westcort

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by westcort 2y ago
See also: Nick Carr's book, "The Shallows."
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by westcort 2y ago
I thought it was going to be a cruise without baby boomers. No such luck.
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by westcort 2y ago
Can anyone just make a simple program that will use one of these better TTS engines. I just want a a dialog box, a big button that says "Generate text" and you paste in the content you want converted to receive an MP3 file. Fully
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by westcort 2y ago
Read carefully, "...have prompted many researchers..." To change the text, one would need to change the minds of all of the many researchers, and have them administer retractions. Argue over what happened in that year, I guess, bu
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by westcort 2y ago
I have previously shared this little known, but factual, event on Hacker News. It is simply a Wikipedia article--the 1977 Russian Flu ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Russian_flu ). This is not my statement, note thi
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by westcort 2y ago
The Surgeon General's report on social media and youth mental health [0] cited 3 studies showing 1) that limiting social media to 30 minutes per day among college students for 3 weeks significantly reduced loneliness and depression [1]
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by westcort 2y ago
Only typo I found was the word "ggshells" which I assume should be "eggshells"; great work!
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by westcort 2y ago
Thank you! This is interesting!
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by westcort 2y ago
Grandpa was an early adopter of computers due to his work in cryptography, which started even before WWII. He wrote his files mostly in WordStar, and a few other formats that are still readable. Most of these are on a drive and on 5.25 and
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by westcort 2y ago
Seconding a text file. I keep addresses this way, too. So does my father. So did my grandfather. I have their files, as well.
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Garden cress and cyanobacteria grow under simulated K dwarf starlight(cambridge.org)
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Social media and youth mental health (2023) [pdf](hhs.gov)
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by westcort 2y ago
The Surgeon General's report [0] cited 3 studies showing 1) that limiting social media to 30 minutes per day among college students for 3 weeks significantly reduced loneliness and depression [1], 2) deactivating Facebook before the 20
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by westcort 2y ago
502 error; archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20240529085544/https://www.thete... I do not support in any way the crimes perpetrated by this terrorist.
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by westcort 2y ago
Let it sink!
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by westcort 2y ago
This would be a great time for a philanthropist to come forward and support the Internet Archive for what it is--a public institution.
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by westcort 2y ago
It is not about a particular politician--or are you reading this a particular way because of a truth about your favorite candidate you know, but do not want to be said? See also partisan views from this thread (as opposed to this non-part
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by westcort 2y ago
https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2020
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by westcort 2y ago
Publishers sometimes have advertorial divisions. This is not a new phenomenon. No, this does not prove true your favorite candidate’s lies or alternative realities.
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by westcort 2y ago
Simpler than this is just switching to DVDs. Not only do I not have extra bandwidth strain on my home internet, but there are no recurring fees, no worries about legality, and lots of extra features and games that kids enjoy. DVDs are Blu R
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Show HN: A bookmarklet that auto-summarizes and speaks articles to save you time(pastebin.com)
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by westcort 2y ago
Great article. I wonder if anyone has experimented with ultrasonic vibrations to extract more or different flavors from beans, as this technique has been used to extract the flavors of barrel-aged whiskeys in a short period of time, rather
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by westcort 2y ago
Prominent astrophysicists I trust say there is no evidence for Elizondo’s claims. Have we examined all motives here? Possible motives include: A government program for uniting religious belief to some end. A government program to gauge how
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by westcort 2y ago
Missed that, but still think commentary on the origin of the 5% rule for p values is of interest.
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by westcort 2y ago
Not mentioned here is the lady’s name, Muriel Bristol. I have also heard that this is a different way with 6 cups. This matters because 6C3 = 6! / (3!(6-3)!) = 20. That 1/20 chance of getting all 3 cups right is said to be the bas
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by westcort 2y ago
Tattoo ink should be regulated as a medical product given the potential for contamination and infection. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/07/18/health/tattoo-ink-permane...
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by westcort 2y ago
Thank you so much!!!
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by westcort 2y ago
Just close the original article's window and it will stop narrating.
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by westcort 2y ago
I made this bookmarklet, which will speak highlighted text in the browser regardless of platform. It also makes the initial letters of each word bold. This is the code: javascript:void function(){ javascript:(function(){ var selection = win
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by westcort 2y ago
I could not find anything at the on the releases page ( https://github.com/C-Loftus/QuickPiperAudiobook/releases/ ) This is what I see: https://imgur.com/screenshot-PqmyqhT Do I need a GitHub a

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