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Re:Calculus Made Easy (1914) [pdf] on Thursday May 21, 2020 @07:23PM (#23266819)
This series from 3blue1brown is also an excellent (re-)introduction. Maybe not deep enough to prepare you for relativity, though.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDMsr9K-rj53...

Re:Are Black Holes Actually Dark Energy Stars? on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @02:29PM (#18242082)
PBS Space Time did a recent episode on higher spacial dimensions and gravity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HYw6vPR9qU

Re:Ask HN: I don't want to be a founder anymore on Friday May 26, 2017 @02:21AM (#14422310)
> Depressed people need to make changes to their lives. You can't do that when you have someone being your crutch.

You also can't do that without a great support network. That piece is critical in the path to recovery, and you should not so arbitrarily dismiss the possibility that to many people, family (spouse, parents, even children) is that support network.

Re:Migrants Choose Arrest in Canada Over Staying in the U.S on Friday February 17, 2017 @10:36PM (#13673471)
So maybe we never were. But we could be. IMO, Canada is setting a great and kind example here (humane treatment of incoming refugees and a 24 hour turnaround of detained individuals/families).

It should be us doing this at the Mexican border. Instead we're building a wall...

Re:Migrants Choose Arrest in Canada Over Staying in the U.S on Friday February 17, 2017 @10:20PM (#13673419)
> The Canadian policeman offers to carry her baby as she makes her way through the slippery snow path. She hands the child to him and then takes the hand of another officer who helps her to the road on the Canadian side. The police bring out a child car seat and place it in their cruiser.

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

We used to be this kind to those seeking safety in our lands. When and why did we stop?

Re:Super Mario Run on Thursday December 15, 2016 @11:00PM (#13190965)
Not sure why you've been downvoted. I feel the same way. I have no clue what this even is from the linked content.
This article focuses on the cop/vet, but what I'm stuck on is that the 911 center didn't convey the complete report to the police - that the caller reported the subject's gun was not loaded and that his goal was to get shot. That seems like critical information to communicate to the police so they can respond appropriately.