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I'm not familiar with many Japanese song lyrics, so not familiar with the phenomenon mentioned. I'd also be interested in examples. There are always several ways to write a word in…

I've yet to read the article posted in the OP, but already want to chime in after reading some of the comments. I tend to walk 5-10mies a day, usually as part of my commute within …

Hello HN. I have an undergrad in philosophy, and another in (computer) science, and I often read popular science books. I really enjoy the passages that deal with more abstract con…

I find these comments fascinating. I've never heard anyone say this before, but I wonder if it's similar to the phenomenon where a certain percentage of the population thinks that …

A much better question is "who cares?". It's like asking how to save a half a bagel or a half of a snicker bar. Man up and finish it.

Yeah, I definitely agree with this. The corporate media is a hive mind of sorts, and look at the unhinged hysteria presented on CNN. I'm definitely not a fan of FOX, but during the…

People can start protesting getting killed randomly by the police once anything remotely resembling that starts to happen.

Nice writeup, but the word "Pancriticalism" showed exactly zero hits for me in Google.

I'm not sure whether or not this is true. It may be based on personality. I've seen people struggle with it, but I've never had a problem. I've been using Anki for over 5 years, an…

Another SF lover here. It is an amazing place. What I like so much about it is that you can just wander aimlessly through the city and stumble upon all sort fo cool stuff. Very wal…

A knowledge of the historic and philosophical background gives that kind of independence from prejudices of his generation from which most scientists are suffering. -- Albert Einst…

Relatedly, I was struck by philosopher Bernard Longergan's concept of one's horizon. He distinguished three classes of questions: - The questions one can raise and answer satisfact…

"I don't like that man. I must get to know him better." -Abraham Lincoln Close enough

I really loved that quote, but are you sure it is a Lincoln quote? A Google search leads to this page.

I was going to recommend the Four Pillars of Investing by Mr. Bernstein. https://www.amazon.com/Four-Pillars-Investing-Building-Portf... I'd also recommend The Richest Man in Babyl…

Exactly. We all make these tradeoffs all the time and sacrifice lives for convenience and financial reasons. For example, close to 40K die in the us in traffic accidents every year…

As a student of Japanese, I often get confused when listening to Japanese because there are so few sounds and therefore many homonyms. This gave me the idea of a language with only…