GoldenRacer

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by GoldenRacer 5mo ago
There's a book called "Bowling Alone" that explores a lot of ideas around this. Iirc the conclusion is two fold: 1. Historically women were largely responsible for community building. As they joined the workforce, they had le
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by GoldenRacer 2y ago
I have a similar setup. Corne keyboard, trackball mouse, portable laptop stand. Never had an issue with TSA. I don't even bother taking the keyboard out of my bag since each half is roughly the size of a cell phone
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by GoldenRacer 2y ago
I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. That article appears to be about a women who is now in a wheel chair due to nerve damage caused by a b12 deficiency which supports my comment that one of the most concerning risks of n
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by GoldenRacer 2y ago
I don't think replacing oxygen in the brain is the main mechanism of action (in medical settings they mix nitrous and oxygen and it's still effective without risking hypoxia). Looking at Wikipedia it says the mechanism of action i
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by GoldenRacer 2y ago
My favorite is 1 mile = phi kilometers with <1% error
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by GoldenRacer 2y ago
I'm way out of my depth here but I believe this would function as a very sensitive accelerometer. The rubidium would be still relative to the lasers so when you accelerated, it would have inertia and take some time to catch up with the
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by GoldenRacer 2y ago
I've been using kagi and that's my biggest complaint. Upgrading from the basic plan seems like a lot of money but being on the basic plan, I have mental friction every time I do a search because I have anxiety about running out of
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
The article also claims they were imported from China. They also said samples were sent for genetic testing and confirmed they were of the species Morchella sextelata. Not sure if that is what you're referring to as a species with a hi
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
Asimov wrote an essay called "relativity of wrong" that I think does a good job of capturing the changes our understanding of the world goes through. Yes, Einstein's theory of relativity was a change from Newtonian physics bu
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
Doesn't having those numbers available help you ask questions like "why are houses of worship more likely to install solar panels than a warehouse?" which could possibly point towards answers to the question "how can we
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
Where exactly is the line drawn for how much and what type of human intervention is required? When I cook food, human intervention is causing chemical reactions that change the composition of the food. I doubt many people consider grill mar
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
I never said the majority of the population has severe incurable diseases. I said that have genes that aren't great (maybe they have a predisposition for certain diseases or they're a carrier but are healthy themselves). Also, man
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
What genes do you think we should be testing for and which ones do you think are severe enough that you parents with those genes shouldn't have children? Almost everyone has some sort of gene that isn't great. They might have a fa
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
Sure, hypothetically. It's just not what I'm seeing the wealthy parents in the town I grew up in doing. Most of them are fighting for school vouchers so they can divert money from public schools into their private schools.
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
> The wealthy parents sent their kids to private schools and try to defund public education They didn't say sending kids to private school was a way to actively defund public education just that wealthy parents do both which is true
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
How long ago was that? All the ski towns are now filled with signs saying overnight parking is prohibited. I'm sure you can still find spots if you're in the know but if they ever get popular, they'll be quickly shut down.
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
I tried osmand when I first switched over and didn't like the quality of directions it gave me. They've possibly gotten better since then but I'm not really feeling motivated to try it again just yet.
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
I'm on Android so don't think Apple maps is an option. As for organic maps, I tried it a while ago and it gave me some rather annoying directions. Maybe they've improved their route finding algorithm since then but I'm n
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
Google maps limits the size of the regions you can download. With Magic Earth, you download entire states. I have several states that I visit regularly pre downloaded so I don't have to worry about downloading specific regions every ti
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
I use it. It works substantially better than other OSM based map apps imo. My big use case for it is I frequently travel places without cell service and like having a mapping app where I can download whole regions worth of maps to use offli
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
And then you have to pay someone to maintain the artificial ones. That might be a better plan in some areas but certainly not all
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
There's also the convenience issue. If you work multiple low skill jobs just to make ends meet, you might not have the time to turn fresh produce into a meal. If you're trying to limit yourself to foods that require limited/n
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
As a note: lots of sauerkraut sold in stores (at least in America) isn't actually fermented but just cabbage soaked in vinegar which is shelf stable. If you want the fermented kind, make sure you get it from the refrigerated section an
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
I'd be way more hesitant to recommend that move in a car. With a motorcycle splitting lanes, there's a low chance anyone will be between lanes and if there is someone there, it's the motorcyclist that will likely suffer the c
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
What type of layout do you use for 34 keys? I've got a 42 key split board so I'm not a total noob to minimalist keyboard but struggle to see how 34 keys can be used effectively.
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
NBOMe was super popular in the early 2010s. I'd be willing to bet that on my college campus 90+% of "LSD" was some sort of NBOMe during that time. No idea what's going on nowadays but plenty of gray market LSD analogous
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
For context on what an appropriate dose is, this article seems to suggest that the intensity of most effects start to flatten out as you go past 100ug. The effects that continue to get more pronounced past that level seem to be negative eff
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
Where are you getting the idea I can't separate the book from the person reading it? I've personally read the book. I have no problem with people reading it or even enjoying it. My comment was on people who are regularly referenci
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
“Pipe down, Anne. Close your mouth, Dorcas. This is not a time when women have the vote." I'm projecting insecurities because I think interactions like that are sexist?
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by GoldenRacer 3y ago
And if you do read that old book it has a lot of overt sexism and to me it felt like some sort of incel fantasy (I really enjoy older scifi so understand times were different back then but Stranger in a Strange Land felt over the top). So n

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