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Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
Muon showers... WTF?
Comment · 6 years ago
"Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has rolled out campaign proposals over the past month that include major increases in federal R&D spending, with a focus on clean energy and emerging technologies."
https://www.aip.org/fyi/2020/biden-and-harris-envision-ambit...
Comment · 7 years ago
Also note that Todd Gitlin was a contributor too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Gitlin
I didn't realize that he was into math (Harvard math major) before becoming a sociologist and writer.
Comment · 7 years ago
For the case of Polynesia (including Hawaii), they are considered to be Austronesian:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austronesian_peoples
It is widely believed that they are related to (and originated from) the aboriginal peoples of Taiwan, which is distinct from Chinese civilization in both genetics, culture and agriculture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesia#Origins_and_expansio...
When the Polynesians arrived by boat in New Zealand (Maori), Hawaii, Easter Island and other islands in the South Pacific prior to AD 1300, they were the first settlers there. Also, their expansion is completely unrelated to "Chinese expansion".
Comment · 7 years ago
Work from 9am to 9pm, 6 days a week.
Comment · 7 years ago
Yes, the report refers to the (US) Vietnam War and the Rolling Thunder campaign, which took place in the 1960s.
Can the OP change the title to refer to 1967?
Comment · 7 years ago
This event is in English: https://www.meetup.com/taiwanvirtualreality/
Comment · 8 years ago
30% is a lot to take away from the developers. It's good to have some pressure on Apple to lower their percentage.
Comment · 8 years ago
Jaynes was a professor at Princeton University, so he must've built up enough credibility to get this appointment.
I was a student at Princeton and actually sat in on his class for a few sessions.
Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
Where is Taiwan?!
Taiwan is one of top countries for patents per capita: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-22/in-global-innovatio...
Comment · 9 years ago
Note that in Taiwan, most companies offer a year-end bonus (at Chinese new year) of several months of salary. At the minimum this is 1 or 2 months, but depending on individual or company performance, it can go as high as 4 months (and in extreme cases, even more!). Hence the monthly salaries need to be multiplied by 14x or 16x or more, rather than 12x to get an annual salary.
Comment · 9 years ago
I tried the Touch Bar at the Apple Store, and after tapping on it for various items, I then found myself tapping on the lower part of the screen as well, which of course doesn't work. It just left me feeling that the Touch Bar is a clunky halfway solution, and that having full touchscreens (like on the new Windows machines) is more natural and intuitive.
If possible, Taiwan should keep TSMC so that the West has a reason to defend Taiwan.