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by Scriptor 8y ago
Very true! Egypt was able to continue mostly unscathed. Perhaps this indicates that the Arab golden age was in its twilight? Maybe the Mamluks didn't invest in the sciences as much as the Fatimids? And even further west Andalusia was s
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by Scriptor 8y ago
Imagine if during the height of the Greek golden age most of the largest cities were razed to the ground and their populations systematically exterminated. That means Athens as we knew it would have been reduced to rubble. That's what
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by Scriptor 8y ago
The Arab golden age was very important. I am also unclear what you mean by "especially". Are you saying that there was actually more scientific output in Arabic before 1400 years ago?
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by Scriptor 8y ago
In addition to that, OP said they got less equity because they were "remote".
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by Scriptor 8y ago
You're probably right that for those of us in developed, western nations data collection isn't quite as bad as some other issues (for now). I do think that in the rest of the world this sort of data collection has severe human rig
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by Scriptor 8y ago
Yeah, it's neat how roots mostly just bring in phosphates, nitrates, and water. Incidentally, carnivorous plants only get their phosphates and nitrates from whatever they trap. All of the actual carbon in all plants come from the air o
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by Scriptor 8y ago
I bought some houseplants a bit back and it's been fascinating to see how quickly they grow. The vast majority of that new mass literally comes from thin air.
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by Scriptor 8y ago
Remember that that's just the interface they present to you . It's entirely possible that they simply haven't put much effort here and no one's worked on improving those models. However, what they present to advertiser
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by Scriptor 8y ago
Yep, the saying is generally that if you don't pay for something, you're the product. But I've noticed that more and more, even when you do pay for something there's a good chance your data will still get sold.
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by Scriptor 8y ago
Exactly, small increments of money like that can mean all the difference. It can be enough to stop worrying about paying the power bill, to buy enough healthy food for dinner, or to save up more easily to get the car fixed.
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by Scriptor 8y ago
Agreed, and I've seen this elsewhere too. There's always this implicit assumption that people who don't have kids will naturally spend that extra time at work. Work/life balance is important for everyone.
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by Scriptor 8y ago
Interesting, I went through the exact opposite. I think I like the "tuh" pronunciation better because "too" sounds too much like "two". That can confuse people since tupples could be any size.
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by Scriptor 9y ago
Ladders, Inc. (theladders.com) | New York, NY | Full-time ONSITE Hi everyone, I'm an engineer on the platform team at Ladders, a job board/search company in NYC. We have several teams hiring Clojure devs. On the platform team, we:
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by Scriptor 9y ago
It's obvious that it affects your brain while you have depression. However, I don't think it's obvious that the effects would be permanent.
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by Scriptor 9y ago
Seems like OpenAge is just a clone of the engine, not a full standalone game like 0ad.
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by Scriptor 9y ago
No one uses that definition anymore.
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by Scriptor 9y ago
If you're a fully remote team it'd probably be wise to figure out some fallbacks.
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by Scriptor 9y ago
This makes sense for plants and cold-blooded animals, which rely on light/heat respectively in order to function well. This doesn't explain the huge number of nocturnal animals that sleep during the day and are active at night.
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by Scriptor 9y ago
Yes, cetacean evolution is one of the most well-studied areas, with decades of research behind it. This particular finding seems to be about early baleen whales, back when they still had teeth (not just baleen). Seems like early baleen wale
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by Scriptor 9y ago
Many plants do have defensive measures to ward off herbivores. For example, when grass is damaged it releases numerous chemical signals into the air. This is what causes the freshly-mown lawn smell: http://mentalfloss.com/ar
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by Scriptor 9y ago
Just because they can stretch that much doesn't mean they're comfortable.
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by Scriptor 9y ago
I think the article is talking about the entire bear population eating 40k each day.
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by Scriptor 9y ago
Pretty sure the "hash" is just some encoded debugging data and logs.
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by Scriptor 9y ago
On top of that, maybe only send requests when a user hits enter or submits the form. Could ease up the load a bit. As of right now I am unable to get anything to happen.
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by Scriptor 9y ago
It's entirely possible to be on the same team as someone and not need to know the details of what they are working on.
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by Scriptor 10y ago
Dene-Yeniseian is a bit smaller but much more widely accepted proposed family. Pretty neat to see evidence of a link going back to the ice age. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den%C3%A9%E2%80%93Yeniseian_la...
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by Scriptor 10y ago
Slippery slopes have happened before.
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Ad-Hoc polymorphism in Scala(tylersommer.com)
2 points by Scriptor 10y ago|0 comments
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by Scriptor 10y ago
You can hide a loop behind a function call in Go, Python, really any imperative language. What makes map different is that it separates the looping mechanics (incrementing, initializing and appending to the collection) from the actual compu
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by Scriptor 10y ago
map doesn't do any magic behind the scenes, it goes through a sequence exactly once. Can you given an example where map might increase algorithmic complexity like that where the imperative version would not?

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