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I agree. If I am allergic to sesame, then I would also rather play it safe, rather than try a risk. By the way, Molitor 5901 is the phone number used by the Jackal to know if he co…

With my modest experience as an expert witness in courts, I am against this. It is very difficult to make judges understand, for example, how science works - one can only be so sur…

There seems to be an article on confabulations - seems to be a concept from neuroscience. From the abstract of the article: "Confabulations are inaccurate or false narratives purpo…

Just a quick note: Rahul Ilango is a phenomenal theoretical CS researcher who has made great progress towards understanding the "Minimum Circuit Size Problem" [MCSP], long believed…

Assuming that you trust that the regulatory agency does not have leakers back to the respective companies. When there's a revolving door between regulatory agencies and companies, …

It's quite understandable, imho. Immigration is being allowed precisely for cheap labor, especially when citizens are not prepared to go through the extra hardship - for example, I…

The title sounded condescending. But the overall theme seems to be that we must not lose trust in others since it may be better for us professionally. I think it is also better for…

Just curious: Sussman and Wisdom have written a book called "Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics" following the classic SICP Scheme book. Has anyone attempted a sim…

I don't think you need to understand a concept deeply to use it. The "do..." syntax in Haskell is something that comes naturally to many programmers. It is introduced only at the e…

I think this is from the traditional "Trivium" - grammar, logic, rhetoric - which was considered to be a well-rounded education (presumably for scions of wealthy families). https:/…

Another related case in Pennysylvania: https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/taking-action/ag-shapiro-put... Quote from the website: "The complaint, filed along with the settlement, deta…

Great article. But the author can't be serious about no one knowing who Prabhakar Raghavan is. He is, for instance, the co-author of the definitive text on randomized algorithms [M…

Congratulations on the verification of your proof! It must be great to have your research life's crowning work being formally confirmed! Also a great victory for the new foundation…

Yes, it's very important to get that on record. Roko, get that basilisk off me!

Very interesting take, thank you! Of course, my favorite David Lynch movie is "The Straight Story" - what a heartwarming tale!

Rental stores were great, except for the late fees. Many local rentals had good collections of older movies and TV series. They are simply non-existent in the streaming world.

Can confirm this. The second attack is potentially fatal.

An important idea is to use what are called worst-case-to-average-case reductions. You convert a boolean function f that is worst-case hard to another function g which is average-c…

I think they are too tall for the wheelbase. The design is narrower than traditional auto-rickshaws. I think one of the issues is I think that the battery is not heavy enough to st…

E-Rickshaws are very unstable, and they are overloaded on North Indian roads, with people sitting even in the shared driver's seat, increasing the lopsided tilt. A distant relative…

I was very fond of Geary, and looked into Vala because of it. Found it to be an elegant language, and good to get practical programs working in GNOME. I haven't looked at it in the…

Your response is not entirely correct. Lucknow university was not toe-to-toe with anything. But you are right, Allahabad university had people like Meghnad Saha and C. V. Raman wor…

You are oversimplifying the Enlightenment. One needs only to look at Galileo, and the current unnecessary shenanigans of American Christians over evolution to know that Christianit…

Not back then, no.