...] I suddenly had a terrible calf cramp that took a few days to get past. As someone with horrible back pain issues a
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by xenocratus 1y ago
By "campaign donations" I assume you mean "bribes and kickbacks"?
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by xenocratus 1y ago
> In this hypothetical, why do you do leetcode hard interviews? I thought I already answered that: >> Not that the latter doesn't matter, of course, but it's by no means the one and only measure.
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by xenocratus 1y ago
> If someone solves a leetcode hard with a constraint solver and you don't hire them, you are an idiot. I do hope you're exagerating here, but in case you aren't: this is an extremely simplistic view of what (software) eng
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Hot mic catches Xi and Putin discussing organ transplants and immortality(bbc.co.uk)
11 points by xenocratus 1y ago|0 comments
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by xenocratus 1y ago
For sure, don't know if I agree with the central "message" of that title / song. But I can see the complaints raised therein. I'm just a bit of a contrarian, and couldn't resist the appeal of that reply :@)
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by xenocratus 1y ago
Koyaanisqatsi https://youtu.be/OA7lzJSqeU4?si=gje1xvgAiidAAu3N
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by xenocratus 1y ago
I want a breakdown of how much energy would be saved by deleting old emails vs energy spent by people using VPNs now because of the Online Safety Act :)
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by xenocratus 1y ago
Compared to letting your body fully rest during that day (perhaps in between longer runs).
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by xenocratus 1y ago
Why the clickbait title? Yes, it's technically correct, but it obviously implies (as written) that o3 used those links "behind your back" and altered the replies. Another option that's just as correct and doesn't mi
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by xenocratus 1y ago
I'm sure he wrote all of this on, sent it over, and now is re-reading it from his Texas Instruments TI-99/4A Home Computer.
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by xenocratus 1y ago
I've only gotten a few paragraphs in, but this seems like a pipe dream of someone working in trades. Who, exactly, starts calling up locksmiths more when their job is gone and they don't have much money to spare? A lot of people b
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by xenocratus 1y ago
And the comment says that, since companies start out with more males, it presumably makes sense to favour females to steer towards gender balance.
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by xenocratus 2y ago
Chill, this isn't a court of law, people can have opinions
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by xenocratus 2y ago
I can tell a HN article is from Quanta from the obnoxious clickbaity title. I'm shocked that they have to do this given their target audience (because I'd rather not believe they just choose to)
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by xenocratus 2y ago
How the hell is a foot tunnel (that you have to walk in) "transport"? You could just say "Walk from X to Y" in that case, no need for a tunnel. That being said, I do find that tunnel an interesting way of getting across
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UK will not be able to resist China's tech dominance(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by xenocratus 2y ago|0 comments
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by xenocratus 2y ago
> far more impact and reach > has had zero impact in the everyday life of most of the population of Earth You do realise those two can be true at the same time, right? The first one is relative, while the second is absolute, so they d
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by xenocratus 2y ago
"Time to something I haven't seen or experienced in the past 3 years" Having spent more than 5 years in small towns, London has fixed my utter boredom.
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by xenocratus 2y ago
Yes, obviously no small town has sidewalk puke, surely not in England!
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by xenocratus 2y ago
Wouldn't you agree that the problem is not the managers who hired and misunderstood their contributions, but the society who forged them and incentivised them to behave and think like that? You can basically choose a "scape-goat&q
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by xenocratus 2y ago
For some reason a lot of my memories from early days are lost (despite not being that far back), but I do fondly remember us visiting some neighbours, playing Monopoly with the kids of the household (good friends at the time, that I've
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by xenocratus 2y ago
You're forgetting: The people calling the shots might also be investors in the real estate market, so have an incentive for it to not crash. :)
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by xenocratus 2y ago
So the free "plan" is not only restricted in functionality, but is only available for two weeks?
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by xenocratus 2y ago
Never heard of this before, but watching a few videos, the difference between small league and standard platform league is shocking, and highlights why the small league seems so impressive. Basically, in the small league the interaction wit
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by xenocratus 2y ago
The effort that went into this is outstanding. Thanks for the daily reminder of just how much amazing stuff is put out there by hardworking folks :)

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