David Bossie: Hidin’ Biden forced to emerge for minimal campaigning, gets only softball media questions
For months, Biden’s team has employed a basement strategy, using the COVID-19 pandemic as a cover story for keeping him away from questions and cameras.
Newt Gingrich: Search for coronavirus vaccine is making important progress
The most striking thing about the push for a coronavirus vaccine is its unprecedented speed. One study from 2013 found that, between 1998 and 2009, it took an average of 10.7 years to develop a vaccine.
Saeed Ghasseminejad: President Joe Biden would give Iran what it wants most — so Iran hopes he defeats Trump
Biden has pledged to reenter the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that Trump withdrew from. If Biden does that, the most crippling economic sanctions on Iran would be suspended.
Ask HN: Online kids games for math and memory?
2 by shireboy | 0 comments on Hacker News. I am overwhelmed looking for quality online educational games for my kids (8 and 11), so I thought I’d ask HN. I’ve found plenty googling, but none that stand out. Specifically I’m looking for quality games like Duolingo, except for math and working memory. Prefer HTML5 over flash or download.
Ask HN: Is there a DNA/genealogy site you trust?
3 by CoreSet | 1 comments on Hacker News. I’m really interested in 23 and me and the general building-a-family-tree-via-DNA service, but, like a lot of people, are concerned about my genetic info being later resold. Is there a service HNers could recommend for the privacy conscious?
Ask HN: Visualizing a Sphere
5 by three_fourteen | 3 comments on Hacker News. Hi HN, This is going to be a strange question; but if any audience is going to appreciate it I think HN will :) I started meditating in January with the goal of reaching an hour of consecutive meditation by the end of the year. I’m on a 218 day streak and I’m already up to 62 minutes and now intend to get to 90 minutes by the end of the year. Another hobby is reading, where I have been able to use the right hemisphere of my brain to visualize concepts rather than subvocalizing the words, bringing my reading speed to 500-600 words per minute with a solid understanding (non-fiction). My question is: how can I understand and visualize a sphere in my mind’s eye from an atomic and mathematical perspective? E.g. what books on geometry, physics, equations, or techniques would one recommend? Why a sphere? As I’m sure many here know it is the most powerful of all shapes. Planets are spherical due to the pressure of their own gravity, this shape has the least amount of surface and thus conserves energy. It’s a Sunday so hopefully you’ll entertain my strange question :)