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gdsimoes
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Comment #48923985
I find Orwell to be a much better writer than Asimov, and 1984 was praised by people like Bertrand Russell (who was arguably a greater writer than either of them, even winning a No…
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Comment #48330961
That’s why the same person shouldn’t teach and evaluate the students learning.
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Comment #40270234
> Companies that manufacture things people don't want go out of business. Do they, though? When was the last a time a really big company went bankrupt?
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Comment #39946402
Because we actually think? I'm not just trying to guess the next word and I understand causal relationships.
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Comment #39330802
Also known as accent.
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Comment #39253284
What I like most about ProofWiki is its sometimes nonstandard notations. For example, the interval notation: https://proofwiki.org/wiki/Definition:Real_Interval/Notation
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Comment #34984055
Location: Toronto, Canada Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Next.js, React, Prisma, Sass (SCSS), Tailwind, Bootstrap, Figma, Docker, Kubernetes. Résumé/CV: https:/…
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Comment #34769671
And the sardine is poisoned.
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Comment #33069078
Location: Toronto, Canada Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: React, Node.js, Express, Sass (SCSS), Bootstrap, Figma, AWS, Docker. Résumé/CV: https://gdsimoes.com/re…
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Comment #32681706
Location: Toronto, Canada Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: React, Node.js, Express, Sass (SCSS), Bootstrap, Figma, AWS. Résumé/CV: https://gdsimoes.com/resume_por…
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Comment #32146305
The story is interesting, but it's obvious it's fake. For starters, you wouldn't just happen to find yourself sitting next to Einstein in 1955, and it only gets more improbable aft…
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Comment #32117260
I found this video of some guy doing it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tEAxhMECluM
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Comment #32009245
How can an unspecified new theory of gravity not be able to fit the data?
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Comment #31044342
The difference between a crackpot and a prophet is their reason for believing what they do. And their thinking couldn't be more different.
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Comment #30319555
Do you mind giving more details?
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Comment #26757462
Einstein didn’t know about the Michelson–Morley experiment.
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Comment #26560939
I haven’t. Maybe it’s not a popular term in Brazil.
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Comment #25927701
I try not to use nonstandard software unless it's something I spend a lot of time on. The shell became very important to my work recently, and only then I started looking for alter…
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Comment #25924899
I was always reluctant to change my shell, but recently I switched to fish and It’s been a pleasure from day one. I wish I did it sooner.
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Comment #22868024
It is working for me.
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Comment #22485972
Harming the economy is also a risk to people’s lives, though.
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Comment #22369732
I do the same thing. Maybe we should talk.
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Comment #21670831
I only learned about this application of logarithms years after learning the definition. Usually the applications are not obvious to students and this goes on even at the universit…
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Comment #21347747
I had a teacher in the University who took some courses taught by Feynman and had the same experience. He even tried to record some of the lectures, but the result was similar. Whi…
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Comment #21325234
I just tried here and it’s not working. Do I need to change any settings?