willmw101

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by willmw101 4y ago
>Turns out, it’s just sleepwalking The piece explicitly states that it is not sleepwalking: >Not all nocturnal behaviors are RBD. Sleepwalking and sleep talking, which occur more often during childhood and adolescence, take place duri
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by willmw101 4y ago
Didn't expect most of this thread to be people whining about being blocked on twitter. What the hell has happened to hacker news?
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by willmw101 4y ago
While there might be overlap, the sims offered players status/career simulation, the option of mating and killing the sims, and a whole host of other things that represented departures from someone's actual life. I'd guess th
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by willmw101 4y ago
Or developing a sense of humour. Going by your comment apparently there are still some roadblocks on that journey.
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by willmw101 4y ago
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/french-president... >Jean-Luc Melenchon, a far-left politician running for France's presidency next year has suggested that a jihadist's 2012 murder of Jews
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by willmw101 4y ago
But you see, even if I did agree that that was the case that all exchanges are rotten, you originally said any crypto business. You think the various businesses that focus on staking, or cold wallet businesses for example, that focus on con
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by willmw101 4y ago
I'm not sure either of your comments are productive here. You assert that it would be hard to find any crypto business that isn't 'rooted in some kind of scam'. But where's the evidence that coinbase for e.g is &#x2
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by willmw101 4y ago
This was fascinating, thanks for sharing.
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by willmw101 5y ago
More nuance needed here. The UK has failed terribly when it comes to opening its borders to Ukrainians. But it has very much been world leading when it comes to other aspects of this crisis. Britain sent arms to Ukraine well before the war
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by willmw101 5y ago
>I know I am not the only one doing this. I can't think of any video game / movie that has been so inspiring to so many people. I think the Zelda franchise has similar if not greater cultural impact in some of the ways you&#x27
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by willmw101 5y ago
Most of the newer research on this topic suggests that it's neural connection complexity, and specifically frontal lobe volume, rather than overall brain size that determines intelligence or brain power. https://neuroscience
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by willmw101 5y ago
>Volume != neurons Exactly. Most of the newer research on this topic suggests that it's neural connection complexity, and specifically frontal lobe volume, rather than overall brain size that determines intelligence or brain power.
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by willmw101 5y ago
>You were the one who claimed to be able to find anything on google I did not in fact claim that. You are confusing me with someone else in this thread. I agree that some things are hard to find on google, but I reject the notion that an
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by willmw101 5y ago
>I updated the post with several examples of the type of content I want you to find. The point I'm making is that I think your underlying premise, that all sites which have any kind of monetary element to them are fundamentally corr
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by willmw101 5y ago
They have links for every single mechanical keyboard they review or list. What is their incentive to give better reviews to some than others? This is probably a better example: https://www.mechtype.com/xiaomi-yuemi-pro-mk02-
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by willmw101 5y ago
Seems pretty useful and non-spammy to me: Edit: This is a better example: https://www.mechtype.com/category/reviews/
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by willmw101 5y ago
That sounds like an incredibly outdated mindset tbh. Would be very surprised if that was still generally true.
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by willmw101 5y ago
>hopefully the US and other sovereign countries stand up and help against that when the day comes. Genuine question, what do you think that help would look like? Because every time I try and game out scenarios for China re-absorbing Taiw
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by willmw101 5y ago
Neither offer any vitamin D benefit in most geographies though.
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by willmw101 5y ago
Hunch is that the fashionable advice to cover yourself in sunscreen every day regardless of how long you'll be in the sun or how sunny it is will be looked back on as insane in a few years. It's amazing how many SPF products are n
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by willmw101 5y ago
>A large portion of what I refereed to "the rest of the world" is as distant from us as the middle ages. Sure, you could argue that billions are poured into bridging that gap but the simple truth is that never works. https:&#x
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by willmw101 5y ago
While I get your point and would agree for some stories, I also don't think that's always necessary or even productive in a bigger picture sense. Sort of excusing away accomplishment by listing every advantage someone has or doesn
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by willmw101 6y ago
Actually talking about the risk reward analysis in the media and general commentary reaction to the AZ vaccine rather than by nations. Think it's perfectly reasonable for nations to conduct safety checks and research on new vaccines
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by willmw101 6y ago
>but I pity the ones they go first and suffer from overzealous cheerleading of a particular vaccines efficacy Given the incident rate and the growing COVID swells in a few european countries (France and Italy especially), the slow vaccin
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by willmw101 6y ago
Seems far from definitive, especially given the scale of the claim you're making, to be quite honest. I'll do some research of my own and link back if I find anything more substantial as I'm actually sympathetic to your origi
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by willmw101 6y ago
> the UK used to be a major world advocate for human rights >Yes, but we aren't any more Have you got a source for this?
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by willmw101 6y ago
Don't worry, we're talking at cross purposes and don't seem to be understanding the others point. Let's leave it here. Oh and btw... >If you take the purely metaphysical approach, there is a maximum capacity for intel
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by willmw101 6y ago
No, I get all that. Just wondering why you wrote this in the wider context of your comment: >Additionally, it belittles the consistent effort and energy spent by these individuals to train their minds
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by willmw101 6y ago
>Additionally, it belittles the consistent effort and energy spent by these individuals to train their minds Not following this logic and this seems to be at odds with the rest of your comment. You seem to be saying that the idea of &#x2
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by willmw101 6y ago
It's almost as if becoming a superpower corrupts nations

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