#Randomness

Imam Hussain (a) says: "By God, if there was nowhere to escape or seek refuge, I still would never pledge allegiance to Yazīd ibn Mu'āwiyah (la).." Now think of the
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What's "free energy"? I don't mean energy you get for free. I mean the concept from physics: roughly, energy that you can use to do work. More precisely, free
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Usually when we talk about vowel harmony (or “disharmony”) in the Qur’anic readings, it has to do with pronouns. One interesting instance of vowel harmony which doesn’t have to do
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Okay. A decade+ later, we're doing the Grownup Business two-accounts thing Continue to follow THIS official account for shows, links, news, content, product, etc. Follow @BobChipman_1981 for personal, friends, takes,
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There is a rebalancing of social interaction going on.Everyone complains about the chaos in this administration; the erratic tweets and comments followed up by seemingly inconsistent or even contradictory actions
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Lessons from BaseballFour years of Pro Baseball taught me some unique lessons that have carried over to my new career in Silicon Valley 1. Randomness works in both directions,
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WITTGENSTEIN'S RULER"Unless you have confidence in the ruler’s reliability, if you use a ruler to measure a table you may also be using the table to measure the ruler." -
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1/ Thread about why I think there is literally zero competition for #Chainlink. $link It all starts with Sergey's philosophy degree. You see, philosophy isn't just about spending time thinking
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How do you do, fellow tamers?In a competitive match, do you prefer blue side or orange side?High-tier players have expressed an imbalance between both sides, and new data confirms it.
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So I want to talk about the upcoming fire season. I've been out here in California for years forecasting and there are a few things I need to put out
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Has this year not been the perfect example that almost all prediction is bullshit? A quick list of the weirdness that has been 2020 so far. (I appreciate some of
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A thread on the Great Man-Made River Project and why it was not the solution for Libya's water supply: The objective of the project was to deliver water from deep
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The other day I discussed possible modifications to the rules of Chess to make it have less draws. Now a related question: What can be done to make Chess more
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National IQ and the Wealth of Nations in chartNIQ and (log) GDP capita from the Maddison project shows a strong relationship over 200 years!Here are some of my comments on
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OK, it’s been another busy week, so as a break, herewith a thread showing highlights from one of the best books I own, The Dairy Book of Home Management (1969).
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It goes without saying that the #ConventionCitoyenne is a great result from the perspective of deliberative democracy, and a lot of credit should go to @MPubliques and others for making
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