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by p00dles 23d ago
I hope that expression makes a comeback.
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by p00dles 1mo ago
Not long ago companies claiming “100% AI-powered” services were secretly relying on humans because the tech wasn’t good enough. Now, the opposite is true - AI has gotten so good, people are trying to pass AI work off as “100% human-powered.
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by p00dles 2mo ago
I don’t think that she means it as literally as you are interpreting her. It’s a _feeling_ of not belonging to or probably feeling welcomed to join the culture that surrounds her daily life, I don’t think she cares whether she belongs to th
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by p00dles 4mo ago
A big reason is clinical trials. They take time, they are expensive, and there isn’t another good way to determine an intervention’s safety and effectiveness.
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by p00dles 4mo ago
There is also a category of people who are “mixed-handed”, who have a strong handedness preference for a given task, but which hand one prefers varies based on the task. I didn’t know about this category until recently, but it describes my
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by p00dles 6mo ago
who is our/us?
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by p00dles 7mo ago
From walking around holding them with your left arm when they were babies, or from something else?
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by p00dles 8mo ago
They were both brilliant, but from everything that I've read, Jobs was an ass****, and Woz was the opposite, and that is a huge, huge difference. The mythologizing of Jobs is the canonical example of people condoning terrible behavior
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by p00dles 8mo ago
Today I took the subway at a different time than I normally do, and I saw a very different mix of people. Fascinating.
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by p00dles 8mo ago
It probably means to air-dry (to not use a dryer)
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by p00dles 9mo ago
<the typical German philosophy of strictly following the process -- as absurd as it might be -- and refusing to take initiative for anything that is not explicitly defined as one's responsibility> you summarized my 5+ year experi
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by p00dles 9mo ago
Firefox on iOS, I see strikethrough but the strikes are at varying heights.
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by p00dles 10mo ago
Interesting that GLP-1s might have different effects on cancer _incidence_ vs. cancer _survival_. A different study "GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and the Risk of Thyroid Cancer" was published in the Diabates Care journal in February 20
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by p00dles 10mo ago
I think this analysis is cool, and the comments are too critical. The author put something out there, documented it, and I learned something by reading it. Thank you. Maybe the title needs reframing to soften the reader’s expectations, and
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by p00dles 10mo ago
That guy should start a PR firm
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by p00dles 11mo ago
Ugh this is so tragic but I think correct
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by p00dles 11mo ago
novice -> informed -> asshole I strive to be at the informed part of the spectrum. Wine example: - Novice: "I'd like any red wine" -> waiter brings you something you don't like - Informed: "I'd like a
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by p00dles 1y ago
https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.08.047
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by p00dles 1y ago
I had the 13 mini and now the 12 mini and the 13 mini was noticeably better - battery life, camera, screen brightness (big difference when using phone on a bike for navigation)
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by p00dles 1y ago
I applaud anybody who makes visualizations of difficult to grasp concepts - so, thank you very much. As a visual (spatial) learner, I often wonder how my math/science education could have been improved with learning tools such as these
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by p00dles 1y ago
Some people think that American pizza has far too much cheese.
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by p00dles 1y ago
that is so cool - I mean the fact that this example stuck with you so long is a single of good teaching to me
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by p00dles 1y ago
thank you for this *edit (I mean this sincerely, it made me laugh and I did not see it at first)
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by p00dles 1y ago
I totally agree that learning German grammar as an adult is… demoralizing. Knowing, and accepting, that you will make a mistake every time that you open your mouth, hurts. Also, the increase in possible permutations (and opportunities for m
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by p00dles 1y ago
This thread is worth a read regarding Lambda school: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40067939 - the “dupe” post with a title that specifically refers BloomTech aka Lambda School CEO Austen Allred being banned from al
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by p00dles 1y ago
Is this what tools like Nextflow or Snakemake aim to do? I don't know, and I'm genuinely curious, because I'm starting to work in bioinformatics and doing different parts of an analysis pipeline in R and Python seems common,
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by p00dles 2y ago
Does beginning a submission title with "Genomic study:" provide an air of credibility? As in, before any reference to what is being studied, genomic study is mentioned. I'm actually curious.
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by p00dles 2y ago
Do you have any recommendations?
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by p00dles 2y ago
What apps do you use instead of Apple Notes for writing/keeping notes?
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by p00dles 2y ago
I agree -> even if someone spends their time "rediscovering" an existing solution, I think that the learning experience of coming up with a solution without starting from current best solution is really valuable. Maybe that per

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