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lepton··on Why is the liver so weirdly regenerative?
People who died in an accident, think car accident or fell off a roof. Otherwise healthy people who didn’t die of a disease.
lepton··on Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
What are the chances that a small C program uncovers a bug in the C compiler, maybe in its type checker?

What are the chances that a very large C program uncovers a bug in the C compiler?

lepton··on US strikes $1.2B deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects
Evidently this cute comment was not understood by some.

@iso1631 is saying that wind farms (and by extension, their supporters) think Trump is ugly and noisy. So, they mutually think this of each other.

lepton··on OneDrive data now has an expiry date
It needs to read the repo under .git; that’s a lot of files that may not be synced, depending on local disk space, frequency of use, etc. The local disk is just a cache.

There may be an option to Always keep on this device, which might help.

lepton··on Backpacks got worse on purpose
Maintain quality but raise prices to throttle demand to a sustainable rate? Hard to do instantaneously of course; easier said than done etc
lepton··on Coursera to combine with Udemy
Barry Nalebuff’s Intro to Negotiation is pretty fantastic. Had you negotiating against strangers in well-designed scenarios, then getting feedback from others on the recordings.

Perry Mehrling’s course on Money and Banking is good too.

lepton··on British tourist detained by US authorities for 10 days over visa issue
That’s the parent’s point: a same-day flight may be expensive for the detainee and look bad for ICE.
lepton··on XetCache: Improve Jupyter notebook reruns by caching cells
But compilers are deterministic, no?
lepton··on Industry docs reveal makers of 'forever chemicals' covered up health dangers
I cook eggs every morning with a pat of butter in a well-seasoned cast iron pan. Works great.
lepton··on What are you supposed to do with old clothes?
In Canada, furniture pillows always come with a New Material Only tag, indicating that recycled textiles have not been used. I assume this is regulated and has been in place since the dawn of time.
lepton··on SoCal man says computer on his Tesla froze, causing it to be stuck at 83 MPH
That gut-wrenching feeling.
lepton··on Why is it hard to buy things that work well?
But the question was "how does the pricing work in this situation?" and I would expect a repair shop to know how their pricing works.
lepton··on Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achieved, process has begun
Potable water for drinking etc. The sea there is pretty salty, I think.
lepton··on There is currently no way to drive between Vancouver and the rest of Canada
"tortuous" is the word you're wanting there. :)
lepton··on Facing sky-high connection fees, rural Ontarians go off the grid
Natural gas is very likely unavailable in remote areas. Usual fuels would be propane or diesel, which can be trucked in.
lepton··on Billions in 'unknown' funds flowing into Canada's housing market [video]
By "income", parent is referring to employment income. But their true income is the real estate investment of their primary residence, which nearly doubles their income.

They are borrowing $300k I guess (1.5m + 0.2m, less 1.4m), and will likely sell their new house for far more than $1.5m when they sell again in another dozen years.

lepton··on Cristiano Ronaldo snub wipes billions off Coca-Cola’s market value
The point was that all those brands are owned by Coca-Cola, after all.
lepton··on Workplace Wellbeing Is a Scam?
I think my wellness is inherently my issue, and I'd prefer that my employer stayed out of it.
lepton··on 7% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they?
No, it's % of adults.
lepton··on Twitter locks out Irish Bishop after he criticized euthanasia
There was a time when the clergy was Catholic, but might various "scientific experts" be filling that role today?
lepton··on Shorting and Indian capital markets
140% of stock /issuance/, not outstanding. Shorting stock creates new stock. Once all shorts are closed, the 100% of issuance is still outstanding and someone's holding it. Not everyone can get out!
lepton··on The day my voice broke
What if, by "object", we mean not a specific instance of an object, but rather the whole category of objects? Do penguins or other animals link a specific vocal sound to "shell" or "children" or "nest"?
lepton··on Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day
That just sounds like an invitation to try! No indication of possible harmful effects?
lepton··on How many pieces can a puzzle have?
Ah, but how many sequences of 3 evenly spaced numbers does the sequence have?
lepton··on The Most Misused SSN of All Time
Half the thickness?
lepton··on Boeing 737 MAX crash and the rejection of ridiculous data
BBQ lid? Many have thermometers that go higher than this (say, 700F), and they're often outdoors.
lepton··on How many deaths make a disaster newsworthy?
This list still applies:

> engineering, management, government, preparedness, risk forecasting, response

lepton··on Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU privacy law
I'm afraid that's none of your business, Mr Fastball.
lepton··on Elephant 'smoking' footage baffles experts
Barn cats, mousers
lepton··on Car insurers accused of discriminating against people with Hotmail accounts
Most countries have an official concept of annual income. It's used to assess income tax.
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