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emit_time commented on A Cyborg Manifesto (1991) [pdf]   archives.evergreen.edu/we... · Posted by u/squircle
emit_time · a year ago
I was forced to read this in freshman English… it was awful. Realized you could make it say whatever you want and used that for the essay I wrote
emit_time commented on Gore-TEX, a lightweight, waterproof fabric made from the expanded form of PTFE   sciencehistory.org/histor... · Posted by u/susam
johnwalkr · 3 years ago
No, I could have explained more clearly. I mean it’s good to know there is still value in the goretex brand (quality control, warranty) now that the patent is expired, when making the decision to buy goretex vs. a knockoff.
emit_time · 3 years ago
What did you buy from where?
emit_time commented on One of France's oldest butter producers makes 380 tons per year [video]   youtube.com/watch?v=b--l_... · Posted by u/zdw
emit_time · 3 years ago
That's like what? $2-3 million worth of butter?

Doesn't seem like much for a factory right?

emit_time commented on ChatGPT solves first advent of code   twitter.com/duderichy/sta... · Posted by u/emit_time
emit_time · 3 years ago
So ChatGPT can trivially solve the first advent of code problem
emit_time commented on What Happened at Alameda Research   milkyeggs.com/?p=175... · Posted by u/amadeuspagel
danrocks · 3 years ago
The book about LTCM’s failure, “When Genius Failed”, is a fascinating account of what happened, and a quick read.
emit_time · 3 years ago
Highly recommend reading it, one of the greatest books I've read from a perspective of understanding the financial industry.
emit_time commented on Associations between alcohol consumption and gray and white matter volumes   nature.com/articles/s4146... · Posted by u/Bhilai
novalis78 · 3 years ago
I decided as a 14 year old to never drink. It’s been an interesting experiment in particular regarding peer pressure, group dynamics and societal norms.
emit_time · 3 years ago
What’s your experience been? I also have never drunken, and really don’t plan on it.

My mistake was avoiding parties and socialization in college along with drinking.

emit_time commented on Switching World to Renewable Energy Will Cost $62T, Payback Would Take 6 Years   cleantechnica.com/2022/09... · Posted by u/f_allwein
emit_time · 3 years ago
Lol

We have no effective way of storing energy. If you only want energy on sunny windy days during daytime, this is fine. Enjoy the power going out at night and when the wind slows down.

Hopefully we will get much cheaper storage and production soon, but it's not completely viable now.

emit_time commented on Rapamycin, drug used in cancer therapy, emerges as powerful anti-aging remedy   age.mpg.de/communications... · Posted by u/cwwc
dennis_jeeves1 · 3 years ago
Lol, why do say that? I had the same impression of him.

It appears that people fall for his niceness is my theory about him. And no doubt he is a nice guy. It's just that his explanations lacked the rigor I generally look for.

emit_time · 3 years ago
A lot of his earlier work with resveratrol was extremely sloppy and it fell apart in time. I believe it's a lot of what gained him earlier popularity, and has effectively been debunked to a very large degree.

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