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by ximeng 7y ago
That video is really talking mostly about EPA report on impacts in the US, and doesn't particularly deny the science. But it doesn't have much to do with the article posted here, which talks about a very specific point regarding m
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This works both ways. There is a very strong incentive to create plausible scientific models that show climate change is not a problem if that is in fact the case. Even Dyson says he doesn't know any informed people who disagree with t
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What is the evidence that people who question the black box have great reputational risk? Dyson raises this point, but I don't really see that this would be different from any other area. There is more money at stake with climate chang
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https://thepointsguy.com/2015/08/europe-business-class/ maybe parent is talking about European business as described here.
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Check the updated design for the built-in ladders - not saying it definitely will work, but it might be possible
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This appears to be a concept design by an industrial designer. It's a pitch to airliners. https://vimeo.com/394558118 shows (from 00:33) how it works in more detail. Ladder pulls out from between the seats (although se
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The problem isn’t time spent on these sites, it’s finding better quality ways to spend the time. That’s the real challenge. Solution needs to be pull to something better not push away from something worse. Not that the push is necessarily b
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write yourself a scheme in Haskell is also good for learning haskell
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文言文編程語言。A programming language for the ancient Chinese(github.com)
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Immune discovery 'may treat all cancer'(bbc.com)
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Make sure you can look after your own basic needs first, so you're not requiring resources from others. Invest in your own education. Try to be there for others that you care about. Realise that sometimes conflict is inevitable and you
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A new open benchmark for speech recognition with limited or no supervision(ai.facebook.com)
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Author of paper comments in the reddit thread and has links to python code and tutorials for a simple climate model.
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Study Confirms Climate Models Are Getting Future Warming Projections Right(reddit.com)
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Lab-grown food will soon destroy farming – and save the planet(theguardian.com)
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Think that's exactly why some people are keen on small government.
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Household robots that can launder and fold clothes and cook food will be in use but not ubiquitous yet. Say top 10% households in developed countries.
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https://graebor.itch.io/field-of-fate This chess game prototype has some interesting variant pieces and a couple of other creative features: traits and relationships. It’s not particularly well balanced, but interesting to
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New Year Honours: 1k addresses published in error(bbc.com)
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Think hiring people might not be as hard as you think. I've done consulting for a company in Shanghai and there was minimal paperwork as we both were professional about it, set expectations clearly, and documented them. There would be
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Send a spec of what’s reasonable given the budget and ask for approval before continuing. If you’re worried about bugs increasing the time consider adding a contingency to the budget. Pad everything out a bit. If this runs to multiple cycle
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dying_to_Survive is a good movie
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Good textbooks already do exactly this. Show a few examples of particular sentence structure, using vocabulary and syntax at the level of the learner, and then briefly draw attention to a general rule at the end.
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Providing a few specific instances and then talking about the general rules is typically how grammar is taught when acquiring second languages.
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I self-studied Chinese mostly using Skritter (skritter.com) for spaced repetition of vocabulary and found it effective. The problem with learning via listening is the availability of suitable material. I estimate you need around 20k of comm
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Amazon have been on HN recently for poor customer service with respect to billing for cloud services: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21694835 Google could potentially win by being the least bad not the best.
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Labour Party in the UK just announced a manifesto that commits to rapid reductions in emissions paid by taxes including a windfall tax on oil and gas producers, so we will soon see.
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https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201911/01/P2019103100982... - government press release on the injunction restricting internet speech https://gogetfunding.com/jrcensorship/ - cro
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An Open Letter on the Hong Kong High Court Injunction on Internet Speech(medium.com)
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The concept of “owing” money to people comes in part from the consequences if they are not paid, including use of force. The concept of a country is in large part due to the area in which force can be applied to ensure people pay taxes, in

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