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I’m working on https://www.dragondictionary.com , a Chinese-English dictionary aimed at Chinese learners. I am building it because there’s no good desktop alternative to Pleco at t…

The article doesn't explain what is actually going on to produce the second chart, but here is a guess. Assume people have a true ability x , an estimated ability y which is x + so…

ML is a shiny object with often no discernible ROI but occasionally very large ROI, and companies are understandably nervous about missing out. Spending a small amount to hedge the…

Hi HN, I'm constantly frustrated by the amount of annoying things websites do. Useless cookie and privacy notices, ads disguised as content, use-our-app walls, clickbait designed f…

This seems like a better explanation, because the effect is stronger for things that absorb water than for things where the water sits on top.

Similar to 厉害 in Chinese - it often translates as terrible, but mostly used to mean great.

Don’t miss the supplementary material: https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S2352409X193053...

Why use HTML in emails though?

> it creates low trust Try looking into the camera when you speak rather than the screen.

What is the best way to profit from all this crypto hype, as a rational person who’s convinced all coins will eventually go to zero?

This. Router-level blocking will become impossible without intercepting https, and endpoint blocking also gets harder.

Now I really want to know how I save myself before the candle burns through the rope.

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What is “true AI” in your opinion?

Everyone using UTC would be chaos. Imagine organising a remote meeting - you’d have to figure out which hours each party would be awake, by googling “waking hours in Germany” for e…

> Think of it as a VERY slow, VERY large TV screen. With red, green, and blue blocks, they could advertise almost anything! I don’t think that works if the blocks are reflecting li…

Non AMP: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-science-says-to-do...

Abstract syntax tree, a data structure used by compilers to represent code

Wow, apparently the length of your ring finger is correlated with your testosterone levels.

The reverse question is equally interesting - to what extent can we influence the activity of our immune system by controlling stress levels, practicing mindfulness, and the like? …