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I agree 100% with this

This is my personal opinion. I think it doesn't have to be a short term fix. If you are curious enough and open minded you can find a long term relationship with God that doesn't c…

I would NOT recommend dating apps, you will most likely not find a real connection there and given the circumstances it might give you anxiety you don't need. I have had a similar …

Learning to learn efficiently is an incredibly useful skill that is required for survival in the self-taught path. Deciding what to learn next while making progress in your project…

My definition: Entropy is a measure of the accumulation of non-reversible energy transfers. Side note: All reversible energy transfers involve an increase in potential energy. All …

This is almost bringing me to tears today. I am happy he's finally going to be free but I am still in deep sadness because this is not the world we are supposed to living in. With …

I agree and would add that one of the goals for technical design or architecture work is to choose the architecture that minimizes the friction between best practices. For example …

I wonder if laser tattoo removal adds to or decreases the potential risk. On one hand it gets rid of the ink but on the other hand it does so by releasing it into the system for a …

I think panpsychism might be explained as an observation of prevalence of goal-oriented behavior [1]. In a nutshell, as M. Levine said (paraphrasing) "evolution doesn't create solu…

Oh I wish companies like Framework or System76 launched a reproducible manufacturing process where you code your hardware similarly to how Nix/Guix manages builds. Disaster recover…

The subject I am studying is not atoms but perhaps it is similar so I think I can start with force field software and see if it works for my use case. Thanks!

This is great. Does anyone know any framework for simulating crystals or 3d lattices in general? I am trying to find something but I am not very familiar with this space.

As a former biologist and self-taught programmer your comment and the paper you shared made my day (thank you). I often use biological and evolutionary analogies to prioritize best…

The older you get the more responsibilities and also regrets you have. With more responsibilities and the feeling of not being able to manage them you feel as soon as the THC goes …

I have used it to kickstart a blogging project that I wish to come back to soon. The Lua inter-op for custom readers, writers and filters is great but I wish there was more editor …

Interesting, it seems like we can "dissect" each piece into independent properties like possible directions and possible distances. Then one could generate chess set spaces randoml…

> Both sessions used the same music (movie soundtracks) but tuned to 440 Hz on one day and 432 Hz on the other. Each session consisted of 20 min' listening.

Yes, and you can use Pandoc to export to different formats, including Epub, HTML, Docx, etc. You can embed LaTeX and customize in multiple ways using Lua filters for Pandoc. I've f…

If it is a coincidence then perhaps this case of "correlation is not causation" is explained by both planets having some magnetic interaction with the sun and perhaps the interacti…

I think this is good evidence in favor the plasmoid model from Eric Lerner as a replacement for black holes. Some key differences. * Instead of a black hole eating a star, a plasmo…

I just want a portable gaming console with apple-level quality that can run Steam games. The VR thing is not very practical in my experience.

Maturana & Varela's concept of "autopoiesis" is not widely known but I think it should be part of biology programs in high school. It is a simple concept that opens the door for co…

If anyone is interested. I went to ChatGPT to ask about: what supplements or foods contain blockers or inhibitors of Siglec-14 and the Syk tyrosine kinase """ There is limited info…

Estimations are useful for developers and management. It helps developers prioritize their time and propose more efficient approaches. It helps management track projects and make d…

Temporal Stores/Databases like Datomic ( https://www.datomic.com/ ) and Crux ( https://opencrux.com/ ). I can't stress enough how much pain they can lift from organizations buildin…