tdist

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   by tdist 9y ago

   > Building it to handle less than what you've seen before would be stupid. Let me tell a second hand anecdote of a Burmese village. It was a rather small collection of huts raised on tall poles. But it was a village none the less.
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   Ask HN: Do you know of any project with the goal to log and map a human life?

   31 points by tdist 9y ago|18 comments
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   by tdist 9y ago

   Listing old, famous intellectual people that have retained their wits is poor a excuse for evidence, since we don't know the ratio between old and famous intellectuals that have lost their wits vs that have retained them.
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   by tdist 9y ago

   Here are some [1]. These are however not selected to be 'top' athletes, as far as I know. I imagine that diet is irrelevant for athletic training, as long as it fulfills certain macro-nutrient requisites. Further, I image vegan at
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   by tdist 9y ago

   I addressed this when this study was discussed last week, but it's worth reminding that minutiae comparing is not the only technique used for fingerprint matching. [1] (possible corporate bias) [1] https://corporate.fingerpr
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   by tdist 9y ago

   Do note however, that masterprints are not applicable for all current solutions.[1] Their statement is of course biased, but they nevertheless point out a significant flaw in the referenced study. [1]: https://corporate.fingerpri