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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
I suspect somebody was inspired by the Octonauts' Octopod, down to the "liquid door" hatch inside: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/octopod/images/f/fd/Octo...
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
Here's a story of travelling a similar route, but finishing off by taking the highest train ride in the world to Tibet instead: https://driftingclouds.net/2018/07/01/from-siberia-to-tibet-...
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
The line to central Singapore has been closed, but there is still a pathetic shuttle service that crosses the causeway from Johor Bahru: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTM_Intercity#Operational_serv... There are plans t
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
Once the Kunming-Singapore link opens, you'll be able to ride to rails to the southernmost point in continental Asia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunming%E2%80%93Singapore_rail... Despite the name it's actu
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
I have no dog in the fight, but if this comment is actually wrong (as implied by the downvotes), it'd be nice to hear why.
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One-third of people with Covid-19 lie about their symptoms, study shows(cbc.ca)
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
The only person I know who uses Chime works at AWS, and even they hate it.
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
It was a pretty ballsy bet either way, and I could see it being reposted even if BTC had crashed and burned to $0 like many expected it to. Meanwhile, we're still waiting for John McAfee to consume his reproductive organs on TV: http:
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
He bought in at $3, and as of 2017 he had a 1000x return on his investment. Today that would be circa 3000x. https://falkvinge.net/2017/06/11/right-money-bitcoin-hits-30... Interestingly, he was very wrong a
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AI Director: Control cameras by looking at them(youtube.com)
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
You do what Singapore does and pass out bulletproof hardware tokens (no charging needed/possible) that do the same job. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/10000-seniors-get-fir...
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
I hate to rain on a good rant, but do you have any actual data to back up all these strong assertions? Contact tracing (the old fashioned kind) works quite well when it's done aggressively and case counts are low. However, for most of
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
The article says this is the 6th new record since Nov 2019.
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
Running a telco is not that expensive. The problem is that building out the infrastructure in the first place is hugely expensive. This is why most countries have only a few "real" operators that own and operate infra, and tons o
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
Unlike, say, HN comments?
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
There's nothing quite like the Schwebebahn, but there are a few other suspended monorails out there, also known as SAFEGE monorails after the French company that commercialized the technology. The largest is the Chiba Urban Monorail
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Singapore researchers discover Covid-19 variant which causes milder infections(straitstimes.com)
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
Thanks! That's the essay which was expanded into his first book, Kitchen Confidential , so it's likely in both in some form.
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
> The only problem is that off the cuff remarks can be part of the permanent record now. I don't think you appreciate the scale of how many headaches this can create for a large company. Previously, A says something mean about B at
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
> “If breast meat is worth two dollars a pound and dark meat is worth one dollar, which would I rather have?” Western countries are weird about this. Chicken breast, particularly the industrially produced Tyson broilers and their ilk, i
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
Not as elegant, but way more readable: if num > max: num = max if num < min: num = min
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
That issue is unrelated. This is the correct one: https://status.cloud.google.com/incident/zall/20008
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Level Up: AI Director(youtube.com)
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
Citation needed. Most research I've seen says that it's the socialization and free play aspects that are important, not the academic content.
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
Young kids are not great at playing by themselves. Pretty much the only way to get a preschooler who can't read yet out of your hair for an extended period of time is to give them an iPad or TV.
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
Elementary school in Japan is OK. It kind of goes off the rails after that though, with success in life largely dependent on a few exams, the content of which is not properly taught in school so everybody with the slightest ambition has to
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
Imgur has stopped allowing (new, explicit) porn: https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/360029648691-Mature...
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
I don't think you need the /s tag there, that's exactly what I expect to happen. I really don't understand what Ellison is trying to accomplish here? Aside from making more money, of course, but I'd be hard pressed
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
There's a FAANG office which also uses 4xx status codes, but as you would expect, 404 is missing, and 403 is permanently locked (spoiler: it's a door mounted on a wall with nothing behind it). 418, on the other hand, is decorated
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by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
The thing I don't understand that mandatory fixed service charges (in lieu of tips) are already standard for large groups in many if not most US restaurants, because negotiating tips and who pays what in this situation is even more c

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