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coolgeek

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About coolgeek

Founder of SRSoterica, maker of peerless spaced repetition flashcard decks for learning concept-intensive subjects.

https://www.srsoterica.com/

Recent public activity

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    Comment #30038137

    tl;dr: whatabout "statements issued by Apple, Nike and Coca-Cola among others that no signs of "forced labor" have been found." Those are indeed failings of western companies and g…

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    Comment #30029590

    > The trouble is that in the real world people who criticize Israel and not antisemitic are vanishingly rare. Where is your evidence for this? By evidence, I mean 1) empirical, not…

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    Comment #30029157

    By this logic, one can't be anti-CCP without being anti-chinese.

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    Comment #30004682

    As a happy user of both PHP (for web dev) and Python (for just about everything else), this is a pretty shitty article

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    Comment #29987199

    @emptybottle - I don't know why this is happening, but it is: "Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead Firefox detected a potential security threat and did not continue to doc.tidal…

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    Comment #29970222

    I did indeed miss the examples. (Another UX nudge... the logic tool uses a folder icon to get to the examples, while th graph tool uses an "Open" button)

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    Comment #29969607

    Thanks for sharing these! IMO, they'd be much more helpful/accessible with some default examples. For example, the graph algorithm and logic expression tools just drop you into a b…

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    Comment #29947948

    This isn't a question. It's an argument disguised as a series of questions. Nevertheless, the answer to the title's question is: we'll all be living in abject poverty while you're …

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    Comment #29947856

    https://archive.is/O4IUx

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    Comment #29941438

    > A sign of the times it seems Not even close. People do immoral, unethical or illegal things if they see an advantage in doing so. People have been doing such things since well be…

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    Comment #29909703

    Your first link is from TCU (tcu.edu), Texas Christian University. The entirety of TCU is opposed to birth control. Your second link lists only St. Anthony Family Practice Residenc…

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    Comment #29902572

    "Crickets" means that there was no response. It was so quiet that you could hear the crickets chirping. Always means bad

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    Comment #29898613

    There are direct answers to your question. I'm going to limit my reply to an indirect, but more important answer: You don't have to be an asshole to be creative edit: To be perfect…

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    Comment #29887900

    But veiled implications of some kind of media or government conspiracy during an election year has a place on HN? Based on your 42 days of residence here?

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    Comment #29886921

    Honest question - if you characterize this as baseless fearmongering, how would you characterize Jade Helm, the Bowling Green Massacre, Reconquista or whatever name applies to the …

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    Comment #29866369

    > As of February 2021, millennials in the United States reported an average undesired weight gain of 41 pounds since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This statistic illustrates …

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    Comment #29865108

    > Every morning I woke up, reached for my phone, and checked the latest developments online. Little to nothing in life should be treated as a dichotomy. In this case obsessing over…

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    Comment #29855928

    Do you have any evidence (or even reason to believe) that the retractions were inappropriate?

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    Comment #29855572

    Congrats on making and launching this. Both of those things are quite difficult. As kind of an acid test, I searched for "Repo Man" (in Films). It doesn't seem to be included in yo…

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    Comment #29854249

    The worst part is that both of these people were mispronouncing their own name. Each ends with a hard "g", followed by a soft "g" (like Khashoggi is pronounced)

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    Comment #29846356

    https://archive.is/qyhPU

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    Comment #29841960

    FWIW, I've never before heard of anyone allergic to figs - or to any fruit. So I suspect that it is a rare dysfunction. The unusual nature and the mild reaction make your situation…

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    Comment #29840642

    > Allowing breaking out of blocks, you don’t need the continue keyword: 'loop: loop 'block: { // continue break 'block; // break break 'loop; } I get the intellectual appeal of exp…

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    Comment #29839215

    > that closes up the throat That sounds like an allergic reaction. Anaphylaxis ranges in severity from minor discomfort to life threatening. The reaction depends on the sensitivity…