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Ironically, training wheels are actually a bad way to teach a kid how to ride a bike. They teach kids bad habits (like turning the handlebars to steer rather than leaning). Balance…

They are starting a new discussion about the ethics of drafting because you mentioned "universal male conscription". In that discussion they are saying that it's unethical to have …

It can be true that stacks of paper are better than a single screen in some ways and worse in others. Other people like to be able to spread out multiple sheets of paper in front o…

Why was the title renamed on hacker news from “Fifty Things you can do with a Software Defined Radio” to Things you can do with a Software Defined Radio”? Just curious about if the…

>“Your 100m sprint time isn't going to tell us much about your 400m time” … Statistically it should actually tell us a lot about your 400m sprint time.

>It implies a defensive structure. I.e the advantage I get out of low status. OP is using the term moat in the standard way, actually. Something you have to cross to get to the rew…