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Brilliant! Makes a simple children's game very interesting. One aspect I really enjoy is that it makes clear the knee-jerk response towards action bias[0]. There are times when you…

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FYI, Sage is also the name of a mathematical programming language: https://www.sagemath.org/

There's an implicit assumption that the organizers would cancel the race if conditions are unsafe. E.g., when I go on a rollercoaster, I assume engineers have calculated the safety…

Sounds like an interesting--although presumably not easily and quickly scalable--solution to fertilizer shortages. I am dubious about the environmental improvement. According to a …

I see a lot of doubters, but the bet is still open. If you're so doubtful, go ahead and put your money where your mouth is!

> Did you use a regex to verify the data looks like a uuid before putting it into the database? Is that really a thing? I have used UUIDs as primary keys many times in my life, and…

This is something I have thought about a lot. I have had coffee daily, gone months without any caffeine, and currently average about one cup of coffee every week or two. I think th…

As Tyler Cowen always responds to headlines like this: "If it’s true, why isn’t the price of oil down?"

This is a great idea! I tried it on a 200-page document [1], and it took over a minute to process in my browser, and the result seems to be about 75% highlighted. Not sure if it's …

I love this post. This sort of thing happens to everyone, most people just are not willing to be so open about it. I was once sshed to the production server, and was cleaning up so…

I cracked the screen on my laptop and so dropped it off at a local shop for repair. I just realized I have now given someone full access to my unencrypted hard drive. When I get my…

I think the link should be here: https://www.ezequiel.tech/2019/01/75k-google-cloud-platform-... And the date should be (2019)

I wonder why the body needs to move to stay warm. Seems like a waste of energy. If I were to "design" the body, I'd make automatic heat generation one of my MVP features.

My favorite hidden feature in Firefox is having multiple profiles[0],[1]. Unlike containers, profiles have separate bookmarks, extensions, etc. I have found profiles even more usef…