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Overleaf is one of my favorite tools. Thanks for building such a wonderful product!

Notion thankfully does support LaTeX, but only in equation mode (e.g. `\[...\]`, not `\(...\)`). Just type `/math` in a Notion document to bring it up.

The book "Pacific" by Simon Winchester has an educational description of this event, contextualized in the broader story of how the DMZ came to be.

France already has multiple unmanned subway lines that manage to do okay. My bet is cameras and a non-trivial chance of vandals getting stopped at the next station would be suffici…

> even going so far as to pay a nanny I really like this idea as a way to expand access to startup opportunities. Have any acceleartors/incubators experimented with offering child …

There were several bills in the CA Leg this year that passed thanks in large part to YIMBY support. See: SB2 - Subsidized housing bond SB35 - Streamlining construction SB167 - Hous…

Sanders proposed a prize system for pharmaceuticals. It's an interesting alternative to patents for rewarding innovation in that space particularly, which is entirely patent depend…

This is definitely an Umami Burger problem. I've had it there and at Cockscomb down the block, and it's infinitely better at the latter location.

As a former Orlandoan, I would pull Orlando from that list based on public transit. Transit in Central Florida is basically non-functional, and not likely to change anytime soon. T…

Likewise for SF, their estimate is $1250/month, which will rent you a garage or a converted living room with a curtain separating it from the kitchen in the far reaches of the city…

> Short of a drug that provided a permanent cure for opioid addiction itself, I'm not sure what sort of solutions can be pursued by scientific/tech research, as opposed to addressi…

There's no reason storing information in a population of DNA molecules is fundamentally unstable. Yes, mutations occur. Randomly. This means that if you sequence a set of DNA molec…

There is a set of assumptions in your argument that I believe are false. 1. Unregulated water use that allows for production of export cash crops will continue This could easily be…

If SF housing politics has taught me anything, it's that the nastiest of human behavior is revealed by parking disagreements :( I never understood the residential parking permit ar…

Agricultural land is often connected to 19th century water rights in CA, allowing nearly unlimited access to ground water and a set allocation of running streams at very low cost. …

CA exports a large portion of its agricultural products, including several top exports that are very water intensive to grow (again, almonds, walnuts, dairy & beef). Moreover, curr…

Only ~10% of California's water use is residential/urban (varies a little bit year to year) [0]. The majority of non-environmental water is used to grow cash crops in the central v…

In George Church's book Regenesis, he recounts the interesting story of resurrecting the Pyrenean Ibex by somatic cell nuclear transfer and surrogate pregnancy in a closely related…

Likewise, I'm very impressed with the early article selection. The site itself is beautiful, and interactive figures like the one at the top of this link are incredibly helpful. Ov…

The CA legislature uses a good deal of intent legislation. I assume the purpose is to formally announce the beginning of legislative development process, allowing stakeholders to b…

Harry Reed reduced the threshold for confirming non-Supreme Court nominees to a simple majority, preventing a filibuster. The Senate was locked 50-50, in which case the Vice Presid…

I am deeply saddened to read this. I apologize, on behalf of the country. Please know that the majority of people in the US do not support this policy. We want to see you reach you…