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Show HN: Free, open-source native macOS client for di.fm(github.com)
6 points by thucydides 7mo ago|1 comments
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by thucydides 11mo ago
the configs, commands, and docs for this project are all different from those of your project? maybe you feel upset that someone has created a project similar to yours, but your accusation seems meritless. what am i missing, if anything?
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by thucydides 1y ago
n=256 undergraduates playing “The Ultimatum Game.” The headline (“fairness is what the powerful can get away with”) is a tad lofty given the methodology of the study.
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by thucydides 1y ago
Yes, I had the same experience. OP should refresh the design
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by thucydides 1y ago
What do you mean when you say the economic pie continues to shrink? Since 1960 American GDP has more than tripled in real terms (constant dollars): https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NYGDPPCAPKDUSA
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by thucydides 2y ago
https://archive.is/8O3Us
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by thucydides 2y ago
Guatemala (arbitrary choice) spent 35% of their income on food in 2016, but 66% were overweight or obese. I don't know what's causing obesity, but it doesn't seem to be income, given everyone worldwide exploded into fatness a
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by thucydides 2y ago
Let's assume this graph is correct. Why did humans 100 years ago consume fewer calories? The body is a complex system with many homeostatic mechanisms. We stop eating when we're full (generally). What has adjusted that homeostatic
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by thucydides 2y ago
"Is this really a mystery?" They address your question on the first page. Please read a few sentences of the article, or hey, even the entire article, before trying to refute it. A brief sample, though their whole argument is more
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by thucydides 2y ago
there are some fascinating hypotheses on what's caused the worldwide exponential increase in obesity in humans (and also some wild animals). here is the best summary i've seen: https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2021&#x
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by thucydides 2y ago
I don't feel like dying on the hill of Catcher in the Rye - while I think it's a good book and worth reading, I have no desire to write about it beyond the words I chose in my comment above. But I have to say that your comment her
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by thucydides 2y ago
I read Catcher in the Rye as a teen and enjoyed Holden's angst. Now I'm approaching middle age. Last year I was looking for books to read in a language I'm learning. I decided to re-read Catcher, and to my surprise, found it
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by thucydides 2y ago
cool story but: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), PALM OIL, SALT, DRIED CARROT FLAKE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, CONCENTRATED GREEN CABBAGE
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by thucydides 3y ago
Buffett's letter, released today, February 24, 2024: https://berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2023ltr.pdf
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by thucydides 3y ago
https://archive.is/Bta7m
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'The Architect of Berkshire Hathaway:' Warren Buffett Honors Charlie Munger(wsj.com)
1 points by thucydides 3y ago|2 comments
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by thucydides 3y ago
The relatively simple grammar is a huge advantage. The major complaint I’ve heard from learners is about the spelling. It would be nice to reform the orthography, like the Academia Real in Spain did
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by thucydides 3y ago
Over 100 years is entirely possible in this case. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and precedent in the 2nd Circuit, the recommended total sentence will be stacked consecutively because SBF's "offense level" counsels l
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by thucydides 3y ago
But see https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30322179/ , a large meta-analysis that found no association between coffee drinking and Alzheimer's disease: We performed a dose-response meta-analysis to summarize the pro
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by thucydides 3y ago
> In the US if you fake data you can become president of Stanford (for a while). One wonders: is the unearned time as an elite university president worth being humiliated by an 18 year old on the student newspaper and being forced to res
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by thucydides 3y ago
Never forget: this only happens because people tolerate it. If people didn’t want it to happen, it would stop.
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by thucydides 3y ago
for whatever reason, he replied "fuck you too" and followed me up the stairs. what do you think was his emotional state?
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by thucydides 3y ago
n=1: during my visit to lisbon in 2021, i was accosted twice by burly guys near my hotel[1] who aggressively asked if i wanted to buy weed or cocaine. the first time, the guy was so angry at my refusal ("no thanks, man") that he f
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by thucydides 4y ago
https://archive.is/m3y8B to break out of the paywall
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by thucydides 4y ago
What's wrong with Windows 11?
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by thucydides 4y ago
Great idea! It never occurred to me to use Coase's perspective to look at working from home. Thinking about it in this way makes it much easier to reason about. Thanks.
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by thucydides 4y ago
I'm curious what kind of synchronicities you are referring to
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by thucydides 4y ago
But the tool asks you to name a city and shows you books set in that city. None of Faulkner's books were set in his hometown.
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by thucydides 4y ago
I have aphantasia. In ordinary waking life, I can't voluntarily summon images to mind. It's darkness. But I have powerful visuals in dreams and on psychedelics. On LSD I once spent 15 minutes flying through a Henry Rousseau jungle
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by thucydides 4y ago
To put the wisdom of buying the royalty stream aside for a moment, why would a manufacturer abandon an iconic and profitable brand like Listerine after more than a century just to avoid paying royalties they've been paying during that

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