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by growlix 5y ago
It seems like there are a lot of commenters claiming to be able to do the same thing who didn't read the abstract: "...various indirect mechanisms possibly mediating this phenomenon were tested: accommodation, brightness, increase
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Ticketmaster Pays $10M Criminal Fine for Intrusions into Competitor’s Systems(justice.gov)
26 points by growlix 6y ago|4 comments
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by growlix 6y ago
The effect of the nudge is definitely the main story here, but the redesigned summons form (Figure 1) seems like a pretty good example of the importance of communication design. While there's certainly still room for improvement, the n
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by growlix 6y ago
Anecdotally, this stereotype seems to exist in the United States as well. When it comes to data, the 2016 National Household Education Survey by the National Center for Education Statistics shows that 51% of parents selected "A desire
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Bogus pyramids: Learning methods, Maslow and Bloom(donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com)
9 points by growlix 6y ago|1 comments
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by growlix 6y ago
An interesting perspective summarized here [0] is that the bombings were not just unnecessary to end the war and were conducted as a show of force to the Soviets. They were conducted in an attempt to end the war ASAP, before a planned Sovie
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Convenient entropy and mutual information estimates by saving as a .png(biorxiv.org)
2 points by growlix 6y ago|0 comments
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by growlix 6y ago
Yup. Post got flagged too. I assume because it's "political", but in my experience HN is very interested in civil liberties.
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by growlix 6y ago
Only one I've been able to find so far: https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1283452585945583618...
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Unidentified Federal Law Enforcement Detaining Protestors Without Explanation(opb.org)
77 points by growlix 6y ago|97 comments
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Neural networks don't need "Jennifer Aniston neurons" to function properly(arxiv.org)
2 points by growlix 7y ago|0 comments
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by growlix 7y ago
Link to PDF: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19462452
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by growlix 7y ago
Link to PDF: http://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1043-4
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Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history(nature.com)
5 points by growlix 7y ago|1 comments
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Idiosyncratic Evolutionary Adaptations of the Sloth(theconversation.com)
1 points by growlix 8y ago|0 comments
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by growlix 8y ago
Buzzfeed has an investigative journalism arm[0] that its built over the last ~7 years. They were a 2018 Pulitzer finalist[1]. I assume their clickbait subsidizes their investigative journalism, a business model that gives me hope given the
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How the Stigma Against Obesity Harms People’s Health(fivethirtyeight.com)
2 points by growlix 8y ago|0 comments
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Calling Bullshit: Data Reasoning in a Digital World(callingbullshit.org)
2 points by growlix 8y ago|0 comments
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by growlix 8y ago
Totally reasonable. I was more (be/a)mused than suspicious. I'm excited to see what gets funded!
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by growlix 8y ago
Very cool idea! Nice to see funding for non-traditional research models. But I'm a little confused why you made this comment on an earlier HN post about Shannon Labs: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17675617
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How a Hacker Proved Cops Used a Stingray to Find Him(politico.com)
10 points by growlix 8y ago|0 comments
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Will You Ever Be Able to Upload Your Brain? [2015](nytimes.com)
1 points by growlix 8y ago|0 comments
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by growlix 8y ago
"...officials said Babchenko staged his death in coordination with Ukrainian police as part of an investigation into threats made against his life. The plan had been in place for more than a month...They have made one arrest in connect
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by growlix 8y ago
I wonder if it's misleading to use the term "brain" here. It's certainly interesting that RNA can modulate the synaptic activity involved in the gill siphon withdrawal reflex, but the system is pretty far from a brain.
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Comparing observational vs. rct designs in large experiments at Facebook [pdf](kellogg.northwestern.edu)
1 points by growlix 8y ago|0 comments
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by growlix 8y ago
I see a lot of child comments using "spatial" to refer to multiple distinct concepts: 1) coordination and movement in space, 2) visuospatial skills (i.e. intuition for 2D and 3D geometry), and 3) navigation. While many tasks make
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by growlix 8y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if those numbers are exaggerated (or fabricated) in order to facilitate widespread acceptance and adoption of surveillance.
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by growlix 8y ago
Who decided what constitutes a crime, and who gets convicted and executed? China isn't exactly known for the fairness of its justice system. And the quantity, youth, and low latency of organs for transplant exclude every possibility ex
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by growlix 8y ago
ISIS desires to create an authoritarian regime and commit acts of violence and destruction against most of the world's population. The Falun Gong desires to exist.
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“Ghosting” on Google Maps presents fraud and national security risks(ctvnews.ca)
2 points by growlix 8y ago|0 comments

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