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Maybe 500 years by today's behavioral standards. I assume that if people were told you could live ~forever barring an accident leading to your death, many people in society would b…

Ridiculing genuine curiosity is a terrible behavior from teachers... why stifle inquisitive minds? Anyway, you may already be familiar with these proposed biochemistries, but there…

Could you please elaborate on the distinction that you see between "artificial" intelligence and whatever it is that we as humans possess? Furthermore, what specific aspects of thi…

Not that you're wrong about US factory farming, but this article (and the photos) are only concerned with Canada. It's, unfortunately, not just a US problem.

Depending on where you are, you can use Curb or something similar to pair with your ride and let the app handle payment. I use it (or just hailing cabs) almost exclusively over Ube…

New Relic has had this for a few years now for a couple hundred of the most requested domains: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/query-your-data/explore-query... Disclaimer - I work a…

There's the IP code ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_Code ) but I've only seen it used with respect to devices. It's unclear (to me) if it would cover something like this.

For inputs that are going to get hashed that seems reasonable, as well as for single-purpose systems. On the flipside, this seems like a great way to have unintended consequences d…

Some sections are truly fascinating. Personally, I always loved the chapter on asbestos ( http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%... ) because I was surprised …

I think we read the same version. "Verisimilitude" was a new word for me. I'm still trying to find a way to use it in conversation.

My college horticulture professor had us watch this hilarious, informative documentary on cane toads and I cannot recommend it enough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SBLf1tsoaw

I may be able to shed some light on this. During the dyn outage I really wanted to keep listening to soundcloud, so I spent a bit digging up the hostenames/IPs to dump in /etc/host…

Oh, great point, I hadn't even considered that. I'm sure creating all those steel/concrete containers isn't the most CO2 friendly activity. AFAIK most plants store onsite so there'…

This got me thinking: how much CO2 is emitted by different energy sources in generating 1 kilowatt-hour? I came across this link: http://blueskymodel.org/kilowatt-hour Seems like s…

A little over a year ago, I followed a link to Lapham's from HN, and I've been a subscriber and reader ever since. Every magazine is an absolute treat. For those who are already ex…

Additionally, Serious Eats also did a cold-brew method comparison, which may be of interest: http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/05/whats-the-best-way-to-bre...

Not an article, but here's the paper the WHO cites to make the "16% increased risk per 100g red/processed meat" claim. It's citation 12 on the WHO paper: http://www.plosone.org/art…

>Please would you kindly help if good with you please, thank you kindly, thanks. Took a while, but along with a coworker, we were able to get 100.

In addition, if fraction of life were the cause, wouldn't we expect to see people with retrograde amnesia exhibit childlike impatience?

Agreed, and I think it's especially uncomfortable because that sort of reasoning is exactly the sort of thing Chesterton would've hated.