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by technobabble 4y ago
I used to do work with chitosan, synthetic nacre, and keratin-based biomaterials. While they will have their direct uses we will need a cultural shift if they are to substantially replace petroleum-based materials.
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by technobabble 4y ago
If anyone had the time I highly recommend the podcast “The Last Days of August”by Jon Ronson. It chronicles the suicide of a pornstar in conjunction with the rise of mindgeek.
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by technobabble 4y ago
In some ways cyclists are slow enough compared to how fast a car can accelerate. Even a moped or motorcycle can use speed assert its presence and maintain safe stopping distance between other cars. Especially in a urban area where everyone
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by technobabble 4y ago
Walkaway by Cory Doctorow has imo solarpunk elements, but isn’t entirely that.
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by technobabble 4y ago
As someone who used to work in a lab and was in the “biohacker” scene, yes.
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by technobabble 5y ago
Thanks for the suggestions. I'm commenting on this thread so I can save it for future reference.
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by technobabble 6y ago
quote: He wrote that, overall, the parents seemed perfectionistic and preoccupied with abstractions, rather than showing a genuine interest in people. I find this sentence interesting in comparison to the phrase "dumb people talk about
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Against Waldenponding (2018)(breakingsmart.substack.com)
2 points by technobabble 6y ago|0 comments
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by technobabble 6y ago
Thank you for posting this article, which led me down to the Breakingsmart post titled "Against Waldenponding" https://breakingsmart.substack.com/p/against-waldenponding I highly recommend reading both.
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by technobabble 6y ago
First off, just because the HN community lays on criticism doesn't meant that the people making the criticism don't think the technology is a good idea. If I spend the energy to criticize $technology, it means that I care about it
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by technobabble 6y ago
Frontline did a very informative documentary about this circa 2009. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/gunned-down/ edit:grammar
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Rich Hospitals Profit from Patients in Car Crashes(nytimes.com)
1 points by technobabble 6y ago|0 comments
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by technobabble 6y ago
Have you ever heard of the term "christian atheist". Your post reminded me about a video by the Youtuber Innuendo Studios titled "I hate Mondays". (The following is my opinion taken from anecdotes about myself and readin
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by technobabble 6y ago
Yes! I clicked on this article explicitly to post about Li Ziqi. Talking with a chef friend, her kitchen technique and skills are really good. On a different note, this article reminds me of the book Walkaway. Unfortunately, we aren't
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by technobabble 6y ago
One of the things I've struggled with implementing these life skills is dealing with the cost of failure/trying new things. Both as a monetary cost (switching degrees, studying "non-essential" humanities topics like phil
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by technobabble 6y ago
Damn; I finally joined Simple last year. Has anybody had experience with Varo Bank? That's the closest alternative I could find. What else do you all recommend? I've looked at Varo, Vio, HmBradley, and Discover.
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Andy Grove: Rich, Famous, Smart and Wrong (2007)(blogs.sciencemag.org)
3 points by technobabble 6y ago|1 comments
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by technobabble 6y ago
Hey nmlnn. Thanks for posting this. I'm a shy past 24, and I came to the same conclusion. Nothing matters, we're all small and insignificant-pale-blue-dot-and-all-that. I also lose interest once the shininess and allure wears off.
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Domestic Abuse Can Escalate in Pandemic(npr.org)
2 points by technobabble 6y ago|0 comments
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by technobabble 6y ago
For a good read, I recommend The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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by technobabble 6y ago
I use a DPT-RP1 13”. I use it everyday, however the pen has an adequate writing experience and the build quality isn’t great. I’ve used the ReMarkable before and it has a much better build quality and a better writing experience. Foe just a
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by technobabble 7y ago
If you hate your job, which has negative affects on your health, are you really free just because you get to choose what clothes you wear or what you have for lunch?
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by technobabble 7y ago
All clothes I’ve bought from Uniqlo have the rfid logo on the tag.
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by technobabble 7y ago
Spreadsheet for me. Not pictured: pile of returns, especially for clothing.
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by technobabble 7y ago
I have a love/hate relationship with the Sony Digital Paper The good - It's 13", so I can read/annotate full-size documents. - Very little eye strain. - Battery lasts almost a full week* - There's a little bit of th
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by technobabble 7y ago
In no particular order: Vaccines, indoor plumbing, the powered loom, torrent/distributed file sharing, the bicycle. Ten is a lot.
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by technobabble 7y ago
I searched the thread and couldn’t find DNAinfo. Did anybody else use it? I thought it was good while it lasted. What are the chances of reviving something like it?
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by technobabble 7y ago
It appears to be real http://boulderreporter.com/a-crispin-porter-bogusky-primer/
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by technobabble 7y ago
A compromise I’ve made is a giant ereader/digital notebook. No internet browser. No eye strain. And no carrying around 40 lbs of textbooks. That being said, I lately found myself switching back to a pen and scratch pad since the stylus
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NIH study reveals differences in brain activity in children with anhedonia(nih.gov)
1 points by technobabble 7y ago|0 comments

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