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by DrScump 6y ago
the masks do protect the healthcare workers Because properly equipped healthcare workers are also wearing eye protection . SARS-CoV-2 will quite happily enter at the eyes; in fact, eyes are a bigger attack surface than nostrils. Wi
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it is impossible to get a Google Account without giving your phone number I just now tried the Google account creation process on an unactivated mobile device, and entering a phone number can be skipped. Entering a birthdate was man
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"(Coffeehouses are) nurseries of sedition and rebellion." -- Charles II
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by DrScump 6y ago
Not only is American coffee gross Your tone is like somebody saying "Australian food sucks" because they had a bad meal at Outback once. There are great sourcers and roasters here. If you couldn't find any, that'
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Username checks out
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That's surprising, given the number of LDS there.
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AC outlets cut off at 6. WiFi off at 7. Brings in a different clientele.
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by DrScump 6y ago
"People. They're the worst. " -- George Costanza
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The earliest coffeehouses I was exposed to growing up in SV were in bookstores and became great gathering places, especially after dinner. The Upstart Crow (bookstore and cafe) was in the Pruneyard shopping center in the 1980s. I had my fir
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by DrScump 6y ago
I remember when my Sparcstation was replaced with the Sparcstation IPC. "How in the hell is my monitor going to fit on top of that? "
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by DrScump 6y ago
They long since closed in Mountain View (we used to eat there on Sundays after volleyball) and are now in better digs on Stevens Creek Blvd near Winchester.
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by DrScump 6y ago
PLEASE DO NOT SHOOT THE PIANIST An old Elton John album was entitled, "Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player."
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by DrScump 6y ago
2016 submit, 130+ points: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10531692 2010 submit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1331153 All appear to be different copies.
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by DrScump 7y ago
That's not a justification for frequent resubmits. In fact, it's a good indication that it didn't warrant being resubmitted at all.
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by DrScump 7y ago
They could easily condense their floor space in the flagship Sunnyvale store to accommodate HQ functions ... if they survive.
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by DrScump 7y ago
Is it too late to sue P.T. Barnum? http://www.ptbarnum.org/egress.html
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by DrScump 7y ago
it’s free and they do it for everybody Do you have details on how to take advantage of this? Their website says nothing to to that effect: https://med.stanford.edu/covid19.html
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by DrScump 7y ago
Do you seriously not understand the difference between posting a link to content and copying copyrighted content wholesale and reposting it verbatim , amd (initially) without credit?
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by DrScump 7y ago
Does the NY Times license you to "share" their content?
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by DrScump 7y ago
Blogspam that is copy/pasted from https://news.mit.edu/2020/energy-harvesting-wi-fi-power-0327 Actual author (Jennifer Chu) and source of graphics (MIT) were not credited.
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by DrScump 7y ago
Guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (most famous for his work with Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers) became interested in data compression algorithms and missile defense applications and came to chair the Civilian Advisory Board for B
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by DrScump 7y ago
https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Carta’s%20Covid-19%20Layoff&so...
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5th submit in 5 hours. https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Carta’s%20Covid-19%20Layoff&so...
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by DrScump 7y ago
6th submit in 6 hours. https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Carta’s%20Covid-19%20Layoff&so...
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by DrScump 7y ago
One significant economic distinction, historically speaking, was Islam's ban on usury (charging interest when lending).
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by DrScump 7y ago
What is this site? This article is an uncredited rip of this NY Times article submitted earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22872494 The site has no contact info that I can see.
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by DrScump 7y ago
Blogspam of / plagiarized from https://cns.utexas.edu/news/long-living-tropical-trees-play-... Actual author (uncredited) is Marc Airhart.
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by DrScump 7y ago
Trump's AG turnstile None of the three Attorneys General of the Obama administration chose to release this content either, and ProPublica didn't complain.
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by DrScump 7y ago
Watch the full Director's cut, in German (not dubbed, with subtitles in your language as necessary). The original (USA) theatrical release dropped a lot.
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by DrScump 7y ago
So called "Wedge Savers" are quite common. I own a few for adapting older keyboard wedge devices like barcode and magnetic strip scanners into USB devices.

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