NickRandom

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by NickRandom 4y ago
Only if there is no easy and well known work-around which in the case of WSJ articles isn't the case. Without being hostile, I suggest you try reading and understanding the FAQ rather than just quoting. Are paywalls ok? It's ok t
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by NickRandom 4y ago
Also: https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/kennedy-nixon-d...
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by NickRandom 4y ago
I experience what is known as 'Survivors Guilt' (in other words I wonder those exact same thoughts as you do except from the other side of lens with respect to the those that were 'able to / vs. not able to lens').
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by NickRandom 4y ago
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”–George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905.
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by NickRandom 4y ago
I have been in true 'life or death' situations (in other words, I'm alive because others were slower or less able to draw their weapons and fire). In those sorts of situations time truly does slow down. I replay those times e
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by NickRandom 4y ago
And of the twice (now thrice) that it happened to yourself? Who profited? Was it yourself? To quote your reply "If my wife loses her job or I lose too many clients we will have a problem." Ask yourself this - Cui bono? ("to
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by NickRandom 4y ago
Q) Where do you hide a tree? A) In a forest. While I applaud the release of the information, the sudden and massive release of meaningless drivel likely hides a few smoking guns amongst the +13k files. It will take a dedicated person many y
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by NickRandom 4y ago
My prediction: The Rich will continue to get richer and corporate profits will continue to skyrocket while the poor continue to get screwed over because the global economy is in recession while in fact the global elite continue to profit at
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Pure Nostalgia – 24 Hours in Cyberspace (ABC News NightLine Special, 1996)(youtube.com)
2 points by NickRandom 4y ago|0 comments
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by NickRandom 4y ago
I recently watched a documentary on this incident (but can't find it now) but here are some further links (with slightly more information that includes the various 'he-said-she-said' nuances). https://www.foreignpo
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by NickRandom 4y ago
I don't want to be 'that guy' buuuutttt can you turn down the hostility a few notches please? I understand that HN is a multicultural place and that people across the globe express their opinions in different ways however, a
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by NickRandom 4y ago
Indeed. Or you could arrange for waste (water, effluent, waste food) to be dropped down over a pre-selected area for ground crews to pick up). In other words something like thick mylar bags dropped via drogue chutes as the journey progresse
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by NickRandom 4y ago
An added advantage of using that approach is that as you drop off cargo (or use up food, water and fuel supplies for multi-day passenger trips) you can siphon off some of those cells to power the propulsion motors and thereby increase your
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by NickRandom 4y ago
I was interested to read that there was a patent on 'non-round Compact Disks' but when you go to the actual patent application ( https://patents.google.com/patent/US5844757 ) the patent states "...The pres
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by NickRandom 4y ago
Did none of the comments in the original submission not show why (at least some) thought it to be click-baity at the time of you posting this 'Ask HN'? That's not snark btw am just confused about your reasons/motivations
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by NickRandom 4y ago
Normally it is best to email Dan to ask something like this but based on the comments in the x2944 post many considered it click-bait (either the article or the headline). Considering that nobody vouched for it - maybe it is, maybe it isn&#
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by NickRandom 4y ago
Thanks for the link. There are some real gems in there and also made for an interesting read as a non-cryptonite (in other words I have no dog in the fight, skin in the game etc). "He only gave himself a 20 percent chance of success, b
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by NickRandom 4y ago
Can anyone provide an alternative source please? I've done a quick search and can't find any other sources reporting on this apart from 2x New Scientist links which are both pay-walled (as is the single Internet Archive submission
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by NickRandom 4y ago
While I'm more than prepared to keep an open mind on the subject, this is either a joke (in which case - Whoosh!) or a "0/10, Needs Improvement" I even went as far as following and reading all of the links that eventuall
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by NickRandom 4y ago
This is a duplicate submission of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33717757 submitted by yourself yesterday and also includes the typo of 'insigh' vs. 'Insight' as the tongue-in-cheek comment pointed
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The eyes of Amazon: A hidden workforce driving a vast surveillance system(thebureauinvestigates.com)
2 points by NickRandom 4y ago|0 comments
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by NickRandom 4y ago
This reads as a straight-up advert for Cloudflare (which I know it isn't because heck, they don't need to advertise this way) but the TLDR boils down to ... I migrated to Cloudflare and all my problems were solved!
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by NickRandom 4y ago
I'm confused - Do you mean you were asked to work/be on-call 24 hours per day, seven days per week? If so - hell no. Hopefully I misunderstood what you meant by 24x7! [Edit to update] If that is in fact the case, I would suggest y
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The long-awaited US broadband internet maps are here – for you to challenge(theverge.com)
1 points by NickRandom 4y ago|0 comments
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by NickRandom 4y ago
PTSD is a condition that usualy occurs after exposure to a single traumatic event. C-PTSD (Complex PTSD) is a condition caused by exposure to repeated events that you are unable to escape or avoid so perhaps the better question to ask is -
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by NickRandom 4y ago
I think you might have a misunderstanding of what is under discussion - to quote from the filed complaint "To increase adoption, starting on June 15, 2021, DPH worked with Google to secretly install the Contact Tracing App onto over on
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by NickRandom 4y ago
Feedback on the site: "Lucky you — you can try this feature for free!" <puke and an instinctive f* you response because, no actually 'Lucky you' for me taking the time to click and try it out but, Whatever> Next: &
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Disney+ demands users’ age and gender so it can “deliver targeted advertising”(reclaimthenet.org)
208 points by NickRandom 4y ago|234 comments
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by NickRandom 4y ago
Is it a face to face or an online one? If it is face to face - do a trial run on the route so that on the day you don't have the worry about where to go and how to get there. This reduces the source of stress with one less thing to wor
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by NickRandom 4y ago
I think the intent of the question was - How was x Billions invested in his company. Perhaps you misread?

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