#IDEA

I was discussing this earlier, but if that Gamer Girl game wanted to really dissect the dynamics of streamer/audience relations, it would be a 99 v 1 multiplayer game where
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Oh, we’re talking about Iran and Al-Qaeda now? Let’s be clear about a few small details of history (all taken from my forthcoming book, w/page numbers):(1) Iran tried to warn
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A few thoughts on politics and research:There's little point doing research if you've decided your conclusions before the work commences. That's partly why we have protocols for systematic reviews, quant
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I know it’s all exciting, but turning off bits of digital service for someone doesn’t take away the guns and pipe bombs belonging to the people who support them.It just
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Morning inspiration: watching #ISOJ2020 keynote session on gender, race and politics with @19thnews' @amzam & @eramshaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI3tcBU6N-c We’re looking at everything through the lens of the asterisk that
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See this banter about women having money that's been on for the past couple of day... I'm uncomfortable about it in a way I can't explain. Maybe it's because @TheVunderkind
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I don’t know about you, but it’s more difficult than I feel like it should be to continue to stay focused on building and creating value instead of getting sidetracked
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Do you really need deeeep networks for *all inputs*?Can't you do better?A small thread to summarize a number of interesting works I have been reading on how to adaptively and
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Why do some Chinese people pick weird English names?In China, family names are concentrated (20% of the people are Wang/Li/Zhang), whereas given names are unique. The opposite is true in
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2017 Vs. 2020: Comparison of crypto cycles. (thread) 1. Development.2017: Focus on currency tokens.2020: Focus on DeFi + Web 3.0. 2. Fundamentals.2017: Tokens backed by speculation.2020: Tokens backed by utility,
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Fuck it.Can someone explain to me what is lindy Final conclusion:Taken formally, “X is lindy” means “X belongs to a class of objects whose lifetime is better modelled by a
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ON POLARIZATIONIf you think that "the other side" has bad intentions, you're polarizing. Your actions will cause the other side to react defensively.If you think that "some people in the
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There's a bizarre line of thinking among certain segments of the Internet right that making things worse for people and closing off electoral politics will somehow magically wake them up
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it's unfortunate that puritanical christianity that's bled into indvidualism and capitalism is america's culture because man it's made some fucked up ways of thinking and it's weird because it's made
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One of those questions that looks like a complex moral dilemma but really isn't. By next Friday we'll be vaccinating 200k a day. They are 1k PL footballers and key
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I love seeing writers making peace with rejection. I think one of the best things you can do early in your career is to go out and seek rejection. Literally,
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