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> I recorded an agent of the court committing perjury. When is perjury not transcribed anyway?

This "extremely small" argument falls flat, as is well known, pre-industrial levels were < 0.05 ug/dl. That said, I agree the result is suspiciously strong.

Source?

It's called being colloquial, jeez

At 76, I think it's fair to say he just died. I actually had no idea he was that old. Maybe he looked younger than he was because he had no wrinkles.

What is technical analysis doing on HN?

Uhhh, are you sure about that? My ten dollar sleep mask from walgreen doesn't touch my eyes, I don't think it even touches my lashes. Meanwhile every mask I've tried buying online …

In retrospect, I've been leveraging this effect constantly since early high school. I suspect this explains many people's poor sleep habits. Anyone else?

No thanks.

Not my observations, observational studies. Regardless of the exact reasons why plasticity declines with age, it's obvious that any fix is a long way off. I wouldn't take this news…

I mean, we already know the differences between 20- and 30- year olds from simple observation. So it's not really positive or negative.

The difference is when you call something a "red herring" you also point out why. Or if you invoke "occam's razor" you simultaneously propose a simpler explanation. Whereas Hanlon'…

I don't understand why people make these Hanlon's razor comments. This doesn't put forth any argument or new information, it just mentions the name Hanlon. As if the fact a pithy s…

But where do intrinsic merits come from? Prenatal nutrition, genetics, role models who taught you "critical thinking" and good character? It's not controversial so much as incohere…

I still fear the potential censorship response to these russian bots a lot more than the bots themselves. After a few more years of these articles, who knows what people will sign …

This is why I hate Hanlon's razor. It's a totally generic catchphrase that people on HN just keep repeating. It's not an argument.

It's just a 100% empty comment. Literally every time something like this comes up, someone has to pipe up, "Hanlon's razor!" without any reference to actual details of the situatio…

Yes, everyone here has heard of Hanlon's razor.

OP forgets that Kary Mullis did most of his acid binging in the 70's and invented PCR in the 80's. So even if it did turn him into a crackpot, it didn't prevent him from doing usef…

It's like Moody's. More political than educational. Downgrading the US may be fair, but the main purpose it serves is driving clicks. More to the point, the fact they downgraded th…

Typical Economist analysis. Quite accurate and perceptive -- at predicting and evaluating things which have already happened. Also, seems to be paywalled.

> special vitamins during pregnancy to hypoallergenic formula This is dangerous misinformation. Nutrition during pregnancy is quite important and worth getting right.

Curious, can you link the paper?

> Any contiguous fluid surrounding a solid body will form a sphere around the system's center of gravity. Did you just disprove tides?

Maybe.. radial lines with sharp angles? Whatever it is, it has to be a fairly simple combination of geometric primitives.