Indy_Dh

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by Indy_Dh 7y ago
I did both in one day and it was very tiring (and I'm in my 20s). Herculaneum is small enough that anyone without mobility issues can do it, but Pompeii is quite large. I also went to the volcano and the hike is about 3/4 of a mil
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by Indy_Dh 8y ago
It looks like the confidence interval is larger in earlier years because there are fewer data points. Whats interesting to me is how big the spread is until the 1900s where not only is the blossom date trend increasing, but the individual b
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by Indy_Dh 9y ago
This is a dangerous misconception. Bringing botulism spores to 100 Celsius will not kill them, the spores can survive indefinitely at these temperatures. This is literally the reason pressure canning was invented, to heat the liquid to a hi
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by Indy_Dh 9y ago
This was brought up in a post below, but the first sentence is hard to decipher. I think "patiently allowed" here implies that they kindly answered his questions even though he was touching the third rail. In other words he was af
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by Indy_Dh 9y ago
> "and no sales tax ofcourse wink wink" Actually in CA, many groceries are not subject to sales tax, just FYI. I'm not sure where the distinction is drawn, but it seems like the less processed the food the less likely it w
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by Indy_Dh 10y ago
The fact that a reviewer uses 2 and 4 ratings might not be too meanngful. One reviewer might use 2s and 4s the way another uses 1s and 5s. There may be reviewers who do not generally fit the bimodal distribution, but if they are the minorit
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by Indy_Dh 10y ago
> "Being yourself", authenticity, and direct/brutal honesty are roughly orthogonal; you can (or not be) one without affecting the others. While I agree with the general sentiment of your post, I find quote does not actuall
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by Indy_Dh 15y ago
You are bringing up the argument for Welfare, Universal Healthcare, etc., that there is nothing that the schools can do. The problems that these kids are facing stems from the fact that they live in poverty. This leads to issues such as t
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by Indy_Dh 15y ago
I would assume that it is simply the amount of thought and focus that is required to memorize thousands of streets that would cause these increases. I wish there was a control or a group of people that were studying something besides memor
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by Indy_Dh 15y ago
Agreed, I can only hope if America keeps shifting toward high tech jobs, corporate leader will realize that the most efficient companies will win out; and nothing makes for an efficient company like happy employees. Not everyone is going to
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by Indy_Dh 15y ago
When they say "fat end of the tail," a Gaussian distribution is not necessarily implied. They are simply saying that when you go to the extreme ends of any distribution, almost any statistical model will begin to fall apart. If you look nor
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by Indy_Dh 15y ago
I think online pizza ordering is becoming much more popular. In my area, there is a website that allows you to order online from local shops, for a slight fee. I have seen dozens of people use this service, even though they could have call
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by Indy_Dh 15y ago
I have to agree with this point. Apple's patent policy seems to be to throw patents against the wall and hope something sticks. At the end of the day, there are a limited number of ways to design a device efficiently, so of course Samsun