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Well, how would you walk along a curve like that?

Yea, and place to start reading is Hamilton’s equations or Lagrangian mechanics.

To help me take this argument seriously, could you give a specific examples of when the shoe was on the first foot? Like > a few years ago when people were being sentenced to priso…

AP is reporting that It's $100k/yr. So it wouldn't amortize like that.

I think you might have been a little harsh on Walter. Perhaps the answer is more of a "yes and no" depending on your point of view. It does seem like inflation/deflation kind of ca…

Hm, I'm skeptical. I think the data might be a little equivocal on that one. I'm also part of the barefoot running army and tend to think that the braking forces from shoes have a …

Well the point of wearing a mask is mostly to protect vulnerable people, and to slow the spread of a disease. These protests are also about protecting vulnerable people. And, I wou…

I’m thin but I agree with you, I don’t have to think or try to be this way, I just am. I do probably have healthier habits than average. But still, it comes naturally to me. I woul…

For those who are curious, there's some anecdata online that extended fasting (days or weeks) can reverse this disease. I can't find much published research on it to be fair, but I…

Look, in my neighborhood, in a single weekend, something like 5 people died due to car crashes. One of them was a kid who was killed by a driver who was texting. Some drivers were …

Yea I switched my words around, thanks.

Yea I partly agree I guess. I am a cyclist in NYC and there are definitely "e-bikes" that present more like motorcycles and people drive them over the Queensboro Bridge bike path w…

They are giving court dates to (regular) cyclists, they are harsher on bikes than cars, and they are stopping cyclists at a higher rate than they stop drivers of cars. https://nyc.…

Love this. Anyone know of something similar in NYC? Casual, unpretentious math club?

It's around 900 pages. In NYC we have a study group to go over it -- we've covered just a handful of chapters. But most people can get a lot out of just reading the opening section…

Plausible, perhaps -- is there any evidence?

Was told the same thing, but my tap water works fine. If it’s true that it’s harmful I’d like to see some science (even citizen science.) Pretty sure it’s a myth.

Here's evidence to the contrary: https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-02-04/calorie-cou...

I'm not sure public trust really matters. A lot of times people distrust what they just don't like to hear.

I recently read a book ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabloona ) about a "modern" (1930s) man who sought out the Eskimos to check out their way of life. They have nothing you desc…

Regarding lesions, a recent pair of articles about Ibogaine. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39981248/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11303312/