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by waster 2y ago
Some emigrated or fled; some (if they had leadership aspirations) were killed or imprisoned; and many may be keeping their heads low so as to avoid drawing attention from the current regime. Unfortunately.
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by waster 3y ago
They said “we compare outcomes for children who are similar across observable characteristics but differ in eligibility for intervention due to blood lead test results.” Economic status is observable, so ide guess it’s I caused; but I only
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by waster 3y ago
We previously knew about life in the hydrothermal vents. That was indeed the basis for the planned Europa exploration. but this is about life underneath the vents, and if I understand correctly, the way that life travels through cracks
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by waster 4y ago
Oldest Homo sapiens remains are from much earlier, Morocco region, appx 300k years ago. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/essential-time...
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by waster 4y ago
If I'm not mistaken, protection of delicate environment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_on_Environmental_Prot...
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by waster 4y ago
Replying to one's own comment.
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by waster 4y ago
The most recent image is near-infrared light (per the captions), so the parts of the image that look brightest are where the most near-infrared light is. Also, it's a star nursery, so areas brightest are (I believe) where the new stars
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by waster 4y ago
This: > Dogs can work through many samples quickly, at a low cost, with minimal or no interaction with patients. For example, healthcare workers can collect breath, sweat, urine, or blood samples for dogs to process, rather than having t
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by waster 5y ago
I'm a Fiore scholar-level longsword practitioner and cannot say enough amazing things about learning to use weapons like this based on historic manuscripts. It's why my HN username is "waster" – we train from the start w
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by waster 9y ago
C-section can have its own traumas. For months after being born, my (c-section-born) son would startle and cry horribly at anything that made a snick-snick scissors sound, including certain doors/doorknobs, metal chopsticks, etc. And t
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by waster 9y ago
Except for service dogs.
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by waster 9y ago
I have had quite different experience. I have traveled a fair amount with my son and his medium-sized, and thus atypical-looking service dog. TSA has never given us any kind of special treatment, except once late at night in Denver when an
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by waster 9y ago
This is a fascinating set of checklists; thanks for sharing it.
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A new model of transcript(mastery.org)
1 points by waster 9y ago|0 comments
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by waster 9y ago
Yes, this. And 10 minutes a day may be more like 2 minutes or 5 minutes for some people, or like once a week. OP mentioned that you need to find a reason (paraphrasing, sorry); but with that reason, you can change something , and small cha
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by waster 9y ago
There are actually specific terms to label intelligence based on the number of standard deviations from the norm (100 IQ). Two to 3 SD's is highly gifted; 4-5 is exceptionally gifted; and 6+ SD's is profoundly gifted. The numbers
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by waster 9y ago
How good you are at academics actually correlates with IQ only up to a certain extent. When your IQ is more than 3-4 standard deviations from the norm, academic high performance is less likely, most likely because thinking and learning patt
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by waster 9y ago
Agreed (smart person = smart no matter the activity), though that doesn't necessarily mean they will succeed at any given activity. I am always struck more by the connections that smart people make: The _really_ smart people often have
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by waster 9y ago
I think the key takeaway that led to the title is that last quote from him, paraphrased: At 94, you don't worry about losing your job. Presumably he's saying he's taking huge risks/being bold/not worrying about foll
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by waster 13y ago
You take what you have (good or not), and make the best of it. That includes what you choose to do with your reaction to things. We all have emotions, and emotional reactions to situations. Recognize that, respect the emotion, and then move
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MIT Researchers Discover Sapwood is Inexpensive Water Filtration Method(guardianlv.com)
3 points by waster 13y ago|1 comments
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by waster 13y ago
I see the date of the event is on your eventbrite site, but you might get more participation from HN readers by having the date right here -- readers may fail to realize this is coming right up.
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by waster 13y ago
Maybe too soon for me to be answering, but I'm running two now, though one is not-for-profit. The for-profit one I founded in part to generate a percentage of profit to seed the not-for-profit. I say too soon because I haven't rel
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by waster 13y ago
Interesting article. I've seen houses demolished by hurricanes in the Caribbean; I bet this could be adapted for that use, as well.
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Making eye contact doesn't always help your cause(medicalxpress.com)
1 points by waster 13y ago|0 comments
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Supervolcano that transformed Mars found(telegraph.co.uk)
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Charged Particles In 'Jumping' Droplets: More Efficient Power Plants(hngn.com)
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First Computer Made of Carbon Nanotubes has Launched Against 'The Silicon'(designntrend.com)
1 points by waster 13y ago|0 comments
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by waster 13y ago
I'm getting a 404 - Page not found. Have another link? This sounds like a very cool project.
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Book of Bad Arguments(bookofbadarguments.com)
2 points by waster 13y ago|0 comments

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