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If everyone had the same capacity for achieving greatness, why are there so few geniuses? Do you think everyone is capable of the same level of greatness?

Stack Overflow is the new Yahoo Answers Lots of "can you google this for me" and copy/pasted content from other original sources without context or attribution

I want the most talented and skilled people performing their best at what they are most talented and skilled at. That's how you make progress. I fail to see how that harms anyone, …

> An alternative explanation might be that he went looking for an easily-refuted straw man to advance his political agenda. Well, that's obvious from the very first sentence of the…

Or you could incentivize building up? That'd be a lot easier and wouldn't create more hideous sprawl.

The multitasking functions are very confusing, as are the new multi-finger gestures for performing undo/copy/paste etc. Nothing is obviously discoverable either, it all feels accid…

Did you have a specific event that caused your injury, that led you to do your own research in that direction? And are you hypothesizing that your injury may be related to prior fl…

Health and time are the two biggest things people take for granted, particularly when they're young

Humans are squandering arguably one of the most important medical advancements in history, and ultimately it will be human health that pays for it when they stop working for us ent…

That's because opioids remain the single most effective pain treatment that humans have available. People have been using them for 4000+ years, they have a long track record of eff…

Is AR this generations VR? Full of promises and fantasy, but all of which is far from being usable or practical at any mainstream level.

To lose weight, eat fewer calories than you expend. To gain weight, eat more calories than you expend. It's that simple. This is basic physics, weight gain and loss is not complica…

Antibiotic resistant is a huge problem that is only going to keep growing. Unfortunately very few new drugs are in the pipeline because they aren't particularly profitable to devel…

> It should be illegal to classify fluoroquinolones as antibiotics. Maybe it should be illegal to be a hyperbolic clueless internet commenter?

It's not even that thin, there are thinner PC laptops with better specs, and ports, and great (and reliable) keyboards.

Still has the unreliable keyboard Still has the annoying Touch Bar Still doesn't have a physical ESC key Still has an annoying port situation requiring a half dozen dongles Still i…

Agreed, the Touch Bar is a hassle at best. They should at least make it optional.

Huge mistake. The Touch Bar is a bad user experience. Pro users need a physical ESC and F keys, that seems fairly obvious.

I don't know a single person who likes these keyboards or the Touch Bar.

Anyone else reminded of similar news from years past? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/... https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisatio..…

> What email client loads images by default in 2019? Most do. You have to turn it off manually.

Do you really think all power imbalances suck? Should a 2 year old have equal say in household decision making as their 32 year old parent? Should a first year med student who wand…

Nature is largely hierarchical.