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  1. Comment on Lawsuit reveals how colleges really talk about rich applicants in ~life

  4. Comment on Elon Musk’s attack on F-35s fuels debate over expensive fighter jets in ~society

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    He'd probably just encourage use of tech made by businesses he's friends with, e.g. Anduril's drones

    He'd probably just encourage use of tech made by businesses he's friends with, e.g. Anduril's drones

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Why Elon Musk doesn’t have access to SpaceX’s biggest government secrets in ~space

  7. Comment on A Man of Parts and Learning - The story behind a portrait of a black intellectual from the 1700s in ~humanities.history

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    archive link I didn't really know how to title this, because the story is so interesting, yet the original title is enigmatic, and I really don't want to spoil the end, which is incredibly...

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    I didn't really know how to title this, because the story is so interesting, yet the original title is enigmatic, and I really don't want to spoil the end, which is incredibly fascinating. This is definitely well worth your time to read if only due to how many ideas it manages to comment on. It touches on cultural issues of science and racism, how they interacted when confronted with contradictory evidence to their racist beliefs, how history gets framed by available sources, how art curators attempt to interpret and thus classify art, and much more

    3 votes

  9. Comment on You can watch a 1982 lecture by Grace Hopper in ~comp

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    This video puts the two chunks together (which is slightly more convenient to watch). This lecture is super interesting, both from the historical perspective and from a modern perspective....

    This video puts the two chunks together (which is slightly more convenient to watch).

    This lecture is super interesting, both from the historical perspective and from a modern perspective. Honestly, it's sad how much of her advice is still applicable, on the other hand it standing the test of time is a testament to it.
    The one thing that I really enjoy is the nano-seconds that she passes around, both because it shows how impressive current computers are, and also how much we waste with modern software

    4 votes

  10. Comment on The CEO of UnitedHealthcare (insurance company) has been assassinated in NYC in ~news

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    Yeah I agree with this specific point, this goes hand-in-hand with the rise of populism

    Yeah I agree with this specific point, this goes hand-in-hand with the rise of populism

    5 votes

  11. Comment on The CEO of UnitedHealthcare (insurance company) has been assassinated in NYC in ~news

  12. Comment on The CEO of UnitedHealthcare (insurance company) has been assassinated in NYC in ~news

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    Marxists have been saying this for the last century and a half, and yet there have been maybe 3 attempts at revolutions in the developed world since then, and not even a single successful one. In...

    Marxists have been saying this for the last century and a half, and yet there have been maybe 3 attempts at revolutions in the developed world since then, and not even a single successful one. In general, history tells us that any violent attempts will be crushed, and that the only successes happen through working inside the system

    9 votes

  14. Comment on Grades of helium: the differences and uses in ~science

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    keep in mind that He-3 fusion reactors are incredibly theoretical. D-T reactors are hard enough to attempt making, He-3 is orders of magnitude harder e.g. see this vid

    keep in mind that He-3 fusion reactors are incredibly theoretical. D-T reactors are hard enough to attempt making, He-3 is orders of magnitude harder e.g. see this vid

    2 votes

  15. Comment on History is in the making - It's technology and ideas, not politics, that change our lives the most. History should reflect that. in ~humanities.history

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    Thanks for this! Your essay was super interesting to read as someone who's more engaged with philosophy than history, and can sometimes struggle to get out the pop-history bubble

    Thanks for this! Your essay was super interesting to read as someone who's more engaged with philosophy than history, and can sometimes struggle to get out the pop-history bubble

    4 votes

  17. Comment on What happened to passenger hovercraft? in ~transport

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    tidbit mentioned in the article I didn't know about - the RNLI still operate hovercraft

    tidbit mentioned in the article I didn't know about - the RNLI still operate hovercraft

    4 votes

  19. Comment on Relativty — an open-source VR headset in ~tech

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    I'm surprised you can just buy lenses off of aliexpress that are good enough, my understanding was that making good enough optics was a massive problem for the big VR companies, surely you're...

    I'm surprised you can just buy lenses off of aliexpress that are good enough, my understanding was that making good enough optics was a massive problem for the big VR companies, surely you're going to have all sorts of problems going with off-the-shelf ones?

    4 votes

  20. Comment on Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking New York Times staff in ~tech

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    The NYT are actively suing OpenAI for using their material in training data without permission, this therefore seems to be basically impossible to be accepted

    The NYT are actively suing OpenAI for using their material in training data without permission, this therefore seems to be basically impossible to be accepted

    5 votes