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by nwj 2y ago
It's really crazy how all these people overlap at Gottingen in the 1920s. Take Oppenheimer, for instance. He transfers to Göttingen from Cambridge in 1926 (after a relatively miserable time at the Cavendish labs studying under J.J. Tho
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NatWest Bank may not be hashing customer passwords(twitter.com)
6 points by nwj 2y ago|0 comments
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The Once Beloved Country(newcriterion.com)
9 points by nwj 2y ago|2 comments
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YouTube's search function is atrocious now [video](youtube.com)
145 points by nwj 3y ago|85 comments
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Ghostty Devlog 004(mitchellh.com)
3 points by nwj 3y ago|0 comments
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Catfishing on an Industrial Scale(wired.com)
5 points by nwj 3y ago|1 comments
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by nwj 4y ago
I think I've heard this option called a Pigovian tax before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigovian_tax .
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Li Jiaqi: China Lipstick King Sparks Tiananmen Questions(bbc.com)
4 points by nwj 4y ago|0 comments
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Statistical Imaginaries: An ode to responsible data science(zephoria.substack.com)
49 points by nwj 5y ago|4 comments
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by nwj 5y ago
My understanding is that in Japan zoning restrictions are controlled at a federal rather than local level. I've read that this helps prevent local incumbents using the zoning system to exclude new construction. In other words, Japan la
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by nwj 6y ago
I've written a (somewhat) similar CLI in rust: https://github.com/nwj/zeke/ These threads are great for collecting a bunch of different implementations and looking at the various design decisions people have
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by nwj 6y ago
You are confusing "12% more than the prior 5 year average" with "12% of the overall population". Nevertheless, I agree it's a catastrophe.
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The Hard Work of Imagining, ThingsCon 2020(interconnected.org)
2 points by nwj 6y ago|0 comments
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by nwj 6y ago
Your landing page has a typo: "Be more productive by organizing your work in a fun, transparent, and unceremoniously." I think that's intended to be: "Be more productive by organizing your work in a fun, transparent, and
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Saccadic Masking(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by nwj 6y ago|0 comments
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by nwj 7y ago
Progressiveness is a function of both taxes and benefits. A consumption tax scheme can be made more progressive by paying benefits in a more progressive manner. For example, Exampleville institutes a consumption tax of 15%. Such a tax is re
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by nwj 7y ago
If you had asked me 5 minutes prior to reading about this, who was the earlier writer - Milton or Shakespeare? - I would have said Milton. I now know that it's the opposite. Shakespeare preceded Milton. There's something about Sha
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by nwj 7y ago
From paragraph 60 in the filing (emphasis is mine): "As explained to OAG attorneys by Respondents' counsel. Bitfinex and Tether have also used a number of other third party payment processors to handle client withdrawal requests,
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by nwj 8y ago
I agree that the central point of the article is on target. The notion that this is somehow a "Victorian" thing, though - that the Victorians have some special responsibility in history for inventing this strategy of social domina
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by nwj 8y ago
If you read this article and found yourself wishing there was more detail about the writing routine of each author, then you might like "Daily Rituals: How Artists Work" [1]. It's a really great small book that goes in detail
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by nwj 8y ago
Completely agree with you about "Finite and Infinite Games". Also read it recently and was disappointed. It's written in a style that I associate with continental philosophy. Obtuse language that can be difficult to follow. T
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How Technology Grows(danwang.co)
2 points by nwj 8y ago|0 comments
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Football, College Party Culture, and Sexual Assault(econofact.org)
1 points by nwj 8y ago|0 comments
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by nwj 8y ago
Has anyone tried running linux on one of these? How'd it go? It's not currently in any of the hardware compatibility lists that I am aware of.
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by nwj 8y ago
Inflation just hasn't been that high lately. $400 in 2013 dollars is $428.50 in 2018 dollars.
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by nwj 8y ago
For those on Firefox, NeatURL[1] does this too. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/neat-url/
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by nwj 10y ago
Just adding a +1 for http://neuralnetworksanddeeplearning.com/ . It is really excellent. Clear, but mathematically rigorous. Highly recommended.
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by nwj 12y ago
One thing that was helpful to me in making sense of this post was to understand that Quadratic Voting is trying to solve the problem of the "tyranny of the majority." It's a voting scheme that gives greater weight to minority
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by nwj 12y ago
Your comment is baseless speculation and only serves to spread fear. There hasn't been a new reported case in Nigeria in 30 days. That data is coming from the WHO, which is not under the control of the Nigerian government.
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by nwj 13y ago
Scott Sumner over at http://www.themoneyillusion.com/ has played a big part in changing peoples's views on this. He is definitely worth reading regularly if you are interested in or want to learn more about monetary po

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