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puddingnomeat··on Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded ship refloated
I think this is wrong.

Someone says "it COULD be stuck for weeks"

It gets unstuck earlier, fine. Doesn't invalidate the possibility.

The criticism is moot. If anyone had made bets, then I'd take both more seriously.

puddingnomeat··on Louvre makes its entire collection available online
They're referring to https://auntymuriel.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/medusa.jpg?w...

This is the part where we all laugh and the credits roll out

Someone not knowing the two can't make the connection. Can AI?

puddingnomeat··on “When the entire household goes to bed, I do curl development for 2 more hours.”
anyone agreeing with the parent may find earplugs effective for focus in short (4 hour span) periods of work. After 6+ it gets eerily uncomfortable.
puddingnomeat··on This Music Video Does Not Exist [video]
gluten free, too
puddingnomeat··on Adam Savage's Workshop
Google 360 tour

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.753683,-122.420717,3a,90y,28...

puddingnomeat··on Loopy Pipe Network Converts back-and-forth flow into one-way flow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFIYKmos3-s
puddingnomeat··on Loopy Pipe Network Converts back-and-forth flow into one-way flow
does this flow effect work with the water analogy of electricity?
puddingnomeat··on Turning $28,000 to $3,800,000 by Trading GameStop
> “I was being bombarded with these conspiracy theories... about how it’ll go to $X,000...
puddingnomeat··on Putting Students Behind Plexiglass Isn’t Making Them Any Safer
It doesn't matter that there's a barrier in-between if you're breathing the same air. We knew early that IR detection was more effective.

Oblivious compliance. People prefer the option that looks effective. Besides, it's cheaper.

puddingnomeat··on Creative Problem Solving with a Deck of Cards
Previously

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24465207

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14917458

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9017960

One for programmers

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13305156

puddingnomeat··on Ask HN: Is Quora Finished?
if you see a flaw why not change it? be specific. competition is good

doesn't seem to be that dead https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=quora.com

puddingnomeat··on Show HN: Comparison of Bitcoin, USD, Gold and Silver as a Store of Time
if data only supports your priors, is it useful?
puddingnomeat··on How to convert your old laptop screen into an external monitor
pics or it didn't happen
puddingnomeat··on Online Hacker Simulator
A little too ironic
puddingnomeat··on Ask HN: What is your strategy for significant passive income in 2021?
That depends. Where is the ceiling? There has to be a rational upper bound. Right?
puddingnomeat··on Las Vegas Algorithm

  //Las Vegas algorithm
  repeat:
      k = RandInt(n)
      if A[k] == 1,
          return k;
        
  //Monte Carlo algorithm
  repeat 300 times:
      k = RandInt(n)
      if A[k] == 1
          return k
  return "Failed"
(...) Therefore, unlike Las Vegas, Monte Carlo does not gamble with run-time but correctness.

Interesting!

puddingnomeat··on Internet Archive Scholar: Search Millions of Research Papers
Is it easy to have a local copy?
puddingnomeat··on Girls perform better academically in almost all countries (2015)
I find it curious when people agree that X doesn't matter, but then they go about and compare outcomes based on X

in this case X=sex but it could be race, age, etc.

puddingnomeat··on AI learns from brain signals to create personalized attractive faces
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMy5-X_wRBQ
puddingnomeat··on Download the Entire Wikimedia Database
and why is it related to mbam? https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10...
puddingnomeat··on How do you fund that game prototype?
what is that supposed to mean?
puddingnomeat··on Transplant an organ? Why not an entire body?
coincidentally aired at the same time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGdqurw18gc
puddingnomeat··on Download the Entire Wikimedia Database
kiwix includes a relation to Qt5Core.dll with an invalid signature, not sure if relevant to anybody
puddingnomeat··on Ask HN: Is abuse from supervisors as common in industry as in academia?
Some advisors abuse emotionally. But everything is swept under the rug and administrators only care about results and no major complaints.
puddingnomeat··on Coursera S-1 IPO
I also used to be very excited about online courses until I experienced them as superficial when compared to books and self-checks. I think the best way to learn some things ends up being experiential, so something more like an apprenticeship than a lecture would be the most efficient. But in reality, it seems hard to find that.

You also find the same in, for example, college. Where a tutor may be able to get you up to speed faster by 'debugging' your learning.