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sharp11

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About sharp11

Email at pobox.com using name of cranberry.

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    Comment #43543655

    From your numerous comments on this topic, it seems that you are remarkably self-aware (for a college student) about your own learning process. That is kind of amazing. I hope you …

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    Comment #42162921

    Penny Lane just made a documentary about donating one of her kidneys to a stranger. It’s called Confessions of a Good Samaritan: https://www.sandboxfilms.org/films/confessions-of-a…

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    Comment #41470856

    More details here without paywall: In game-changer, Israeli researchers find Alzheimer's markers 20 years before onset https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-game-changer-israeli-resear.…

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    Comment #41387731

    This looks super interesting, congrats on reaching 1.0! If you do a lot of customization on the Android side, do merge conflicts become a headache? Also, does the Skip plugin assum…

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    Comment #40965578

    Personally, I find the writing to be just fine. It is clear and cogent. I don’t have enough background to follow all the details, but I certainly hope you are not discouraged from …

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    Comment #40592431

    As someone who uses ellipsis often, but certainly never with sarcasm in mind, this was fascinating and shocking to me to learn this. I also want to appreciate @bluestein’s graceful…

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    Comment #40255154

    I’m disappointed this was all about the stunt of breaking things. I study Okinawan karate and true masters generate tremendous power via the tantien and rooting into the ground. It…

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    Comment #38157700

    I’m surprised that no one has suggested: pick something that you actually care about, which may not be a lucrative job opportunity, but gives you the opportunity to “make a differe…

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    Comment #37452110

    There is an open source effort to do carbon removal: https://openaircollective.cc/

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    Comment #37080068

    I'm not the target audience (I prefer CLI), but as an iOS dev just wanted to say kudos. Great idea and looks to be very well executed. I'm curious to know how your experience with …

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    Comment #36488184

    Like many here I was wowed by the physics of this article but also wanted to say this is some great science writing. Super clear and to the point.

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    Comment #35382340

    That is utterly fascinating. From his pov, is it a problem, or only from yours?

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    Comment #33803171

    Congrats on the launch! As an iOS dev who dabbles in ML, I'm having trouble understanding what you mean by "data applications" and who this is for. I'm guessing it's targeted at te…

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    Comment #33516527

    Could you provide a link to original (Chinese) article?

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    Comment #30457629

    I can't speak to Spain, specifically, but the relationship between climate change and wildfires is well-established. See for instance: https://www.preventionweb.net/files/73797_wil…

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    Comment #30447422

    Our past forest management practices are a part of it, but climate change is also a huge part: https://www.c2es.org/content/wildfires-and-climate-change/ >

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    Comment #29760378

    This kind of thing is what Wildlabs is all about: https://www.wildlabs.net/

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    Comment #29236658

    I do know boot camp grads that have succeeded. Lambda’s deferred tuition model is life-changing for the people who can make it through. Many of their students come from backgrounds…