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Khelavaster··on U.S. Housing Takes the Brunt of Fed Policy
Galbraith explains this clearly in "The Economics of Innocent Fraud"
Khelavaster··on What Ramadan is like in Xinjiang
who has a full version
Khelavaster··on WTH is up with the hate on C#?
What do you mean by MBA bullshittery?

And yes, VS offers more for c# than any other IDE for its language...

Why the criticism that it does too much? Is the colossal, modular system unwieldy when you install the limited subset of features you need?

Khelavaster··on A deep dive into the genetics of alcohol consumption
Not deep enough to notice the GABA receptor epsilon subunits near a tip of the X chromosome,. mutated at nearly the same rate as the pseudoautosomal region..
Khelavaster··on How might software development have unfolded if CPU speeds were 20x slower?
Visual Studio's wpf editor and Avalonia are beyond vb6 interface builders!
Khelavaster··on Show HN: Convince your friends that AGI is real
This public demo seems safe to enter your email into! No phishing, no sign-ins.
Khelavaster··on First-in-human implantation of bionic device to halt Crohn's disease (2023)
This is NOT to halt chrohn's disease. This is to reduce side effects from primitive colon-removal surgery to treat Crohn'# symptoms.
Khelavaster··on Hawaii is not covered by the NATO treaty. Some experts say that needs to change
NATO is calculated to avoid protecting overseas colonialism, including pacific islands colonies.
Khelavaster··on 3 Body Problem VR Headset Review
The author of this review doesn't know about the Three Body Problem ig lol
Khelavaster··on Vasopressin deficiency: driver of social impairment and fluid imbalance in ASD? [pdf]
This makes a LOT of sense explaining how wearing a mask throughout the day observably changes behavior!!
Khelavaster··on Vasopressin deficiency: driver of social impairment and fluid imbalance in ASD? [pdf]
Vasopressin is tied to single-cell acid/base regulation, on that chromosome 3/7/17/X major axis.
Khelavaster··on New Scotland bill: Jailtime for racist speech
So it's relatively fine to discriminate against people for most medical reasons, just not their melanocortin and melanin-concentrating hormone expressions.

This is a bad law.

Khelavaster··on Mass Tech Layoffs? Just Another Day in the Corporate Blender
https://archive.ph/m4ZnV
Khelavaster··on Crows Are Taking over American Cities
My fraternity's community service was shooting fireworks at crows, because folks were slipping in accumulations of droppings.

https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/10/26/us/LAND.html

Khelavaster··on HIV in cell culture can be completely eliminated using CRISPR-Cas gene editing [pdf]
You'd hope so.. the treatment is already in phase 1/2 combined human trials!

https://crisprmedicinenews.com/news/clinical-trial-update-po...

Khelavaster··on Heat pumps slash emissions even if powered by a dirty grid
Lennox advertises that a heat pump lifespan is equivalent to an AC, which is 12 years vs 20 years for a furnace.
Khelavaster··on Heinlein's Fan Mail Solution
The mystery deepens..
Khelavaster··on Heat pumps slash emissions even if powered by a dirty grid
Does this include the difference in CO2 emissions in replacing heat pumps vs furnaces over different life expectencies..?
Khelavaster··on Superiority (1951)
An excellent classic
Khelavaster··on Alternate signaling pathway found in the Human brain based on Calcium not Sodium
It's not news that there's an oxytocinergic, calcium-mediated neural pathway..
Khelavaster··on Older and Younger Adults Are Influenced Differently by Dark Pattern Designs
This link is broken
Khelavaster··on Elementary Schoolers are taking Algebra I
Seven kids at my elementary school learned algebra in sixth grade. More should get the opportunity.
Khelavaster··on Family Dollar to close almost 1,000 stores
Dollar tree had too many nearby family dollars. They tried to diversify into groceries vs. home goods but that only went so far. I always figured the two were competitors based on how often both stores would be nearby..
Khelavaster··on Hypothetically I'm a genius, how do I contribute to physics?
Hard agree on the EE + ME foundation. Most physicists reach their limits because they don't understand parallels between or capabilities of different established domains of applied physics. Plus, engineering gives you good advanced and backup job opportunities.
Khelavaster··on The Dangerous Populist Science of Yuval Noah Harari
Yuval would trick you into dramatically under appreciating the capacity of machine analysis, genetics, statistics, and much more.

We have far more power to do effective and good things than Yuval gives us credit for.

Khelavaster··on Ivermectin for Covid-19 in adults in the community
This study is suspiciously underpowered.

Another title could be, "65% more hospitalizations and 2 more median days of illness without ivermectin isn't sufficient evidence that it works".

Certainly this isn't evidence that it doesn't work..

Khelavaster··on Microsoft accused of selling AI tool that spews violent, sexual images to kids
Bing Search spews these things to kids and nobody seems to band search engines.
Khelavaster··on Intense exercise increases dopamine transport in substantia nigra in Parkinson's
This is the opposite of news Like saying, increased exercise increases oxygen transport in lungs..

OF COURSE physical activity boosts dopamine transport in the substantia nigra.

Khelavaster··on Scenes from a Dying Web
is behind a paywall lol
Khelavaster··on Coding Interviews Are Effective
This guy just introduced me to SAFe as he criticized it.

Love SAFe. It's shows. multitier agile enterprise organization in one super simple diagram. Makes tons of sense, and hits a wonderful balance of detail.

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