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An argument presented in this case is that increased pay to college athletes will incentivize them to spend more time on their athletics and less on their academics. How convincing…

I had the exact same reaction to it. Some enormous fraction of all non-fiction is an essay-length idea stretched out into a book length. It's disrespectful to the reader, but it's …

Safety is a big concern, and a place to safely store your bike (at home and at work) is another big one. I'd imagine lots of the walkers live in condos or apartments where storing …

I used these lectures as a method for learning algorithms as a phys/mech eng with no CS background. I found them incredibly challenging but the lectures were written exceptionally …

Agreed, but jeans are really unattractive at the distances the author is riding. His circumstances are unfortunate, since the set of advice applicable to Related, I'm very impresse…

Justice Thomas also broke a multi-year streak of silence to make fun of his alma mater, Yale. Playing the long game.

How do state broadcasters fit into this theory? The CBC and BBC produce content in a similar style to the for-profit broadcasters (better, but definitely similar in more ways than …

This is a very dismissive comment. Many of my peers in grad school were developing finite element techniques - it's a huge area of active ongoing research. Getting realistic result…

I recently read and enjoyed the essay version. Would you recommend the book? Specifically, did you feel that the amount of depth in the book necessitated that format as opposed to …

Neat! I built a little mobile robot that uses omni-wheels[1], a related style wheel. Build report here[2] (forgive the lousy website, I'm a mech guy just starting to learn software…

"makes me think that they are running the stepper motors in a closed-loop mode similar to how you'd use a servo. I am not 100% on that, " Do the steppers have encoders on them? If …

On the subject of birds, "Great tits also have age-related defects" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110307130215.h...

I think you mean to refer to another track from that album, "The Irony of It All"

Your point absolutely has merit. I know some, but not many, badly overweight people who exercise regularly. I know some, but not many, skinny people who never lift a finger. I was …

From the paper "Replacing one hour of rest with exercise that raises the metabolic rate to seven times that of resting by, for example, jogging, removes an additional 39 g of carbo…

The open office from which I type this is usually quiet. Three of my neighboring co-workers have chronic coughs, throat clearing, and hacks. I wear earplugs inside can headphones t…

Probably a fair few. MechE here myself. Software is interesting, informed conversation with technical people is nice to read.

Streetcar tracks are definitely a challenge in the city. Probably the root cause of ~1/3 of my friends reported crashes (unabashed anecdata). I ride on fatter tires than I would li…

I'm finishing the book Dreamland, by Sam Quinones, which directly addresses your questions (with a particular focus on addiction in middle america/appalachia) Q1: Medicaid co-pay f…

'> 2) Ban hitting. Everything should be a wrap around tackle. No more players running full speed and launching themselves into other players. Look at how few players actually try t…

One of the barkley finishers (serendipitously featured in the documentary!) wrote a terrific and long race report [1]. Really good and unpolished insight into the training and race…

In my experience the chat on chess.com harbors a similar demographic to that of most video games. You'd think that chess would attract a more mature player base, but nope.

Agreed, the other replies to this question seem to understate the difficulty of the route. It's a lifetime achievement for almost any climber. I'd ballpark that it's been free clim…

I loved squash through undergrad for exactly those reasons - structured, high intensity, fun, low time commitment. But I couldn't call it low-impact; I don't play today because I f…