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feiri
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Comment #38371182
I don't think it's unreasonable to ask for "hard science" on this. Just as you've provided an anecdote of "street kittens," I have personal anecdotes of children who grew up in abu…
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Ask HN: Insights to share about math tutoring, as a student or a teacher?
Hello everyone! I've taken on the task of tutoring a Grade 12 student in International Baccalaureate Mathematics (Standard Level). I do not have any formal background in teaching, …
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Comment #35410936
Thanks for the response! So yea, you've caught me. I've been ruminating over an idea to make really short (1~2 mins) technical educational videos. They would explain technical conc…
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Ask HN: Plural nouns vs. singular nouns when explaining technical concepts
This is an awfully pedantic question about pedagogy which I'll illustrate with an example. I want to explain the concept of "cryptographic keys" to high school/university-level stu…
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Comment #33943456
Oh I was just borrowing your words for "longevity framework" aha. I've taken a look at your website, and it seems like you have a much more well-defined "framework" than I do, give…
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Comment #33941886
汉字 reader here! (although I'm probably only at grade 3 level) I've never seen any web-based word games like this for Chinese, so this is really cool to see! In my opinion, the core…
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Comment #33941648
How long are your cold showers, and in what ways are you feeling great? You mentioned that you're trying to recover faster. What are you recovering from? I hope you get better soon…
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Comment #33932748
Why do you consider it to be vandalism? I think the posts are interesting enough to be left untouched.
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Comment #33931872
I mostly agree with the author's point, but I feel it's worth pointing out that apologizing for being inexperienced with a language can actually help _build_ confidence in communic…
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Comment #33916145
I think the original point is to say that people felt moved enough by the poem to "permanently" integrate some feature of it into their lives. Critiquing the "whole poem" thing fee…
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Comment #33420080
Ok that's fair, I don't think anyone is going to die. But calling Twitter a "frivolous discretionary product" feels very dismissive of the real impact that it has on society. For i…
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Comment #33407960
> To be blunt: you're making yourself sound like a sucker who will let people exploit you. That's not really what it sounds like at all to me. A more apt analogy might be OP wantin…