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lapama··on My Friend, Stalin’s Daughter (2014)
Just asking: is there a possibility that this could be a cold-war era PR story? I ask because I feel it is all totally perfect.
lapama··on Single sign-on Mastodon available for all Dutch education and research
You are not sure because you have higher idealistic goals. At this very moment, this initiative is the right thing to do.
lapama··on Life across the water: exploring London Bridge and its houses
There is something strong and subconscious about crossing rivers. House is safety, river is risk?
lapama··on Show HN: Get advice from a GPT3-based stoic philosopher
I just love this. What is the next step? The gtp therapist? My therapist 90% of the time talks like he relates the keywords in my sentence to what Freud/Lacan said about it.
lapama··on Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Have you online-visited the museum dedicated to him? Google maps has an amazing recorded visit.
lapama··on U.S. food additives banned in Europe
Coffee was on the global cancer-related list, then vanished from it. How much should we trust these lists on late additions/deletions?

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coffee-cancer-warning-science-a...

lapama··on Ask HN: Habits that have improved your life in many dimensions
Being just your innocent self an having compassion for all your faults, meaning great awareness about them, and those of others. You will easily smile at all times and find lots of meaning in every moment.
lapama··on Gattaca is still pertinent 25 years later
Interestingly enough, the article ends up in what I understand is a circular loop: a concern about the best in society. I'd prefer a concern about the average neighbour and person, instead.
lapama··on India’s population will start to shrink sooner than expected (2021)
Well, gender imbalances are an economic issue.
lapama··on India’s population will start to shrink sooner than expected (2021)
Educate the girls.
lapama··on Employees at TikTok Have a Secret Button That Can Make Anything Go Viral
But how naive... all social networks have it.
lapama··on Do Large Language Models learn world models or just surface statistics?
The question reads like: are they lazy/careless?
lapama··on Memory loss: Expert advice for improving memory and concentration
Interesting way to look at life. Many social conventions are wierd. But how to use this while programming with a new language?
lapama··on Memory loss: Expert advice for improving memory and concentration
Many people say they've little memory, but they just actually lack focus.
lapama··on Europe's largest deposit of rare earth metals discovered in Sweden
Is there any material on how they move the city? I am interested on the technical and economic feasibility.
lapama··on Ask HN: What's your favorite illustration in computer science?
That instant was unique for human-tech interaction. Perhaps comparable with becoming positively viral, but at small scale.
lapama··on Having friends in HR is fine, but HR is not your friend
The day I realised HR were (at my employer's) a bunch of liars and manipulating personas it was too late. Since then I am extraordinarily hardline in all my meetings with them. I cannot be sure it is actually working, but you need to be very demanding to get what you deserve (with my employer).
lapama··on Optimal hydration may slow down the aging process in humans
Rule of thumb: if expulsed urine volume (after fall) exceeds ripe lemon color, you have to drink more. How this relates to the paper? Only intuitively.
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