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by tvier 5mo ago
I'm pretty sure people have been falling off things for a quite a while.
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by tvier 6mo ago
This comment brings me so much joy, it might be the most "hackernews" thing I've ever read. I don't disagree though. Everything is physics, and physics is applied math
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by tvier 6mo ago
I think that is a more clear framing of what the OP was saying, and if they had written it that way I probably wouldn't have bothered replying. It just had a very fatalistic tone I didn't agree with. I still disagree though, the r
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by tvier 6mo ago
My intention was to imply that normal human behavior involves doing things that aren't economically beneficial. Why play piano at home when you could use that energy to work? Why go to the bar and pay more for a drink than you would at
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by tvier 6mo ago
I didn't mean to imply that you hadn't cared, or felt loss. That would definitely be presumptuous. I was only commenting on the "easily produced" comment. I don't think I've heard someone describe pregnancy and
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by tvier 6mo ago
This comment defines value as what people pay for things, then comes to the conclusion that they way to value people must be based on what people will pay for them. That's not insightful, that's just circular reasoning, and it fai
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by tvier 11mo ago
You and the parent both made good points. In Germany a swastika might be seen as more of a direct threat of specific action than other places. That makes it more sensible to classify as a threat.
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by tvier 11mo ago
> No it doesn't, this is just an empty appeal to emotional manipulation. I intended for that to be a direct reference to the concept of "tyranny of the majority". > You see, since all your arguments are just empty appea
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by tvier 11mo ago
The power given to the masses vs the ruling class is always in flux. The light may go out, but it won't be forever. I'm also hopeful that the requirement for a well educated workforce will nudge societies towards more freedom than
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by tvier 11mo ago
> I'm not. You come to my house, you follow my rules, you come to our country you follow our values, simple I wish it was this simple, so badly, but that strategy has been tried many times before and it always ends in violence. Firs
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by tvier 11mo ago
No, all those things harm other people. The ban on swastikas would be considered authoritarian because it's only purpose is to limit expression. Considering Germany's recent history though, it seems like a reasonable response.
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by tvier 11mo ago
You're throwing a bunch of straw man arguments out, which makes it a lot of work to actually respond to this whole post. Rights are always on a spectrum with a large amount of grey area. > burkas are a security risk in public since
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by tvier 11mo ago
Controlling how people dress sounds pretty authoritarian to me. The fact that it's currently not acceptable to enter a bank with a covered face would indicate a law banning it in all public locations is not needed. Taking rights away f
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by tvier 1y ago
While I 100% agree that there are wage issues, the question with housing is why it's growing faster than general inflation. House prices seem to be increasing fastest in places with high incomes. This leads me to believe increasing inc
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by tvier 1y ago
This opinion sets up corporate consolidation as the cause of all issue in the US. I don't think it makes sense for that to be the null hypothesis that needs to be disproven. For this specific issue, homebuilding, and construction in ge
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by tvier 1y ago
> Steel factories cannot shutdown temporarily due to high electricity prices. They need a steady source of electricity. This isn't true, there are currently facilities doing exactly this. For example, this steel mill in Ohio. https
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by tvier 1y ago
That's just the theme the author is running. If you use a use a standard theme, you'll get a higher contrast text color. From their wiki: https://camo.githubusercontent.com/04c2219de0884fc8e6bf4d264...
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by tvier 1y ago
> Claiming that not getting sunlight is the same as smoking is pure garbage. So you're throwing out a whole study because it didn't cover a specific confounding variable you thought of, than stating a claim with no evidence bac
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by tvier 1y ago
The two sides of this conversation seem to be using different definitions of the word "state". I won't argue which is more appropriate in this context, but I think that's where the crux of the disagreement is.
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by tvier 1y ago
> and that it was in our top 10 domestic exports Note that a main point of the article is that it is not in the US' top 10 exports
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by tvier 1y ago
The chart in that link seems to indicate it was 0.6%, while total R&D funding was 3.4%
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General Fusions Achieves First Plasma(generalfusion.com)
8 points by tvier 2y ago|1 comments
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by tvier 2y ago
This is why you shouldn't get into arguments about performance on the internet without highly specified execution environments. I'm going to take my own advice and go back to work :)
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by tvier 2y ago
Yeah, if you treat it as javascript vs python they're likely correct (I'm not that familiar with js). The article and original comment were about function vs imperative though, so I assumed half decent runtimes for both.
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by tvier 2y ago
You are describing how to execute the procedure, while the gp is describing what the result should be. Both are valuable, but they're very different. My personal take is that "how to execute" is more useful for lower leve
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by tvier 2y ago
Much of both sides of this argument are opinion, but wrt this comment. > ... no function call overhead. This code has more function calls. O(n) vs 3 for the original
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by tvier 2y ago
"towers in the park" refers to a pretty specific layout where the towers are surrounded and separated by parks. Yaletown has parks that are surrounded by towers, which generally seems to work better
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by tvier 2y ago
One thing to note is that the "Snake" maneuver was designed to keep the tower safe during the test, and not forced on the rocket by the chopsticks. The rocket was set to come down on the pad just in front on the tower and launch m
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by tvier 2y ago
The biggest study I've found for this (which gets reference in the OP) seems to have done a pretty good job with this[1]. Like you I'd feel much more confident if we had a good understanding of the mechanism, but the effect size j
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by tvier 2y ago
Long clothing and big hats are probably your best bet. If you want to learn more you can check out the Handbook Of Natural Fibres[1], but the short version is: white dye and looser weave mean less protection, colored dye and tighter weave m

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