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Matterless
5mo ago
Their Eniac clone is cool and all, but this guy himself is just amazing.
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Matterless
5mo ago
Right?! Anyway for anyone who hasn't read it, go pick up a copy. Cat's Cradle is not too long, and it's funny and engaging and altogether worthwhile. And you'll always think of ice/9 when you see an article like thi
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Matterless
9mo ago
One of the most important details of Sacks's life which dogged him nearly to the end (and which is important to this NY piece), was a minimization by Sacks of his own sexuality. He was not "openly gay" at all.
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Matterless
10mo ago
Good freaking christ. Humans will really do anything not to eat plants, huh?
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Matterless
11mo ago
That take is firmly rooted in fantasy.
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Matterless
11mo ago
If it's something I'm capable of figuring out, then I'll just know the answer (and I guess I'm pretty good at this sort of thing). I recognize that that's a terrible non-explanation but I can't explain what
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Matterless
11mo ago
You pretty well describe my experience as well. So much of recall for me is "just knowing" and already having the mental "thing" at hand in the moment (rather than starting with any perceptible intention) and I do wonder
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11mo ago
I don't know why I'm surprised every time to see so many people astounded in the comments every time another of these articles come out. I guess I thought by now this phenomenon would be more common knowledge... I'm a non-see
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Matterless
1y ago
Knew before clicking that this would be a Toyota. Of course. Meanwhile my Nissan is near-death at 100k. Stupid CVT...
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2y ago
/Up to 1000 charge cycles/ is a big damper on the excitement, for me. Does anyone know if a limitation like that is inherent to the chemistry here or is this something that they could potentially (hopefully, vastly) surpass?
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2y ago
Hmm, I wonder about words that end in -oo? Don't have a calculator with me atm to see if it will work/look good to lead with 0.0 ... If so we could add boo, goo, loo, and zoo, and maybe some longer words. Maybe.