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actually it looks like he wrote several stories on this theme: https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/up.aspx what did H.P. know that we did not??

anyone else immediately reminded of this lovecraft tale? https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/nc.aspx

this is really interesting, I'd love to read more if you have the link/links!

oh no! another fun great math article, plummetting down the HN New stack into obscurity! [lonely upvote]

update: sorry kshacker, I may have thrown you off the scent here. My explanation of the slingshot effect is right, but it doesn't look like slingshotting is what the spacecraft is …

hey icehawk -- so you can use any celestial object in the solar system to maneuver; all you're doing is basically changing your direction. But you're right, there's something stran…

i was wondering too! Do you think it might be because of citing family as a source? I barely ever post here, so don't have a good muscle memory for norms and best practices. (also …

there's another cool aspect to your question too! "Who gained and lost [energy] and how?" >there actually is no objective answer as to which body gained and which lost energy! Ener…

hi kshacker! This is my understanding: That's correct, the energy comes from the body the spacecraft is slingshotting around (the Sun in this case). It's not mass or gravitational …

i think he meant Springfield, Oh Hiya Maude!

Thank you for the reply! I'm not sure what the best way to link a source on HN is, but I'll do my best. McCrae and Costa did a study in the 1980s that looked at correlations betwee…

You're exactly right, I think, as to the reason most people are attracted to Myers-Briggs. That said, it's odd that the narrative persists of M-B having been discredited, when, as …

"What is elementary, worldly wisdom? Well, the first rule is that you can’t really know anything if you just remember isolated facts and try and bang ’em back. If the facts don’t h…

talk was previously linked from: http://www.ycombinator.com/munger.html but no longer available. Spent 20 minutes just now searching for it in frustration; here it is for anyone si…

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no comments yet - how strange! seems like a major change, assuming he can follow through on it, which might be hindered by all the other stakeholders FB is beholden to. i have NEVE…

he shoulda just ended the letter at "WE STRIVE TO BE OURSELVES." ..."i apologize for the length of this letter; if i'd had more time, it would have been shorter"

or "Accelerators Can't Just Be a Rung on the Venture Capital Ladder"