magneticnorth

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by magneticnorth 11d ago
It wasn't clear to me in the article, but the best splash-free urinal ("nautilus"), is the tall skinny one second-from-right in the photo. In addition to having the correct angle to minimize splash, it also fits a wide range
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by magneticnorth 13d ago
This is a good point, it's not as far off as it seems from a quick glance.
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by magneticnorth 13d ago
My first random selection lived to age 68! I felt very lucky, and then that put my modern life into interesting perspective.
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by magneticnorth 13d ago
This is neat, but I don't think it's actually drawing the year from the correct probability distribution - "a random birth is far more likely to fall near the present" is correct, but in 5 "random" choices, onl
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by magneticnorth 13d ago
Yes, but I definitely think the probabilities are off - the explanation, which I agree with, states "a random birth is far more likely to fall near the present." But it appears to be drawing much more uniformly from the years than
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by magneticnorth 19d ago
> I wish there was a no tech version of hackers news for this type of content only I used to think the same thing, but I've come to appreciate exposure to highly-technical content (outside my wheelhouse) that also "gratifies on
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by magneticnorth 27d ago
Yes, I agree completely with the Shakespeare point. I was lucky enough to have a close friend (also a teenager!) who really got Shakespeare. She would explain to me what was actually going on, and read it with the correct emphasis so you
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by magneticnorth 28d ago
When I was in academia and had easy access to a good printer, I always did. I miss it now that it's easier to just read on my screen.
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by magneticnorth 1mo ago
I saw it first on reddit (r/math).
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by magneticnorth 1mo ago
Right? I just learned about this and searched it on hacker news wondering why I didn't see it earlier. Any human mathematician would be thrilled to prove a result like this, and it's not even big news anymore that an LLM can do it
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by magneticnorth 1mo ago
This is a lot of fun! I'm pleased that I was able to defeat "hitler1488", but you may want to add some content filtering for the name choosing step.
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by magneticnorth 1mo ago
https://archive.is/0Auha
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by magneticnorth 2mo ago
https://xcancel.com/ertug/status/2072339797708849398 to see it if you aren't logged in to x
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by magneticnorth 2mo ago
I failed on number 11, which put me in the top 20%. It's a tough game!
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by magneticnorth 2mo ago
Captchas are usually used to separate humans and bots, typically with something a human can solve but a bot cannot. A bot would have no trouble at all with this game.
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by magneticnorth 3mo ago
yes, I do the same thing. I wish there was a way to get the implementation to enforce that rule too so I never accidentally try a word that I already know can't be the answer.
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by magneticnorth 3mo ago
Yes, that does happen occasionally, and it's part of the game for me to try and avoid getting trapped like that.
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by magneticnorth 3mo ago
> The game quickly lost any challenge. I only play on hard mode for this reason. My next guess must always be a possible answer based on my current information, and that varies the puzzle enough from day to day that I still find it enjoy
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by magneticnorth 3mo ago
> You do see some cultures where men play an exceedingly dominant role .. and there is less man-woman strife Citation needed
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by magneticnorth 3mo ago
The human-dog relationship is maybe my favorite thing about being human. We've bred this companion animal that we're able to bond with so deeply, and I so appreciate the simplicity of the bidirectional unconditional love. So rare
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by magneticnorth 3mo ago
https://archive.is/UOU6r
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by magneticnorth 3mo ago
Yeah, I had the same thought, even as someone who also loved Ayn Rand at the age of 14.
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by magneticnorth 4mo ago
> "Lived humbly" is vastly different from "reduce expenses and maximize savings" which FIRE is all about. As someone who has successfully FIREd, I would disagree. If you are fortunate to be in a successful tech career
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by magneticnorth 5mo ago
Personally, I learned that some diners were mass-produced to look like train cars and fit conveniently on a train car, which I hadn't known. And if I weren't American and thus very familiar with classic American diners, I expect t
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by magneticnorth 5mo ago
Ah, you're right. But still, if he is saying that for a national park , Gateway Arch is fine, but the Grand Canyon is about as worthwhile as Times Square Margaritaville and Yosemite valley is comparable to anyplace else in California,
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by magneticnorth 5mo ago
His first choice of a ~"good"~ correction:worthwhile national park is Gateway Arch in St. Louis. When I got to that part, I was sure this was rage bait.
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by magneticnorth 5mo ago
A slightly related question, if anyone knows - has phone GPS gotten worse in recent generations? More reliance on local wifi networks or something like that? I ask because I do a lot of backcountry hiking, camping, and foraging and rely on
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by magneticnorth 5mo ago
I believe they were asking in the context of the quote at the start of the thread - "If liquor, tar and sauna won’t help, an illness is fatal." I'm also still unclear on how it was used to treat human illness (treating boats
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by magneticnorth 6mo ago
Yes, it feels transparently manipulative to me. Like talking to a not-very-good con artist.
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by magneticnorth 6mo ago
Well, it's certainly inheritable from your parents (50%), and recent research suggests at least 20% of the 50% heritability is genetic, according to an article in Nature Reviews Genetics. [0] [0] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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