Quotation Detection
I want to thread comments: when a comment quotes another comment it's probably a reply, so attach them together to make the conversation clearer. This means figuring out which comments quote which...
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The Evidence Against Sitting
If a resonably fit desk worker switches to a standing desk, what are the health effects? Working at a computer, a lot of people spend a lot of time sitting. Would switching to standing desks be...
View ArticleBorg Magic
Idea for a Magic tournament: take a large pool of cards and divide them randomly among the contestants. [1] Each one builds a deck out of their cards, and they play a standard single elimination...
View ArticleThe high impact of the real interest rate
If you're a young person trying to decide how much to save for retirement, a big thing to consider is how much the money you invest now will be worth then. I've heard wildly different claims about...
View ArticleWomen asking men to dance
At most contra dances I've been to, both men and women will ask people to dance, but men do more of the asking. I think ideally men and women would ask in about equal amounts. What would we need to do...
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