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downshun··on Use the internet, not just companies (2018)
Sure hope so too. Tired of spam (or any other advertising)
downshun··on Parrots in British wildlife park moved after swearing at visitors
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24642744 yesterday
downshun··on Interviewing During Covid – Google/Apple/ByteDance/Databricks/Citadel/HRT/JS
long string in title breaks mobile screen width
downshun··on Parrots separated at zoo after encouraging each to curse profusely at guests
Clearly it's the parrot's fault. \s
downshun··on Advocates want to name heatwaves like hurricanes to raise awareness of dangers
Give natural disasters a CVE code
downshun··on Snowden criticises Amazon for hiring former NSA boss
Not everyone buys that narrative.
downshun··on Pringles tube tries to wake from 'recycling nightmare'
There's so much 'repeat trash' that could be repurposed if accumulated instead of disposed immediately.
downshun··on Ask HN: What educational YouTube channels do you watch?
Edutainment
downshun··on Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices
Well. Another lost customer here.
downshun··on Art of chording
This is really fascinating... But is it worth the investment when there's cheap storage for high quality audio and video recordings, and text-to-speech does a decent job? What am I missing?
downshun··on Ask HN: Self-taught webdev with lots of free time. What should I learn?
Why not mentor?
downshun··on Do countries lose religion as they gain wealth? (2013)
Seems simple enough an answer
downshun··on Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultaneous attack
A clear use case of Blockchain for the cryptocurrency detractors \s
downshun··on Facebook coerces victims of fraud to upload birth certificate, voter ID card
Facebook would be ideally placed to orchestrate that sort of scam. It certainly hasn't showed signs of stopping. Sort of with the Equifax hack and their subsequent business exploit of the breach.
downshun··on My dad got scammed for $3k worth of gift cards
Shoot the scammers
downshun··on Ask HN: What kind of ideas are not VC-backable but should exist in the future?
"I have read and accept the TOS "
downshun··on Thousands of U.S. judges who broke laws, oaths remained on the bench
(1978) (1927)
downshun··on Ask HN: Good articles/courses for understanding mathematical notation?
Hi U
downshun··on Ask HN: Good articles/courses for understanding mathematical notation?
I've been working on some of these ideas. Even if you had mathematica-grade program implementations of all mathematical objects and properties, you can't get over things like "you can't solve the quintic this way, dummy!" Or "no, you can't have a good visual of R^n in a 2D screen!" Etc.

That doesn't mean all hope is lost. For now, I won't say more.

downshun··on Ask HN: Good articles/courses for understanding mathematical notation?
I think the reason is that math notation is used in context. Which is what explains the two different notations for calculus derivatives. They were interested in different things! Similarly in quantum mechanics (not my area) you may want to use bra-ket notation or matrix representations if you care about implementation details.
downshun··on America Is Giving Up on Coronavirus – and the Consequences Will Be Devastating
on the flip side, at least we now have a rough measure of the attention span of the hive mind
downshun··on Biohacking Lite
Surprisingly well written and researched.

One thing missing is the effect of testosterone on lean mass creation.

Wonder if the fat to co2 process can be ventilator assisted without hurting the lungs .

downshun··on The World's Simplest Interesting Algorithm (2019)
True. Hmm.
downshun··on The World's Simplest Interesting Algorithm (2019)
I'm not sure this is right.

Take a star with many (>3) leaves

Replace every leaf by a star

The algorithm fails by picking up leaves

downshun··on Paradox of Tolerance
Oh look, this again!

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18963574

downshun··on A couple’s elastic dance in Brutalist Berlin [video]
What's this wiggling about?
downshun··on The future of college is online, and it’s cheaper
> "online education is something you want other parents' children to do"

Perhaps a degree is a proxy for measuring parental investment

downshun··on Ask HN: Why doesn't banana juice exist?
"There is no such thing as banana juice. Banana flavor comes from an oil that does not mix well with water. Normally it is imbued in the fatty flesh of the banana. You can buy banana acetate which has a banana-like flavor." - first Google result
downshun··on Ask HN: How do I cope knowing people make more than me on onlyfans?
Assuming this post is genuine,

Coping is an interesting word choice. It hints at perceived wrong.

Internalizing an injustice can force one to confront morality.

It is complicated. I only want to present a different case.

There was a recent report on charges against a sex-trafficking ring where the victims were "rescued"... but later were re-victimized. Turns out the undercover officers in the investigation reportedly had paid and participated in sexual acts with the victims which eventually lead to a dismissal of charges due to entrampment laws.

1. Decisions matter in this sense.

2. Consequences are often not directly measurable

(Does sexual freedom come with hidden costs to us, such as porn addiction effects, prevalence of STDs, etc?) (Is supporting abortion or 'reproductive rights' of disadvantaged groups different from genocide?) (A recent example: does the positive of lives saved by the pandemic lockdown balance with the negatives of its economic impact?)

3. An easy answer is not in my HN comment.

downshun··on Show HN: This Word Does Not Exist
It would be neat to do this with different dictionary training sets such as a legal dictionary or biology glossary. I wonder if it could generate useful creative ideas in the mind of a professional.

Or, if feeling contentious, other wordspaces https://gender.wikia.org/wiki/Category:Gender_Identities

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