handsomechad

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by handsomechad 6y ago
can you, or someone who understands this, explain to the layperson what this means. the last sentence in particular, what does reinfection have to do with error correction (what is error correction (assuming it has to do with the genome)?)
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by handsomechad 6y ago
do you have a link to this solution
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Ask HN: Why is everyone I talk to in the real world so unperturbed by Covid-19?
25 points by handsomechad 7y ago|46 comments
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It seems like everyone in the US is getting postmodernism wrong(threadreaderapp.com)
4 points by handsomechad 7y ago|3 comments
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by handsomechad 7y ago
why was this flagged? i would be interested to hear the perspective of the HN userbase on this event / issue?
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by handsomechad 7y ago
what are the three you are thinking of? USA China Russia and their respective allies / blocs ?
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by handsomechad 7y ago
"It is my perception that, at least in America and I suspect in many other places, competition pressure centered around places with strong "second place" (Job) opportunities combined with decades of civic mal-planning and tre
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by handsomechad 8y ago
why did this get downvoted, my first thought was exactly along these lines. does anyone have an answer?
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by handsomechad 8y ago
Ever since practicing mindfulness and become more aware of my emotional state, drinking alcohol has become a nonstarter for me. It took a while for me to truly connect the dots, but, following a night of imbibing, I crash really hard on no
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by handsomechad 8y ago
what brand / dose do you drink? looking to switch off coffee to something more benign
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by handsomechad 8y ago
I don't hold any bitcoin or cryptocurrency and am a crypto skeptic in general but isn't this argument commonly rebutted with the comparison to gold, to which all of the same criticisms apply but which has nonetheless maintained va
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by handsomechad 8y ago
how would you reword it?
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by handsomechad 8y ago
It's all anecdotal, but: When I was an adolescent I was diagnosed with ADD after a few days of examination, and was recommended adderall, which my pareents thankfully refused. My mom told her GP she had trouble focusing and was prescri
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by handsomechad 8y ago
A lot of people seem to be willing to kowtow to the current dogma of the medical / psychiatric community with regards to mental illnesses (depression, ADHD, etc.) Once you categorize these things as objective "chemical imbalances
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by handsomechad 8y ago
can someone ELI5 this? I am a former SW engineer, but havent read through code in a couple of years, so it can be a technical explanation. I just don't understand what is different about this than regular functions as first class cit
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by handsomechad 8y ago
what does 3LA mean?
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by handsomechad 8y ago
Can you (or some other knowledgeable person) explain the mechanics behind this. I've heard it a bunch of times and looked into it but I can't fully grok the advantage (and magnitude of the advantage) of being the global reserve c
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by handsomechad 8y ago
Same here! Glad other people felt this way.
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by handsomechad 8y ago
Can someone who understands the mechanics of this ELI5 how this works? so the parent is a UK citizen but can't pass his citizenship on to his children? And his future wife is a taiwanese citizeen, but because he would have to enlist i
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by handsomechad 8y ago
presumably for time to detect and prevent fraud or illegal transactions.
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by handsomechad 8y ago
what about product placement, PR in print media, "native" or content ads. to say nothing of social media "influencers"
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by handsomechad 8y ago
Isn't India English speaking? And HN has a huge Indian demographic I would imagine. And historically, I believe they have been allied with the Soviet Union whilst the USA has historically allied with their arch-rival Pakistan.
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by handsomechad 8y ago
But Hitler truly was great at building relationships with the German people. Depending on the context you can interpret that as spin but to me it is also a factual statement, to rise to power from relative obscurity at that level require
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by handsomechad 8y ago
Why are you using 1% of GDP for your number? 2018 spending will be 4 trillion 2018 GDP is 20 trillion so a thats a 5% increase
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by handsomechad 8y ago
What's the difference functionally between a tax on your competition (all except you) and a subsidy for yourself?
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by handsomechad 8y ago
Do bars really sell well liquor at a loss? I've never heard that and I can't imagine that being true just from my experience as a customer in bars. Even if a Rum & Coke is 5 dollars (I'm used to it being more around 8-10$
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by handsomechad 8y ago
what supplements, if you dont mind me asking? what what use? (if they are a medical condition and not health or "nootropic" feel free not to say)
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by handsomechad 8y ago
This isn't fair, the OP broke down his arguments for why the author was wrong, and all you do is appeal to the author's authority as a "trained professional". After a certain amount of life experience you realize that &
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by handsomechad 8y ago
Why do you go down mil(lileter?) nicotine as you progress? pardon my ignorance i have only vaped a few times. Why did your jaw hit the floor for JUUL?
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by handsomechad 8y ago
whats bfe??

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