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isn't even obvious that "identity politics" is tethered exclusively to left-wing politics. The essay explicitly states that it is not!

In my experience, lazy people who already love eating and watching TV will double down on this behavior when using cannabis. It can make you feel comfortable and OK with things, an…

Don't discount the creativity, intelligence, and dedication it takes to create something like this. Chances are you actually can't , even if you did make it a priority.

"we show how to use light to obtain control over these devices at distances up to 110 meters" "Command Selection: ...Purchase a Laser Pointer" Hilarious example Making other people…

TIL, thank you. Looking back, not a great post. Probably deserves the votes.

The odds for a face on a d10 would be 1 in 9 (1:9). It's different than probability (1/10 = .1)

The advice was not wrong. You probably would not have been a great sitter, and it's best to recognize that. Your comment comes off in the wrong way for a thread about muyshrooms.

The downside of patches is the slow release. Smoking is instantaneous.

Nothing, it's a fine reference. But I could see people wanting to skip it in the top results.

There really is something nauseating or repulsive about this. I've had the same feeling with other ML generated images. It's alien and familiar at the same time.

Fun facts from the See Also.. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazelle "allows some ARM processors to execute Java bytecode in hardware"!

A friend had an explanation for this, and I really agreed with him. The antianxiety effects of THC arrive after the initial high. The beginning is a spike of feelings that a lot of…

I always loved Computers, Pattern, Chaos, and Beauty . He's also keeping the 90s style alive with his whimsical Reality Carnival. http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/pc/reality…

From #113, Artificial Intelligence The lebowski theorem of machine superintelligence: No AI will bother after hacking its own reward function. once the AI has figured out the philo…

Woah! The electronics info at this site seems interesting... but stuff gets pretty wild... http://67.225.133.110/~gbpprorg/obama/

So envious you are friends with such a stellar musician. I've been blown away by "In the Moment". It's 21st century jazz and a huge inspiration.

I use Netbeans for C/C++ development (shocking, I know). Originally I was using it as an Eclipse alternative at a Java gig. After moving into embedded dev I just decided to try and…

I've always been fascinated by dynamical systems, attractors, the "edge of chaos". I was surprised and delighted to find these topics towards the end of a neural nets textbook. Tha…

Thanks, those obvious points really needed references. And come on... SF is the last place a Midwestern neocon would consider!

Great article. My favorite part was learning a new word: grognard! Makes me sad that I only got into the series at Civ5, which I enjoyed every bit of except for the ultra creepy 3D…

Well it goes a bit deeper than socializing. I said separated from all, but that's including "grace", which if I remember correctly is a connection to god that is available to human…

That is intense. I hope that's the only time you have to experience that. Speaking of hell, it's actually similar to what my Catholic school taught us hell would be like. No physic…

This is a main element of DeLillo's latest book Zero K . A state-of-the-art secret facility is built in a middle of nowhere former Soviet bloc country. It's financed by ultra wealt…

This is a heavy claim that you've made here... Can we get some more details? Like Sherlock-style high functioning sociopaths, or Patrick Bateman with top notch computer skills?

Maybe it's been too long since I read this, but I feel like it wasn't adequately explained how the aliens understood the initial message. All of the sudden communication was taking…