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> Aboriginals had no writing system so there would be no keyboards. The Maya and Aztec had writing in the form of hieroglypics. The Inca had persistent communication via Quipu's ro…

Cool idea. I would expect the code to be very clean and simple for this, so I'm surprised there isn't a pseudocode algorithm presented (or a real implementation in some language).

The fundamental idea of using the donor's own stem cells is known as an Autologous Stem Cell Transplant and has existed for a while. It is used as therapy for a fair number of bloo…

In the past, I had pseudo-pair programmed in order to test. We'd agree on the external-facing API and pair-program a slow in-memory implementation. Once that was completed, we woul…

It's not frivolous thinking. I agree with your statement that "you have a value of 1". That's our collective defense mechanism. But as a consequence, we all live with the knowledge…

Bitcoin and other digital assets _hide_ the problem. If the TSA knew you had a bitcoin wallet on the hard drive, they could seize that instead. If you have full-disk-encryption and…

Woah! The idea of carrying that much cash is giving me a lot of third-hand anxiety. Did the person seem overly anxious? I can't imagine sharing that information with someone I just…

Article 404s for me. Here's an archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20210330142435/https://www.quant...

This is a phenomenal bug report.

Opening up with "I'm sorry" sets a tone for the conversation. If my last interaction with someone was a little tense, I need to _reset_ the emotional balance before moving forward.…

> This minor event bothered me so much I never talked to her about programming puzzles ever again. This makes me sad, but it is exactly what I would have done. My life is built on …

> people don't want to have to advertise themselves as "willing to take criticism". That should be norm. I don't think this is precisely correct. In the situations like in the arti…

I didn't downvote, as I think this adds to the conversation. But as a _systemic solution_, I don't think the "advice NDA" holds up. As a one-off (or a personal "hack"), the NDA is …

Thanks for linking about Turkish occupation of Cyprus. I was completely unaware. There's a nice map in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Buffer_Zone_in_... if anyone is …

I think you missed the point. Measuring one-way speed of light requires perfectly synchronized clocks. You cannot do this over any distance, as it requires the speed of light to pr…

There are long checklists for handling uncommon scenarios like this. I would expect that was one of many items on the list, but I'm not familiar with the checklists. It is possible…

Thanks for the link. There's a lot of content in there.

As the sibling commented, there's really no proof to feeling. You can remark that something reacts to the environment. And we can use sophisticated tools to approximate things (e.g…

Pointing out that plants react to external stimuli is interesting. But using "feel" is an emotionally-loaded word. Additionally, although oysters (and at least dozens of other spec…

This is a fascinating read. Thanks for sharing.

There's at least the case of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen who was killed via drone strike authorized by President Obama. Here's a letter then-AG Eric Holder sent to Congres…

If China encroaches on Taiwan, the US is economically obligated to intervene; losing access to TSMC would be a massive hit. (It seems that TSMC is getting increasingly-advanced ove…

If you like that story, I also enjoyed the rest of George the Poet's podcast, "Have you heard george's podcast?" https://www.georgethepoet.com/podcast-library

I'm not sure cats are content with the 4 walls around them, either. (Plenty of cats prefer the outdoors, even if they sleep inside.)

What is an ethical vegetarian and how is it different from veganism? Sorry if I'm misunderstanding.