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(Thread) What is a computer? Definitions are contentious precisely because there is so much at stake (culturally, financially, infrastructurally) in the symbols and narratives we construct around the "computer".Defining computers
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ok so let's talk Lakatos and epistemology and politics. this thread has been brewing for me for a while, but i finally got around to it b/c @hakan_geijer expressed interest,
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Reply: Walter Shaub’s extensive thread. I went point by point. Mr. Shaub was Dir of the Office of Gov Ethics in the Obama WH.Eventually he did the right thing and
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The Bradfield Party Irrigation Scheme is excruciatingly simpleWith just one dam and one channel we will deliver x Sydney harbours to the Murray Darling system and put the Darling into
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A few peanut-gallery thoughts on DOJ v Google as a veteran of Google #antitrust, based on DOJ preview in WSJ 1/https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-to-file-long-awaited-antitrust-suit-against-google-11603195203?mod=hp_lead_pos1 T
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1/ Thoughts of a trainee“Should I call my [resident/fellow/attending]?”“I don’t want to be a bother.”“I don’t want them to think I’m dumb.”Sound familiar? I know these thoughts plagued me.How can
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the more I read this recent People's Daily article from former deputy minister of foreign affairs Fu Ying 傅莹 the more I feel it is a suggestion (read: veiled criticism)
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@trylolli is arguably in the best position to take advantage in a post coronavirus world amid a looming cloud of an economic downturn.here's why Lolli’s mission is to make
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Kinda interesting that the century of American globalization and the century of Chinese globalization both have a pandemic about 25 years in. I’d date the former to the 1893 Chicago
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1/HOW does gabapentin work?DOES gabapentin work? WHY is gabapentin so shady?Join me for a #tweetorial?Keywords: Glutatmate, Asterixis, Alcohol-use disorder#livertwitter #MedTwitter #meded 2/Admitting a non-#cirrhosis patient with gabapentin
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Doing a detailed close read of Hoshiumi's backstory because I'm in the mood to talk about him today. I wanted to do a thread to highlight his character as some
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As someone who did his whole PhD studying how viruses can cause cardiac damage, I feel like it is time to discuss this topic.So, let’s talk about viruses, our immune
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Outside of South Asia, I find not many people know about the Sundarbans. So I'm going to do a basic thread about this.The Sundarbans is a 10k sq km mangrove
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TAR episode 3 live tweet First two minutes thoughts @aparnadhinak @leoebfolsom @vic_newland @Mnnewland idk who says it but your hair looks perfect I love you Holy shit it’s
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Storytime: i was almost kidnapped for child trafficking, a thread: Before i start this thread, i wanna clarify that I'm not making fun of kidnap/trafficking victims... this is MY experience,
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It is not everyone that copes well with living in a foreign countryI know people who traveled abroad and promptly fell into depressionThey had a good job and it was
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