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Am I the only one left with a befuddled feeling of missing context when it comes to particle physics? Like what does it mean for dark matter to be axions? "What's a quark?", Etc. I…

I sent this article to a vaccine researcher I know, here are his comments (I have his permission to share this): TLDR the virus mutates too quickly for this to be safe. " There are…

Does anyone know if there are any published stats / estimations about the prevalence of amphetamine prescriptions in the United States. I have this gut feeling it's pretty high, at…

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Look into "kmonad", it is designed to bring the features of the QMK fireware to any keyboard on a Linux system. It is better than xmodmap IMHO.

Try "kmonad" for a Linux karabiner replacement. You'll need to follow some instructions on the GitHub readme but it can do what you want to do.

I love this and it makes me feel both excited and scared since I am suddenly realizing the ways my org is not in compliance with this good advice. Are there any good books that are…

Yeah I must echo your sentiments wrt their Google Now product, it is great. Not only does it provides relevant content but some of it is very new and or obscure which I really appr…

Oof the circumcision topic, this is one where everyone argues for however their own personal penis looks and reasons backward from that.

I feel the same way especially if the laptop is in my lap.

This website rejects long passwords and provides the message "your password must be at least 6 characters" when doing so. Otherwise, cool. I signed up.

Or do people with "superior general knowledge" recognize it is socially advantageous to present as humble?

IT runs on Java 8. IT in 2030 will not run on Java 8.

Article quotes someone making this claim: > we discovered that even if commit histories are rewritten, secrets can still be recovered…. we discovered we could recover the full cont…

I think part of it is the context that JSON and XML are used in, particularly the era of software that uses these formats for configuration and the design implications that has. Re…

Because people are used to their brand and app? Good point.

Since Uber is about to ipo I have been hearing people question, "How can people highly value a company that is losing so much money???" The reason is (the potential for) self drivi…

Mostly unrelated question related to banks, does anyone know of banks that expose an api that owners of consumer checking accounts can use? Specifically to do things like read bala…

His talks are great, I have listened to hours of them. He is pretty funny too.

The teachers' situation is more demoralizing for sure. Capitalism would explain the difference between a tech worker's pay and a teacher's pay as based on skill and worker scarcity…

My brain briefly interpreted 'Gulag' as 'Golang'.

Just use a large stainless steel pan

Mersenne primes can be written as: 2^(some prime) - 1. Is there a name for the primes that can be written as: 2^(some prime) + 1?

I am shocked by how many people use 3d printed parts in the kitchen, printed PLA is not a food safe matieral. And if you print a toy for your kids it's gonna end up in their mouth …

Breaking crypto makes for a good headline but the most important application of QCs will be simulating quantum states, eg modeling molecular interactions. And obviously there is pl…