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code_coyote··on How to Be Successful
Advice in this article seems to only marginally apply to someone whose measure of success is in an artistic field. You can't get the same marginal returns as the article talks about. Also you're both competing with others for reader's attention, but not competing with anyone, as your stories can only be made by you.
code_coyote··on Canadian Supreme Court: Reporter must give RCMP material about accused terrorist
What are the legal consequences if the records have been destroyed? And the reporter will answer any questions, but there are no notes, files, recordings, etc? Surely "contempt of court" isn't a life sentence?
code_coyote··on 'Intelligent' crows to pick up litter at French theme park
Is there any consideration for the health effects of carrying a carcinogen in their beaks? Cigarette butts are _nasty_ and also poisonous.
code_coyote··on 'Intelligent' crows to pick up litter at French theme park
That happens in San Francisco, too. You'll on occasion even see someone on the local public transit with a big trash bag full of bottles. I guess they're on their way to a redemption center for the deposit.
code_coyote··on Freeing the Web from the Browser
Comments and feedback won't work for a site with a lot of readers or viewers, they don't scale. If just 20k people read your post, and one-quarter of them comment, you'll be flooded and not able to find anything meaningful. I'm already following some YT channels where the creator(s) has stated, "we can't read the comments, requests here are ignored."
code_coyote··on I'm Scott Aaronson, quantum computing/computational complexity researcher. AMA
Good uplifting answer. But it is for what can lead to a hobby, rather than a career. Even certificates from MOOCs won't lead to a job in science, researcher or not.
code_coyote··on I'm Scott Aaronson, quantum computing/computational complexity researcher. AMA
Hello,

As for "careers in science", what can someone later in life (I just turned 60, can't believe it) still do? I have a CS degree from ages ago, and have a scientific mindset (runs in my family, e.g., my sister was a research scientist [mathematician] before retirement). I don't want to retire anytime soon. But I'm unlikely to get into grad school. I can take MOOCs of course, and do. My interest in science tends toward neurology and embodiment.

code_coyote··on Into the Forbidden Zone: Varosha, Ghost City of Cyprus
Now that the city is occupied by the Turks, why haven't they used it? It's a bit late now (and many buildings are no doubt no longer safe), but why didn't they use it then? There's a lot of investment in the structures in the city.
code_coyote··on It appears my Google account is slated for deletion
So what do you think of LBRY:

https://lbry.io/

"LBRY is a free, open, and community-run digital marketplace.

You own your data. You control the network. Indeed, you are the network.

Hollywood films, college lessons, amazing streamers and more are on the first media network ruled by you."

code_coyote··on Horizon 1.0: a realtime, open-source JavaScript back end from RethinkDB
How well does this play with Electron (http://electron.atom.io/ ) as a front-end? I didn't find that many references to it (mostly questions about putting them together).