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by wave_function 23d ago
It seems noteworthy that they had also invested in: https://a16z.com/announcement/investing-in-axie-infinity/
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by wave_function 3mo ago
Yeah I can’t decide whether the new song is ai slop or a banger
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by wave_function 9mo ago
Have fun staying (in) prison?
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by wave_function 11mo ago
One of the Feynman lectures in physics is about Yang, Lee, and Wu's discovery. I thought it was a great listen: https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/flptapes.html #52 Symmetry in physical laws
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by wave_function 1y ago
Does that 16K/Year adjust for inflation?
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by wave_function 3y ago
One thing I only recently learned was that Stagecoaches also relied on subbing out teams of horses at stations.
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by wave_function 3y ago
I love how Wikipedia lists the budget of the film as one million pounds.
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by wave_function 3y ago
I’ve heard the 500 euro note referred to as “the Bin Laden”
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by wave_function 4y ago
I’ve heard “fur baby” which is similar
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by wave_function 4y ago
You also get a discount if you’re wearing Red Sox gear!
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by wave_function 4y ago
I think the idea is that anyone who’s seen his stupid interviews is a “tainted” juror, so if he’s tainted most potential jurors, it becomes more difficult to try him. Not sure how true this actually is
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by wave_function 4y ago
Very affordable at a price of 16 milliNEOMs!
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by wave_function 4y ago
If I’m understanding correctly, that makes the effective marginal tax rate between 100k and 125k higher than after 125k? Feels kind of crazy
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by wave_function 4y ago
Shannon was actually involved in the first wearable computer, so maybe he wouldn’t have found it so far-fetched! https://www.engadget.com/2013-09-18-edward-thorp-father-of-w...
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by wave_function 4y ago
Not an expert but this provably doesn’t add security. In your example, if sha1(foo)==sha1(bar), then foo, bar have a collision regardless of what you do afterwards. Maybe there’s some fancier layering scheme that adds security?
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by wave_function 4y ago
Henry Ford paid his workers more to reduce turnover, not so they could afford his cars. https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/03/04/the-stor...
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by wave_function 4y ago
According to this guy’s (possible wrong) view of market elasticity. More food stamps-> each person work more hours to survive-> more labor supply-> lower wages. (EDIT) Which would make him not like food stamps. There are other effe
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by wave_function 4y ago
This seems to be the same concept as “the market for lemons” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Market_for_Lemons Parents of low-cost students can send their kids to the “high information market” (the schools that can r
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by wave_function 5y ago
How does this even work? Police officer walks to within 7 feet of you: you’re not allowed to film. They tell you to stop filming and then suddenly you’re allowed to because they’re interacting with you?
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by wave_function 5y ago
Your mental math is correct. If each temperature was sampled identically and independently, each place’s “time since hottest” should be flatly distributed between now and however long the recording goes back to.
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by wave_function 5y ago
A bit of a counterpoint that got traction a few years ago on this site: https://www.thecut.com/2018/11/im-broke-and-friendless-and-i... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18562082 The person opt
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by wave_function 5y ago
I’m moderately disappointed that CNBC didn’t take advantage of such an obvious pun
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by wave_function 5y ago
I bet this dude talks a lot about alpha wolves too
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by wave_function 5y ago
I think the point was that it is true specifically when it comes to housing (also income and wealth for that matter)
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by wave_function 5y ago
Without "F" in the acronym, maybe Microsoft can be added to the list!
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by wave_function 5y ago
I would suspect the volume is simply too large. The “haircut” where you pour a mixer into your mouth, someone pours liquor into your mouth, and then you swallow in a way such that the liquor doesn’t touch your mouth or throat is the closest
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George Rhoads, Designer of “ball machines” dies(nytimes.com)
5 points by wave_function 5y ago|0 comments
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by wave_function 5y ago
Somewhat related, this town and its police/racial issues was featured on: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/179/cicero
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by wave_function 5y ago
I peripherally know the author and that was my guess too
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by wave_function 5y ago
To be fair, pyramids are pretty tacky. Imagine how much more hate Bezos would get for spending half a billion on a tomb!

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