UpshotKnothole

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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
No offense to this site, I like it a lot so far, but I wouldn’t favorably compare it in terms of non-technical knowledge to most of the educated population. You listed a ton of really infamous events, ones that are routinely covered in intr
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
The original premise was that black marks will be overlooked. I don’t know how to break it to you, but the ones you’ve listed are infamous and hardly overlooked. Premise: No they won't, it'll be whitewashed in textbooks and only
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
That’s nonsensical. Could a character in a computer game do that, even if they realized they were a character in a game? Their existence would be completely dependent on the hardware and software they ran on, and their existence would be un
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
The whole thing feels like encroachment of some kind of bizarre secular theology into physics. Yeah, people really really want to believe that they’re not just an accident, that hasn’t changed. “Simulation” is the new creation myth, and
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
True, but took about much more than a century for that, and for quite a long time tobacco smoke was seen as medicinal!
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Hyperloop Pod Could Carry Passengers Next Year(engadget.com)
1 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|0 comments
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
It’s like people who make those posts didn’t remember that the tobacco industry still exists . Literally killing people and lying about it for profit isn’t “company ending” if you have scads of money and lawyers, and a market eager for you
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How Conflicts of Interest Are Changing Medical Research(daily.jstor.org)
1 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|0 comments
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The Growing Case for an Elusive Ninth Planet(theatlantic.com)
1 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|0 comments
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
Never underestimate the value of condoms for purposes other than intercourse. They’re highly portable, durable, can hold a lot of liquid, and are waterproof. You can use them to waterproof anything from a car’s spark plugs to some tinder or
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
She won more lotteries than that. She won the lottery of being born rich, white, and connected. And in a country like the US. She won the lottery of being beautiful, of having an excellent voice and musical talent, of having parents willing
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
Stealing: The felonious taking and removing of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it. Copyright infringement is copyright infringement, not theft. Playing word games like “piracy” or “stealing” doesn’t strength
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
Ah Taylor Swift, she didn’t really win the lottery though, or if she did, she was able to start off buying a loooooot of tickets. Her father worked for Merril Lynch, from three generations of bank presidents. Her mother worked in finance. W
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Nearly the entire sky in the early universe is glowing with Lyman-alpha emission(sciencedaily.com)
1 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|0 comments
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
I would add Imodium AD, analgesics, some power bars and jerky, condoms, tampons if you’re female or traveling with women, a compass, weatherproof matches, a small mirror, and a good knife.
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
Yeah, being booted off the board, required to install two independent board members, and facing a criminal investigation are probably the bigger deals than the cash.
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A New Clue in the Search for Forests on Distant Planets(theatlantic.com)
2 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|0 comments
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
You’re right, thanks for the correction.
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
Discussion of part 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18109182
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Magic Leap Review Part 2 – Image Issues(kguttag.com)
2 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|1 comments
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
What an asshole, and what a stupid thing to do. He has a responsibility to the company and not just his immense ego, and that responsibility is long term. Taunting the SEC while still under DOJ investigation and facing a number of lawsuits
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Nobel Prize Awarded for Cancer Immunotherapy(quantamagazine.org)
3 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|0 comments
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How Conflicts of Interest Are Changing Medical Research(daily.jstor.org)
1 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|0 comments
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
If the F35 is an example, I’d say a trillion dollar, ten year contract?
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
Are you seeing a “silver lining” he missed? If not, don’t you think it’s possible that he’s been a long time critic because it was crap and exception from the get-go? If not, I think it’s worth remembering that this critic correctly predict
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
But in the future you won't be able to drive in. What are you basing this on?
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Magic Leap Review Part I(kguttag.com)
166 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|70 comments
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The Mystical Practice That Preceded Medical Anesthesia(daily.jstor.org)
3 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|0 comments
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
How much would such a system cost to build and maintain, and how safe would it be re: vagrants, children? You’d be able to handle more customers of course, but would it compensate for the costs?
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
That blog comes up 403.

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