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by reactspa 4y ago
This article is a good example of how to take innuendo and declare it as fact to bolster a narrative. It's a journalistic strategy, and it's taught in journalism school. E.g.: > In 2021, the Pegasus Project, an investigation by
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Ask HN: How did free people in USA thrive in high heat before air-conditioning?
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Ask HN: What should MBA students learn about info tech?
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by reactspa 4y ago
Anyone else use Notepad++ ? Why not?
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Question: do companies / startups hire people who know just Blender well (and Gimp/Photoshop), nothing else? (Asking for someone else, not myself.)
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Agree with your points. The people panicking are the ones who bought the house 3 months ago.
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I did note your ":)", and I agree that compared to a total of 63kb, a 23kb addition can be quite large, but search is too important a feature, and I think it will be worthwhile. Thank you to the GP for the suggestion to use https
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> Johnson showed strong mathematical abilities from an early age. Because Greenbrier County did not offer public schooling for African-American students past the eighth grade... [1] The struggle is real. [1] https://en.wikiped
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by reactspa 4y ago
Add my own search engine?
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by reactspa 4y ago
Is there a search feature that I missed? How does one search one's notes?
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Does anyone know how something like this could have been carved back in the stone age, without metal tools? https://palladiummag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/gobekli-...
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by reactspa 4y ago
In case it helps anyone here: I went through a couple of major mental health episodes during the last two Covid years, related to self-isolation. Took up breathing exercises related to buddhist meditation (called pranayama) seriously. I&#x2
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by reactspa 4y ago
Nice analysis, but... ...here's something I find astonishing. The word "R" doesn't appear anywhere in this article. He doesn't mention anywhere that he's using "R", and within "R" he's
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Article clarifies that the reason is that they have a budget shortfall (caused due to the ransomware attack). The ransomware attack has been fully resolved. I suspect this is the first tiny domino. It's going to become normal for hundr
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Does anyone know what happens to the fish this oil is extracted from? If it's sold to us, it wouldn't have any oil in it, now, would it?
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AT&T gave me ample warnings the last year that this was going to happen to my Xiaomi phone. So now I have to carry my Xiaomi Max 2 (because I prefer using it when there's WiFi), as well as an old Alcatel Axel phone they gave me (ju
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by reactspa 4y ago
My 0.02: I'm an educator in higher-ed. Always aced IQ-type standardized tests. Over the years I've observed brilliant students who do very poorly in IQ-type tests. But they write brilliant long-form essays. The world will be fine.
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Can someone please clarify for me why some communities in the West Coast of USA banned plastic straws but not plastic "take-away" cups (that are also used only once)? I want to understand the logic that was used to do this. I&#x27
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by reactspa 4y ago
They made it sound like an Indian government "agency" in India wants to ship their toxic chemicals to SA to "flush" them there.
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Not a fan of the place. But they certainly deserve credit for being forthcoming with this.
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Thanks. I thought you gave the most apt reasons.
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Can anyone please enlighten me on: Why isn't more being done to build out infrastructure related to Green Hydrogen? It seems it just needs Water + Solar Energy. One would think it would be the top priority worldwide.
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Warning: on mobile (Android, Chrome), the page started playing loud audio (even without visible video).
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By the way, for anyone interested in reading more, a fascinating read is the chapter on the Hindu Caste System in the book "Tarikh Al Hind" written by Al Biruni, Persian scholar, during his visit to India from 1017 to 1030. It was
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by reactspa 4y ago
Thank you for clarifying about the "exhale" part. Saved me some time.
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My last name would eventually give away that I wasn't a Brahmin. They hadn't asked me my name yet. I was taken to them by a rental intermediary. A guy who helped people find apartments. Online rental finding places, like Craigslis
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This guy also believes he's super-progressive. He hates the caste-system, remember? It might be "compensation". It's like people who live in lily-white areas who constantly harp on about George Floyd. To show they'r
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by reactspa 4y ago
It might have been in the past. It was just Bharat Natyam. A commonly taught classical dance form of India. But this performance hall denied her request to perform it because she wasn't a Brahmin.
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Update: 2 more anecdotes 4) Brahmin friend of mine at work. Brilliant fellow. Solid decent chap overall. I tell him about this article I read about how in some city, a non-Brahmin girl wasn't allowed to do Bharat Natyam (a classical In
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Agreed. My caste is obsessed with both money and education. I'll let you guess it on your own time < laughing out loud >.

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