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Short story of how the first flights were made possible
David McCullough published a book a few years ago about the Wright brothers, who invented the airplane in the first decade of the 20th century. I wasn't…
Feb 17
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How to take a perfect dating photo
A systematic, iterative approach
Feb 10
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Nikita Sokolsky
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January 2024
368 questions to ask before marrying someone
There’s many lists floating around the internet with questions to ask your partner before marriage. I’ve found the best one from a thread on Reddit…
Jan 28
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September 2023
90 cuisines you can try in New York City
Nate Silver recently blogged about the question of whether or not NYC has the best food in the world, arguing that it does thanks to a very large…
Sep 4, 2023
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January 2023
The real 40 questions that lead to falling in love
The “36 questions that lead to falling in love” are a set of personal questions developed by psychologist Arthur Aron (and others) in 1997 to explore…
Jan 7, 2023
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August 2022
The many definitions of a "pandemic"
Or what it would take for the COVID pandemic to officially end
Aug 15, 2022
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Sri Lanka vs chemical fertilizers: did organic farming ruin the country?
On April 22nd 2021, the President of Sri Lanka announced a ban on importing chemical fertilizer: The President’s Media Division yesterday informed that…
Aug 12, 2022
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June 2022
Abortion advertising in 1971
A history of one billboard
Jun 27, 2022
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Nikita Sokolsky
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Can AGI destroy us without trial & error?
Or how the AI alignment community is forgetting that novel engineering is very, very difficult
Jun 13, 2022
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Nikita Sokolsky
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May 2022
Additional data on historical housing prices
Analyzing Silicon Valley, Seattle and Miami prices, as well as single-income households.
May 13, 2022
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Are housing prices worse than ever in history?
An attempt of objective apples to apples comparison
May 7, 2022
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March 2022
Получение гражданства Чехии: церемония вручения, чешские документы, смена имени
В предыдущей статье я рассмотрел вопрос подачи заявления на гражданство Чехии — требования, список документов, сроки ожидания. В сегодняшней статье…
Mar 28, 2022
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