gpxyz

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by gpxyz 1y ago
A couple years ago, I happened to overhear a conversation at lunch between two men I gathered were SpaceX engineers. (They were talking very loudly, so it was difficult not to listen in.) Rather than discuss the mission of the company, or a
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by gpxyz 2y ago
On the contrary, I think part of the appeal of professional wrestling is that the cheating itself is scripted and part of the spectacle. Scandals and drama draw the most views, wrestling just guarantees it'll be part of the show.
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by gpxyz 2y ago
Poking around, there's a subreddit[0] with users who seem to report varied results, and some discussion there of another study on swallowing in the bridge position[1]. Interesting stuff, thanks OP! [0] https://www.reddit.com
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by gpxyz 2y ago
Epub support was my most wanted feature, glad it’s finally here. Major kudos to Zotero!
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by gpxyz 2y ago
I don’t work in programming, but in arts and academia. I usually have 1 “main” window in working in and at least 1-2 more I am continually referring to, so I like to be able to quickly switch between a single fullscreen window and a 2 colum
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by gpxyz 3y ago
I remember when the first Android phones with 4-inch screens hit the market, I saw someone comment online that if a 4-inch screen was better Apple would have figured that out during R&D for the iPhone and made the original iPhone 4 inch
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Show HN: Dead Horse, a real time online text adventure(deadhorse.eurydice.me)
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by gpxyz 3y ago
That's awesome to hear! OK, I'm planning to start an online bookstore, and maybe we'll do some M&A down the line and expand to offering cloud services and other subscriptions. Send me a message if you're willing to g
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by gpxyz 3y ago
And letting Bezos continue stealing money from his employees is more beneficial to society?
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by gpxyz 3y ago
His parents also gave him $300,000 to start Amazon
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by gpxyz 3y ago
Unless the same company[0] owns both Casino A and Casino B [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vici_Properties
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by gpxyz 3y ago
Genuinely curious: which centralized businesses existed in 8000 BCE?