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by paulette449 1y ago
Yes, true here in Lyon, 2hrs away from Geneva.
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by paulette449 1y ago
I read Ulysses last year and enjoyed it but this "companion" book was indispensable: https://bookshop.org/p/books/ulysses-annotated-revised-and-e... But also the free (online) Joyce Project with hyperlin
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by paulette449 1y ago
Great to see they've hit their target but I've been burned so many times on Kickstarter, I just walk away.
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by paulette449 1y ago
Thanks for sharing. I've been thinking of creating a non-revenue online guide to my new city, Lyon, France, but I've been concerned that I'd only be feeding the AI machine.
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by paulette449 1y ago
"the level of popular education is actually declining. What opinions the masses hold, or do not hold, is looked on as a matter of indifference. They can be granted intellectual liberty because they have no intellect."
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by paulette449 2y ago
Early commenters, the site is satire. Pls don't read a snippit and rush back here to vent.
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by paulette449 2y ago
You should've read on. The site is satire. The "quote" from the Truthfully AI "founder" is hilarious.
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by paulette449 2y ago
After reading this one-sided article, I checked out the rest of the website. Sadly I did not find evidence to support their statement that they "have no allegiance to any political party or tradition." And this article is a prime
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by paulette449 2y ago
Great advice, thanks
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by paulette449 2y ago
I have a potted miniature lime tree that spends 8 months of the year outdoors and the NYC winter indoors. It's easy to maintain and every year it produces more limes. This year I got at least 30. They taste unbelievable especially vers
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Ask HN: Has anyone opened a physical business (store, coffee, food)?
3 points by paulette449 2y ago|5 comments
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by paulette449 2y ago
> A few years ago, my girlfriend and I started a small coffee shop in Hanoi as a fun side project Did it end up being the fun side project you expected?
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by paulette449 2y ago
For anyone in the northeast, i can recommend Three Days At The Fair [1], the longest duration of which is actually 6 days and the course is a 1 mile loop around a state fair ground in New Jersey. I did a mere 12 hour option on the final wee
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by paulette449 2y ago
I have just finished reading Carmilla [1], a vampire novella by another Irishman, Sheridan LeFanu, which pre-dated Dracula by 25 years. I much preferred it to Stoker's book. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carm
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by paulette449 2y ago
Not a comment on the term being discussed but i do have a problem with the charts used in the article: “vehicle deaths per million residents …” and “US death rate from motor vehicles per hundred million miles traveled”. Both graphs show a d
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by paulette449 2y ago
I spend a lot of time near Manchester, VT where there are a handful of roundabouts including two in quick succession, one of which is as small as it is busy. The problem, based on my observations, is that many Americans have no idea how t
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by paulette449 2y ago
A guy i worked with called me over to try to help him figure out why his apple wireless mouse wasn’t working. I replace the batteries, restarted bluetooth, restarted the computer - i’d spent quite a bit of time working thru my mental checkl
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by paulette449 2y ago
Hiding behind a throwaway account allows you to make false statements, unless you can substantiate the "most of the money" comment. Wikimedia Foundation breaks down its expenditure here: https://wikimediafoundation.org&
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by paulette449 2y ago
Exactly. The "realignment" in the article heading is clickbait. The article describes a group of right-leaning tech leaders meeting over dinner at one of their houses.
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by paulette449 2y ago
"Dollar General Winklevi" Amazing
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by paulette449 2y ago
Shrinking GDP, yes, likely to move from technical to actual recession, sure, but "in a deep recession" is factually incorrect [1]: "Ireland officially fell into recession last year as multinational exports slumped in the face
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by paulette449 3y ago
I'm a huge fan of the books since childhood and hated Season 1. One big speech after another by some god/demagogue/mathematician. It took me months to bother watching Season 2 but was happily surprised to find it as good as S
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by paulette449 3y ago
Singapore is an obvious omission based on my travels but many more probably qualify according to Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_city
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by paulette449 3y ago
I hate to have to ask this but how do you manage healthcare being a solo s-corp? I was under the impression this could only be done through a company if two unrelated family members owned the company? The only other alternative is "Oba
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by paulette449 3y ago
What percentage of your sales are to other dealers vs collectors/non-industry customers? Thx
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by paulette449 3y ago
"In the 9 months I’ve been in Antarctica, my trusty cell phone has taken some truly remarkable photos under challenging conditions. Nearly every photo I’ve taken for this blog has been a cell phone photo. " [1] His "old phone
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by paulette449 3y ago
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar_New_England Andover, MA?
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by paulette449 3y ago
Indeed. Well, not to take away from the moderation team.
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by paulette449 3y ago
There are many things I appreciate about YC News but being certain that this report will not be censored here is something I truly appreciate about this forum. Thanks @Dang et al.
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by paulette449 3y ago
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