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by thetopher 7mo ago
I just resized my browser window, so the bottom of the window is above the GIF, but below the NEXT button.
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by thetopher 2y ago
Sounds like they were following some advice from “The Innovator’s Dilemma” by separating the business groups.
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by thetopher 2y ago
Is not just the meat industry. Dairy cows eat silage too. Everything I know about silage I learned from watching 10th Generation Dairyman on YouTube. As somebody who loves learning about the tedious details of other people’s professions, I
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by thetopher 2y ago
This looks like a scam. They’re asking for $5k - 20k individual donations for a statue that (according to the supposed sculptor’s website) will only cost $6,000. https://www.monumentallabs.co/commissions Why are they asking
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The reason your Columbia shirt has a tiny pocket near your waistline (2019)(marketplace.org)
132 points by thetopher 2y ago|59 comments
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by thetopher 2y ago
“Our basic philosophy when it comes to security is that we can trust our developers and that we can trust the private network within the cluster.” This is not my area of expertise. Does it add a significant amount of complexity to configure
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Islam and Cats(en.wikipedia.org)
5 points by thetopher 2y ago|4 comments
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Austin Google workers learned of layoffs as City Council prepped public support(austinmonitor.com)
2 points by thetopher 3y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Is it possible to verify the source used to compile a mobile app?
1 points by thetopher 3y ago|1 comments
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by thetopher 3y ago
I wonder if he realizes that his behavior (substantiated by compelling evidence) was “grotesque”.
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by thetopher 3y ago
I wonder what would happen if they published a list of all their users who are not currently under surveillance, or gave them a nice little icon. I feel like somebody tried this before, but my Google searches are coming up empty.
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by thetopher 3y ago
Directly below the paragraph about Alcoholics Anonymous was an advertisement for Absolut Vodka. Hmmmm.
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Salad the Silent Killer (1988) [pdf](baghwallah.files.wordpress.com)
6 points by thetopher 3y ago|2 comments
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by thetopher 3y ago
Article by Jeffrey Steingarten. He’s a wonderful food writer with two books that I highly recommend to anybody who has ever been called a foodie.
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Phosphorus Saved Our Way of Life–and Now Threatens to End It(newyorker.com)
1 points by thetopher 3y ago|0 comments
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by thetopher 3y ago
Great point. It’s never occurred to me until now, but Amdahl’s Law has great application here. I never want to be the “weak link” in the chain, but overworking myself to deliver my piece in a large project usually has negligible impact, if
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by thetopher 3y ago
I don’t know if these are good examples. Money and electricity both have inherent liabilities that don’t seem to translate to stock. At the end of the day, cash has to be transported and stored somewhere. Negative interest rates can be used
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by thetopher 3y ago
Here are two lectures about Blood Meridian from a Yale literature course. https://youtu.be/FgyZ4ia25gg https://youtu.be/7ZFmf4T5L3o
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by thetopher 3y ago
One approach to solving this problem would be a mass distribution of fake courtesy cards. I wonder if the NYPD has an effective way of verifying that a person has a real card that they received from a real cop.
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by thetopher 3y ago
In case anybody is looking for the link for discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36002808
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by thetopher 3y ago
(2021)
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by thetopher 4y ago
Same here. Filtering by price is a frustrating experience when the service and cleaning fees aren’t factored into the prices I’m looking at. It’s more work than it needs to be to compare prices in areas with lots of listings.
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by thetopher 4y ago
This isn’t true in California, and I don’t think it’s generally true in other states either. A fired employee is still eligible for unemployment as long as they were not fired because of specific misconduct. Poor performance does not consti
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by thetopher 4y ago
In high school, I had a friend that printed out a copy and put all the pages into a binder. Another friend and I had borrowed the binder, and flipped through it one day to pass the time during health class. The following day, our teacher ca
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by thetopher 4y ago
I just can’t watch Rossmann’s videos anymore. He’s a smart guy with important things to say, but it’s hard to take him seriously. His videos are 90% hyperbole, cynicism, and snide remarks. It’s too much to put up with to figure out what he’
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by thetopher 4y ago
I recently found this book in a used bookstore. I wish I had owned a copy when I was a kid. I’m thinking about giving one to my nephew, but I’m not sure what his parents would think.
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Backyard Ballistics(backyard-ballistics.com)
67 points by thetopher 4y ago|26 comments
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by thetopher 4y ago
(2005)
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by thetopher 4y ago
I will never subscribe to the NYT again. Unsubscribing was an infuriating process. I love The Economist, and their podcasts. I've never had to unsubscribe because I just pre-pay for 1-year subscription offers that I find on Slickdeals.
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Hedonic Treadmill(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by thetopher 4y ago|0 comments

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