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mometsi

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    Comment #44211894

    In the linked article, rybett@aol.com uses the CORREL function in an openoffice spreadsheet to determine a weak correlation between autism diagnoses and sulfur content in tap water…

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    Comment #44211710

    It's not used for b12 production in human metabolism. It is, after all, a vitamin. Is this about cobalt deficiency in dairy and meat animals?

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    Comment #44112910

    .happiness { color: #FFF; background-color: #FFF; }

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    Comment #43200005

    Exactly. It's the same way that having a deformed jaw, hydrocephalus, and leg braces equates to being absolute ruler over an empire colonizing half the world.

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    Comment #43073789

    Feature request: an alarm clock mode that gradually fades in stall warnings and mayday chatter when you need to wake up.

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    Comment #43044769

    > How is this different from tesseract and friends? The workflow is for digitizing historical printed documents. Think conserving old announcements in blackletter typesetting, not …

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    Comment #43032959

    Most clever has to be the encoding on the left side of the flag of Belarus, which reveals a special pattern after 1991 iterations! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Belarus#/me…

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    Comment #43006069

    I wonder if there's a significant nominative determinism effect-- One might expect some of the most prominent people in math and cs theory to have names like Aaronson and Baez...

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    Comment #42998743

    Mandatory binding arbitration will still be an issue. Maybe pack those pseudocourts by registering a huge roster of consumer-oriented arbitrators?

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    Comment #42998554

    see also https://neuralink-challenge.org

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    Comment #42956013

    Edit: Whoops. I incorrectly believed that Caffe was developed with DARPA support. I see DARPA acknowledgments on papers written at BLVC by some of the same authors, but not on Caff…

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    Comment #42837007

    Seems like a reasonable alternative to Proton for multiple domains: email that costs money instead of being haunted by AI. That logo is creepy though, and implies exactly the oppos…

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    Comment #42600097

    I'm no topologist, but I don't think they're going to be able to place that catheter without at least one hole.

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    Comment #42557461

    Less conveniently, you can use your browser to inspect the code panel and change its font to whatever you like.

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    Comment #42557429

    You may gaze upon SF Mono only in conjunction with the APPLE DEVELOPER TOOLS; any unauthorized viewing will melt your eyeballs. Here's the location of the Ark, for those still curi…

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    Comment #42415595

    Terrible decision. Upper Volta was the coolest country name on Earth. Who wouldn't tremble before the Upper Voltaic Ambassador?

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    Comment #42414326

    Would have been far more interesting and mysterious if it was Georgia (outer Main Belt asteroid).

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    Comment #42225365

    It's the brand name. When you need authentic pottery built to last, look for CHON on the cylinder. Customer: *checks cylinder*, hey, this isn't CHON, it's C𓅓ON!

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    Comment #42131904

    For this set I'm gonna need a 5HP turntable with dual 4-jaw chucks

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    Comment #42104361

    He (Alfred) was well-known for explosives but most of his money came from his shares in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branobel , run by his brothers.

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    Comment #41977957

    I'm not sure how to read this correctly, was the kindergarten comment a one-sentence aside, or do you mean you remember kindergarten as a demented hellscape?

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    Comment #41949625

    Look at lucky Mr haccount here, with his fancy brand-name produce. You call that dystopian? Here we just slurp our 10% white vinegar straight out of the acetate reactor for 300 kca…

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    Comment #41798174

    The stores really were called Penneys (no idiot apostrophe present) until being gradually rebranded in the 70s and 80s. some examples: 80s: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:…

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    Comment #41773185

    Should be fine unless the Aoshima Bird Protection Society gets involved