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it makes me think about bullying. the definition of a bully is someone who uses words to cause a physical response in your body, a sympathetic stress response, in a way that doesnt…

the reaction wheel works because of the large moment of inertia of the wheel. when the bike begins to tip over, it applies a torque to the wheel. you can imagine trying to get that…

arent chinese people not supposed to have github accounts, or facebook/youtube/twitter accounts? interesting though.

ive been here since 2014. i didnt bring up eugenics, but if you want to broach that topic then fine. intelligence, as well as all other traits or characteristics, of not just human…

very frequent topic here on HN. i remember a comment about a persons experience with the public schools in the soviet union when it collapsed. all the smart people pulled their kid…

i love the time that we live in. people talk about there being a glut of podcasts, but i can type "Peter Scholze" into youtube and there is a full hour-long interview with him host…

yes, exactly. everyone is very quick to point out how evil the united states is. but there is no public reaction about the soviet union in which millions upon millions of people we…

its strange how soviet union stuff is a fetish for coastal people but you never see much nazi stuff. the soviets murdered more people than the nazis and they are objectively evil. …

thats going to be one of the biggest shocks to society going forward when it comes to the changes that AI bring. there are mountains of data everywhere that is completely overlooke…

if you measure accurately enough there is a lot of variation in those qualities from one person to the next.

i was born and raised in california. i left a year ago for the midwest. the situation in california is depressing. and im not talking about human poop or homeless people. im talkin…

if you allow people to work from home you can pay them less because they will be able to cut their living expenses in half when they move out of LA/SF/NY. there are tons of great p…

everything is simple and easy once you understand and master it.

there is no RANDOMIZED, controlled study that proves this kind of food is healthy. it isnt proven to be healthy. it likely isnt healthy. foods that are labeled "healthy" like orang…