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KboPAacDA3··on Orthodox Privilege
Related: Overton window - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

"The Overton window is the range of policies politically acceptable to the mainstream population at a given time."

KboPAacDA3··on The effects on cognition of sleeping 4 hours per night for 12-14 days
Submarine crews have been working with these cycles for a century.
KboPAacDA3··on Chaitin's Constant
Numberphile has a video explaining the relationship between the number categories, and includes a brief discussion of where Chaitin's Constant belongs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TkIe60y2GI

KboPAacDA3··on Russia deploys Avangard hypersonic missile system
It may get last-minute trajectory telemetry during the boost phase, but after that it's all internal measurements and timing by the IMU.
KboPAacDA3··on Expert Networks: A Secret World of $500 per Hour Consultations
One man's expert consultation is another man's industrial espionage.
KboPAacDA3··on Modern SAT solvers: fast, neat and underused
These can be deployed against the Eternity II puzzle. I doubt any SAT solver will find a complete solution in our lifetimes, but a near solution would be satisfying.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternity_II_puzzle

KboPAacDA3··on Medical equipment pricing is completely broken when a sling costs $200
Would this change if the government paid 100% of the bill?
KboPAacDA3··on Has “Homosexual” Always Been in the Bible?
What Greek words are used in Romans 1:26-27?
KboPAacDA3··on How to build something that lasts 10k years
It may be designed for 10,000 years, but it will fail at year 3000 because the gears will get clogged from the blood of human sacrifices.
KboPAacDA3··on Post-surgical deaths in Scotland drop by a third, attributed to a checklist
The saga of how this checklist came into existence is detailed in Dr. Gawande's book The Checklist Manifesto.
KboPAacDA3··on B612 is a highly legible open source font to be used on aircraft cockpit screens
B612 is the name of the asteroid from Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince). The narrator is a pilot.
KboPAacDA3··on Open Location Code
Perhaps there's an underlying psychological advantage to using Plus Codes. This past week I had to manually transfer coordinates of various locations from one handheld google machine to another google machine. It was less tedious to use the Plus Codes.
KboPAacDA3··on Understanding Quaternions
And why do descriptions of quaternions include a rigorous proof? I trust quaternions work, so skip the proof and show me how to use them in a practical, efficient way.
KboPAacDA3··on Federal chokehold on marijuana stymies studies on epilepsy, autism
Can these studies be conducted outside the USA, away from DEA and FDA control?
KboPAacDA3··on Nigerian artist, age 11, creates incredible hyperreal portraits
Given enough time, any person can create a wonderful work of art -- or even software. I learned this while working for a college art department and seeing the faculty evaluate portfolios for scholarships. Looking at a beautiful pencil sketch, they would point out telltale strokes that revealed the time spent on the piece but not mastered skill. That's OK, it was a beautiful accomplishment, and the college could give them the skills.

I think of this when I dream of software projects that I want to accomplish. If I just start now, and steadily work toward the goal, learning as I go, eventually it will come to be.

KboPAacDA3··on Google's “Director of Engineering” Hiring Test (2016)
https://www.wired.com/2017/03/immigrant-says-customs-quizzed...
KboPAacDA3··on Were the Cuban sonic attack victims actually poisoned?
Intense stress can also cause these symptoms.
KboPAacDA3··on Tobacco industry generates highest net income per employee
and marijuana, too.
KboPAacDA3··on An alternative to burial and cremation gains popularity
For the Viking funeral, would you also include the drugged slave girl in the rite?
KboPAacDA3··on Solve large jigsaw puzzles using genetic algorithms and OpenCV
I wonder how well it would perform against the Eternity II puzzle.
KboPAacDA3··on Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Climbing World Reels
I google him about once a year to see if he is still alive, and I'm surprised each time.
KboPAacDA3··on Why American Workers Now Dress So Casually
Even the Dilbert comic strip has embraced casual dress with what Scott Adams calls business dorky.
KboPAacDA3··on How Homeownership Became the Engine of American Inequality
What's done in Europe?
KboPAacDA3··on Acme Klein Bottle
, and this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKxaq1FTac

KboPAacDA3··on A Constructive Look at TempleOS (2015)
He receives a disability income from the state of Nevada. I think he said about $1,500 per month.
KboPAacDA3··on A Constructive Look at TempleOS (2015)
I have been creating monthly archives of his website(s) and videos since 2012, hoping someone in the future will find them useful. I wonder where they can be stored online.
KboPAacDA3··on A Constructive Look at TempleOS (2015)
I feel the coverage of TempleOS/SparrowOS/LoseThos has had to be a balancing act. Single articles will appear on various blogs, but not much more. The OSDev forums seem to quietly ignore TempleOS because Terry has a reputation of posting to the forums, and his input devolves into divining God's words from random text. Terry will post level-headed answers about OS architecture, then within a few hours it's After Egypt 24/7. Terry ends up becoming shadowbanned on discussing his own project.

I wish the OSDev community could have a more constructive dialog with Terry and his project.

KboPAacDA3··on Stocks are up but 80% of the value is held by the richest 10%
The rich will always be among us.
KboPAacDA3··on New data show that joining the 1% remains unsettlingly hereditary
What shall we do about it, comrades?
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