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Open Discussion (2021) (15) |
2021/01/25 |
Anonymous |
This [time lapse film of salamander growth from a single cell](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/02/time-lapse-film-shows-salamander-development/) compresses four weeks into 6 minutes. (Note: It's actually a composite film of multiple em |
Alan Discussion (44) |
2021/01/25 |
Alan |
#19731 A short review: https://conjecturesandrefutations.com/2021/01/25/the-primal-prescription-by-murphy-and-mcguff/ |
Speed Reading Is a Core Life Skill (34) |
2021/01/25 |
Anonymous |
#19758 I realize that you are talking only about how you *feel*, not how it *is*, but I have to say that Elliot's #19743 didn't read at all to me as trying to say that you shouldn't be doing something. It was more basically saying that Elliot has only |
Bitcoin Sucks (35) |
2021/01/24 |
Max |
> It's not just wrong.
I'm not sure what you mean by adding 'just' there. It's worse than wrong?
> You cut out the start of that sentence which said (my italics):
>>>> Any *final* segment of a blockchain
Yeah, I wanted to focus just on th |
New Community Website: Features and Tech (213) |
2021/01/24 |
curi |
#215 i don't understand what you're arguing with. i wasn't talking about not having markdown input support. i want markdown as an input. i also want a user friendly input option. |
Deplatforming and Fraud (443) |
2021/01/24 |
Max |
#19716 I checked [President Biden Signs Executive Orders and Other Presidential Actions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m55tzTIJwwA) and it's currently at ~600k views, 6.7k likes, 35k dislikes. mb streisand effect thing going on.
in the [reclaim |
Eli Goldratt Screencasts (2) |
2021/01/24 |
Anonymous |
"Conflict is a situation where what we want is a contradiction." – Eliyahu Goldratt, *The Choice* |
curi's Microblogging (125) |
2021/01/24 |
curi |
#19732 btw i found out about that info about the govt raid and violent joke before the neighbor fight and due to Travis Corcoran himself. he brought it up on his own Amazon page, in a list of quotes apparently about his book, that normally would only |
internetrules Microblogging (48) |
2021/01/24 |
curi |
#19727 but basically, if i cared about CO2 (i disagree with that view), i'd view market price per CO2 as more meaningful than calories per CO2. |
What To Read (93) |
2021/01/23 |
curi |
> I haven't read "The Powers of Earth" by Travis Corcoran yet but it might be okay.
You will like it. See https://curi.us/2379-curis-microblogging#19719 |
Politics Discussion (411) |
2021/01/22 |
Anonymous |
Angelo Codevilla, [Clarity in Trump’s Wake](https://amgreatness.com/2021/01/19/clarity-in-trumps-wake/), *American Greatness* (January 19, 2021)
I thought this was an excellent essay. Some quotes from it are below.
On a failing of Trump's:
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Comments on Behavioral Genetics Lecture (5) |
2021/01/21 |
Anne B |
Genome-wide association studies |
The CCP Coronavirus (369) |
2021/01/19 |
curi |
https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1351696129872650241
[image] |
New Community Website: Marketing (34) |
2021/01/19 |
curi |
#32
> Do you include FI ppl in that? I think it'd be good for us to be able to host blogs there. Mostly because discussion is already happening there (I'm thinking of something of curi.us microblog threads, but more substantial if ppl want).
My |
Gaming Discussion (48) |
2021/01/18 |
curi |
Classic WoW speedrun Mage level 1-10:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn4PrbCouj4 |
Max Microblogging (202) |
2021/01/18 |
Max |
#19641 There's a lot of things I'm finding surprising about TikTok; did not think that age bracket would be there or popular.
FYI I don't think they show comments if you're not logged in.
> you can get millions of Likes on TikTok by saying stuf |
New Community Website Project (55) |
2021/01/18 |
curi |
I still like these 3 tiers:
1: member (includes all learning activities, e.g. group tutoring streams)
2: private subforum & chatroom
3: backroom
pricing ballpark i think 30/50/150 is ok. i'm thinking do 3 or 4 month subscriptions b/c i think d |
Alisa Discussion (225) |
2021/01/18 |
Max |
#19611 BTW, I enjoy discussing this with you and watching you make progress. (And the thoughts about progress/learning that come with this discussion.) Thanks :) |
How to Disable VLC Crash Reporting (7) |
2021/01/14 |
LUKE102010 |
THIS WORKS 100% |
Open Discussion 2 (2019) (544) |
2021/01/14 |
Anonymous |
#18661 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25778758 :
> It's also important to realize that the backup includes your encrypted iMessage messages, and the key required to decrypt them. Meaning that if you have backups enabled, all the "end-to-end" |
Blizzard's Speech Suppression (2) |
2021/01/11 |
Anonymous |
#18950 In tweets sent today and yesterday, Gab reiterated their view on porn and free speech:
Someone [wrote](https://twitter.com/lopp/status/1348667951059234819):
> Anyone who knows the history of pornography laws should find such sentiments in |
Philosophy Side Quests (10) |
2021/01/10 |
Anonymous |
https://youtu.be/f8TlTaTHgzo (2020-12-31)
Karl Jobst reviews math and simulations to determine whether YouTube speedrunner Dream used a modified version of Minecraft to give himself more luck. At 2.5 million views as of today, this is one of Jobst |
Sam Harris vs. Capitalism (50) |
2021/01/08 |
curi |
#19446 also various forms of environmentalism (e.g. protecting nature, plants, animals, non-renewable resources, or preventing overpopulation) |
Discussion with gigahurt from Less Wrong (89) |
2021/01/08 |
curi |
Philosophically, rationality is stuff that *is capable of progress* (error correction, improvement). It doesn't get stuck or refuse to listen to criticism or to new ideas.
Practically, rationality is *the most effective way of approaching stuff*. T |
Third Type of Meme: Static Companion Memes (42) |
2021/01/06 |
Max |
are rational companion memes impossible? |