Hacker News: throwaway879080

Elon Musk: Democrats have become the party of division and hate

throwaway879080 — Wed, 18 May 2022 23:43:27 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1526997132858822658

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31428969

Points: 2

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Stanford Prof Debunks Research Behind New California K-12 Math Standards

throwaway879080 — Wed, 04 May 2022 05:29:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/articles/stanford-prof-debunks-research-behind-new-california-k-12-math-standards-11651607997

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31257055

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by throwaway879080 in "Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources"

throwaway879080 — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 02:41:53 +0000

quite doable, just pick up all the dead posts and comments

BLM purchased $6M Los Angeles mansion with donor money

throwaway879080 — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 04:20:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/blm-purchased-6-million-los-angeles-mansion-with-donor-money-report

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30915265

Points: 14

# Comments: 0

The taming of Reddit and the National Security State Plant tabbed to do it

throwaway879080 — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 01:27:56 +0000

Article URL: https://mronline.org/2021/06/14/jessica-ashooh-the-taming-of-reddit-and-the-national-security-state-plant-tabbed-to-do-it/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30507966

Points: 20

# Comments: 3

Friends Remember Michelle Go, Killed in NY Subway Attack

throwaway879080 — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:54:25 +0000

Article URL: https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2022/01/18/michelle-go-killed-in-new-york-subway-attack-to-be-mourned-at-san-francisco-chinatown-vigil/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30002783

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Five college students speak out: We’re fed up with campus ‘wokeness’

throwaway879080 — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 20:03:25 +0000

Article URL: https://nypost.com/2022/01/15/five-college-students-speak-out-against-campus-wokeness/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29949687

Points: 11

# Comments: 2

New comment by throwaway879080 in "YC’s $500k Standard Deal"

throwaway879080 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:52:28 +0000

awesome, we might consider YC after all

SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin Officially Forced into Recall Next June

throwaway879080 — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 21:46:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/exclusive-sf-district-attorney-chesa-boudin-officially-forced-into-recall-election-next-june/2725737/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29167936

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

Local Democrats warn party: Growing Republican wave is real

throwaway879080 — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 03:45:27 +0000

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-philadelphia-elections-3420f14ee42f95907b316438585ed4a8

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29136380

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by throwaway879080 in "Giant, free index to world's research papers released online"

throwaway879080 — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 04:39:24 +0000

see this reddit thread on Scihub rescue mission https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/nc27fv/rescue_...

there is a link there to 851 torrents , ~77TB of data (compressed zip files), and also an index (sql db dump)

Two SF Prosecutors Quit and Join Effort to Oust Former Boss, DA Chesa Boudin

throwaway879080 — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 17:41:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco/exclusive-two-sf-prosecutors-quit-join-effort-to-oust-former-boss-district-attorney-chesa-boudin/2698511/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28980188

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by throwaway879080 in "The 'impossible' crane shot from Soy Cuba (1964) [video]"

throwaway879080 — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 21:48:12 +0000

we don't smile because we are banned a lot

NASA defends decision to retain James Webb Space Telescope name

throwaway879080 — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 16:41:06 +0000

Article URL: https://spacenews.com/nasa-defends-decision-to-retain-jwst-name/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28947141

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by throwaway879080 in "Why can’t the world’s greatest minds solve the mystery of consciousness? (2015)"

throwaway879080 — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:41:51 +0000

wiring and signals that flow through the wires, i.e. the software

while the cells are just switches with memory, i.e. the hardware

New comment by throwaway879080 in "Is Mark Zuckerberg a Man Without Principles?"

throwaway879080 — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 03:21:08 +0000

more like his principles don't align well with author's point of view.

Nearly 1,900 Washington state employees quit, fired over vaccine mandate

throwaway879080 — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 20:24:36 +0000

Article URL: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/577563-nearly-1900-washington-state-employees-quit-fired-over-vaccine-mandate

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28935978

Points: 23

# Comments: 47

After lecture is canceled, free speech debate roils science academia

throwaway879080 — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:57:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/canceled-lecture-free-speech-debate-roils-science-academia-rcna3105

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28933034

Points: 7

# Comments: 3

New comment by throwaway879080 in "Vector-based pedestrian navigation in cities"

throwaway879080 — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 19:13:22 +0000

How the brain navigates cities - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28917033 - Oct 2021 (35 comments)

New comment by throwaway879080 in "How the brain navigates cities"

throwaway879080 — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 19:09:18 +0000

there are also "vector cells" https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-020-00761-w

Neuronal vector coding in spatial cognition: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41583-020-0336-9?proof=t