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working link: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0205297

I've tried reading lights, but the backlight on my kindle is much better for preserving night vision. I think it may also make less of an impact on ease of falling asleep... just t…

> Now, 1% may not sound like a big deal. After all, there is almost no reason for excitement or concern when you lose 1% of your total mass. I... Really? Y'all ok with just losing …

Came here to comment on binary finger counting; found it'd already been said! I have trouble with some positions due to the ring/pinkie connection, but for me it's more of an inter…

I have finally settled with a standing desk and an Ikea Ingolf bar stool - basic flat wood seat, no padding. As a 6'4" person, many chairs are awful, create pain, etc., but I love …

I realize this is a bit late, but Rephial is no longer updating - http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showpost.php?p=152370&postcount... Most activity is on the forum at oook.cz or the gi…

I've always enjoyed reading BC's endnotes about the research he did for each book almost as much as the actual story. :D

The book series by Bernard Cornwell is also excellent, if you enjoy that sort of thing. The books have a fairly well defined structure (one may even consider them formulaic), but h…

I have this vague hope that maybe the 'top comment' position is also based on number of replies, not necessarily upvotes, but then... the discussion itself is pretty sobering. The …

Making things more accessible rarely has a downside for folks who don't need it in my experience, and often has an upside. My favorite example is doorknobs - think of a round doork…

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/10/09/the-score This is linked in OP, but gives very slightly more detail around how the score was actually popularized, and what Apgar's ca…

for context, the same thing posted 13 hours later: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24617571 (what's the secret to both comedy and online rati - TIMING!)

Like many here, I don't have questions either, but the Explorabook and Kid's Shenanigans were life changing for me. I always wanted a copy of Earthsearch, but some parts of it real…

As of 2020, the US population is ~327000000. The UK population is 63000000 [Source: Wikipedia] Now, do some division. That's ~1 assault on a LEO per 2990 people in the US and ~1 as…

If you're sick of watching video, and prefer actual text, there's an open-access PDF available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1998119

The movie was a childhood staple, but the book is even better - literally LOL'ed, snorted, etc. "In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash" by Jean Shepherd. There are lots of additiona…

AFAIK (spouse is an OT, works with PTs, puts up with my barefoot nonsense & enjoys explaining biomechanics to me) forefoot walking is something to avoid. Leads to shortened calf mu…

Take your shoes off. (sorry, I had to) Go walk outside without them on something mildly unpleasant, like "chipseal" pavement or gravel for short distances - the increased feedback …

Thank you! Props for polite correction on someone straw-manning the OP. Otherwise I likely wouldn't have looked into this one. I've definitely noticed mental fatigue from the chang…

Thank you for sharing this. I've been feeling out of sorts and overwhelmed[0], and this really resonated. I generally tend to avoid things like (3) unless sharing them with someone…

Why in the holy hell is this getting downvoted[0]? Advice on what kind of ammunition to use during the endless war on bugs that we humans have perpetrated for our own comfort[1] is…

"Bodyweight squat" often refers to the practice of squatting without additional weight - which is exactly the movement the article discusses.

It's likely a teaser for his new book - don't have access to the whole article, but see: https://www.npr.org/2019/04/19/714600205/einsteins-unfinishe... as an alternative.

The final volume in Teixeira's series (at least, that published on the US side of the pond, and available online) appears to be the Life of the Scorpion ( https://archive.org/detai…