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AutumnCurtain··on Brain implant translates paralyzed man's thoughts into text with 94% accuracy
If not you, what do you think they are?
AutumnCurtain··on The popularity of e-bikes isn’t slowing down
Yes, thankfully the DA stepped in after the local PD tried to squash it.
AutumnCurtain··on The popularity of e-bikes isn’t slowing down
The Texas "rolling coal" case shows you can attempt to murder a group of cyclists and face no legal repercussions if you are in the right political climate.
AutumnCurtain··on A cryptocurrency loophole only Congress can close
You could renounce your citizenship, which is your agreement to participate in the laws of the country, and you certainly should if you feel the deal isn't worth it
AutumnCurtain··on Culture shock
I'm interested in the apparent intolerance of shirtless men, I didn't realize that was a thing.
AutumnCurtain··on First confirmed hatchings of two California condor chicks from unfertilized eggs
Correct, and they had a designed lysine deficiency that was supposed to make them reliant on human-given dietary supplements to live. By consuming lysine-rich foods they were able to live without humans and some gradually changed sex to become male, leading to viable reproductive groups on the island.
AutumnCurtain··on Gender in Latin and Beyond: A Philologist’s Take
Appealing in what way? A "strong" Sapir-Whorf is rejected completely by mainstream linguists, to my knowledge.
AutumnCurtain··on Gender in Latin and Beyond: A Philologist’s Take
This would be an interesting exploration of a sort of Sapir-Whorf type question.
AutumnCurtain··on Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm
I remember sitting in my dorm room in FT (at UCSB) and watching the Tea Fire flames jump closer and closer. Fire is a huge threat in the area, even that close to the coast. This seems like insanity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Fire?wprov=sfla1

AutumnCurtain··on Scientists recreated classic origin-of-life experiment and made a new discovery
Also helps with an immediate understanding of ballistics and escape velocity
AutumnCurtain··on The Toynbee Convector
The story in full as a PDF: https://kwarc.info/teaching/TDM/Bradbury.pdf
AutumnCurtain··on Haunted Houses Have Nothing on Lighthouses
One of my all time favorites, Defoe is at his very best
AutumnCurtain··on The void in Calgary: How office towers emptied in a once bustling downtown
Downtown LA has its own (serious) problems, but one of its real successes is the transition over the past 20 years towards having greater integration of local communities, amenities, and nightlife. In the 90s it was a ghost town after 7pm, and now most neighborhoods have a bustling dining and entertainment scene that supports diverse local and small businesses.
AutumnCurtain··on Global Climate Report – September 2021
It seems deeply odd to say anecdotes don't help and then talk about movies, if it doesn't help him it doesn't help you
AutumnCurtain··on Kyshtym Disaster
The key is to create your toxic plume slowly over decades instead of in a big showy bang
AutumnCurtain··on Quantum Annealing opens a new door to Simulation Hypothesis
Does it prove it, though, or just suggest it? I don't actually disagree with the suggestion but I don't think it's proof either.
AutumnCurtain··on Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ triggered in a lab
>Early reports estimated that 250 kilo-joules of energy was deposited on the target (roughly 2/3 of the energy from the beams), which resulted in a 1.3 Megajoule output from the fusing plasma.

Incredible progress over where they were just a couple years ago.

AutumnCurtain··on And you will know us by the company we keep
I assume he meant "chunk"
AutumnCurtain··on Maryland nuclear engineer and spouse arrested on espionage-related charges
He actually congratulated the "foreign agent" on their "bravery in serving their country": https://www.twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1447318704601976832
AutumnCurtain··on Maryland nuclear engineer and spouse arrested on espionage-related charges
The contents of his messages make it clear he was very excited to play secret agent. Can't imagine how they must have felt at that third drop when the FBI busted them.
AutumnCurtain··on New York's largest healthcare provider fires 1,400 unvaccinated workers
They employ over 75,000 people, so 1,400 is not the shocking total it might seem. They also are not necessarily all in patient care roles.
AutumnCurtain··on New York's largest healthcare provider fires 1,400 unvaccinated workers
If their hospital is anything like the one I work for, their business model would be crippled by not requiring vaccination simply due to the impact on utilization.
AutumnCurtain··on The reputation economy is turning us into conformists (2017) [video]
We are best off when we acknowledge that "opinions" can and do deal deadly harm every day, and not avoiding that point when it is explicitly made.
AutumnCurtain··on The reputation economy is turning us into conformists (2017) [video]
The early US had many people of the opinion that black people were inferior, more akin to animals than humans. Do you think that led to anyone not getting food or housing, or to anyone living in poverty?
AutumnCurtain··on If Loud Aliens Explain Human Earliness, Quiet Aliens Are Also Rare
I felt like I could have used a better articulation of their definition of "loud" and "quiet" aliens, unless these are well known terms in the domain terms and I am just unfamiliar...
AutumnCurtain··on Are you playing to play, or playing to win?
For DotA 2, Wings Gaming at the 2016 International is often highlighted as a favorite team, because they not only won, they did it in their own way, with style and flair.
AutumnCurtain··on Are you playing to play, or playing to win?
I have always heard "judo practitioner" and not "judo player" but I suppose "practicing judo" makes it sound like it's not competitive.
AutumnCurtain··on A Tunguska size burst destroyed Tall el-Hammam, Bronze Age city in Jordan Valley
It's fascinating to think how many early civilizations or cities may have met a similar fate with the remains just too obliterated to identify / study.
AutumnCurtain··on Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who is fighting cancer
It is first and foremost a cost saving measure for the company as it is a simple policy to create and enforce, in my experience, and it avoids payouts for accrued PTO when terminating employees in some cases.
AutumnCurtain··on Countries that have accepted the World Passport
Given the countries they cite as having accepted it (decades ago!) , it looks mostly useful as a tool to check whether a baseline level of border security even exists.
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