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Lost my old account, just made this new one so I could participate
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_alias··on How does ‘class-passing’ actually work?
Do you have a good heuristic for bullshit detection? Anything to look out for?
_alias··on ReCurta: Our goal is to build the first Curta calculator since 1972
Why wouldn't you 3d print it?
_alias··on Our Visual Imagination Is Severely Limited
Solving blindfolded is just momorizing 2 sequences about phone number length. Not a whole lot of visualization. Might be different for the top tier bld solvers
_alias··on Internal Emails Show Twitter Struggled to Interpret Its Rules Unverifying Trolls
I don't think it's an American English thing. It does clarify that a suspension is temporary. Using ban instead would make the difference between a ban and suspension more ambiguous imo.
_alias··on Ask HN: Why are larger e-readers much more expensive than tablets?
Apparently the EULA oversteps. Gives sony the right to grab data from your pc when connected.
_alias··on Keeping a Lab Notebook [pdf]
Came here to say this. The included spine and cover labels are a nice touch.
_alias··on Ask HN: What are your favorite browser extensions/add-ons for Firefox or chrome?
Serious question, is there an emacs equivalent? I know the emacs bindings.
_alias··on The Beautiful Intelligence of Bacteria and Other Microbes
Utility being propagation of the species?
_alias··on Big brains come with big social groups in whales and dolphins
Dolphins can communicate thereby changing the behavior of their peers. This could be viewed as a form of manipulation.
_alias··on What's the ultimate way to defy depression, disease and early death? Exercise
Definitely. I've recently started exercising more. My bare minimum commitment to myself is to walk a half an hour a day. I regularly do more, but if I only do 30 minutes I don't feel guilty. No matter how long of a day I've had, I'm never too tired to walk for 30 minutes. It's also a good way to build self control through habit.
_alias··on The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Internet privacy protections
This whole discussion is disheartening. When I first heard about this is came to HN to get the facts and try to actually form an opinion, because honestly I can't figure out what the bill is supposed to change and how. Instead I find people pontificating along party lines like every comments section across the internet. Where's the analysis and insight? Where's the objectivity? I've come to expect more from this site and I know we can do better.