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by Fezzik 5y ago
Subaru has the same thing on their new cars - subscribe annually to Starlink or no remote start for you! I live in a winter wonderland where remote start would be a dream but no way I am paying a cent for this feature. I’ll have to look in
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These Americans Are Just Going Around in Circles. It Helps the Climate(nytimes.com)
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Yea, this is a very cool apparatus! When my 80 y/o grandmother had a stroke she went from walking 3+ miles a day to barely being able to walk around the block. She still had the drive to use her muscles as she could but she lived in a
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by Fezzik 5y ago
I should have been clearer - the hypothesis of abiogenesis provides an accurate explanation for the origins of life from non-life and is accepted by the vast majority if non-religious biologists as the most likely explanation for how life s
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This is exactly the type of behavior that gives people legitimate, reasonable arguments for not trusting the government. I’m pro-vaccine and I’m super-rankled by this nonsense. Also, I regularly review 500+ pages of discovery for redaction
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by Fezzik 5y ago
I would change 4. to “there is no materialistic explanation for existence” since we have a pretty accurate (as far as we can tell) explanation for how we got to life once stars started exploding and forming the necessary elements for life.
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by Fezzik 5y ago
It's depressing to think that less than 1.5 years ago the air was crystal clear: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/world/asia/india-pollutio... There has to be a better way to live.
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Probably lots of glue and maybe resin, though it doesn’t look like it’s coated in resin… maybe some screws/nails that are artfully places. It doesn’t look free/standing to me though.
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I couldn’t disagree more, at least from my experience in the US Pacific NW - sure, there are some lesser-known local spots, but everything from the best restaurants to the best nature spots are equally frequented by locals and tourists. (Sa
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A complete tangent, but the design reminded me of one of the most beautifully illustrated children’s books I have ever read: Trouble for Trumpets. It was written in 1982 and still looks futuristic. Even at 40 I can leaf through it joyfully.
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by Fezzik 5y ago
I think most people, even here on HN where folk are relatively educated, are woefully unawares as to what goes in to governing (diplomacy, financial literacy on a massive scale, legislating, and so forth). Sam Harris summarized the problem
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I have a doggie door and both my dogs (Red Heeler and Border-collie/rottie mix) just waltz outside whenever they need to relieve themselves. Not sure where the necessary intervention is other than putting the door in… and it’s certainl
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by Fezzik 5y ago
The incongruity of there consistently being anti-plastic and also pro-record articles and comments on HN has me scratching my head. Do people not care that records are made of PVC and that the pressing process results in loads of toxic chem
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by Fezzik 5y ago
A fun read about the collection of a curious mind. I highly recommend his video Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants - it is an astonishing display of sleight of hand melded with deft storytelling.
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I was more intending to say it is unfortunate that one needs to make a police report that will likely lead to no action on the part of law enforcement to make an insurance claim. Perverse was definitely not the best word choice.
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If the smash and grab involves anything of value the only way to get insurance to cover the loss is with a police report. So there is a (perverse?) incentive to make sure the report is filed even if nothing is done by law enforcement. For t
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by Fezzik 5y ago
Maybe everyone has stopped copying the notch (I’m honestly not sure), but numerous manufacturers were copying it soonafter the iPhone X release. See: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/2/28/1706
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They may not pay it off, but they have to at least make monthly payments to pay the principal down. For good reasons no bank is going to give a mortgage holder an ever-increasing line of credit on a home mortgage.
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I’m in your court - the fecal matter transplant (FMT) thing has always been fascinating to me. On top of additional years, what if an FMT could just make your years better: it could make it easier to lose weight, or ease depression, or pos
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Totally agreed. I haven’t read up on the topic in awhile, but my recollection is that the entire verse was (possibly/likely) butchered in translation and it was originally written as an admonition against witchcraft practices, like cut
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According to the Bible witchcraft/sorcery is 1) real and 2) punishable by death: ‘Thou shalt not suffer a witch (sorceress) to live.’ Exodus 22:18. Sorcery and astrology are certainly frowned upon: ‘The nations you will dispossess list
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People marching down a street make for boring news until the crowd is truly massive and/or violent… baseless and/or partisan quips that can be cut and pasted are easier to broadcast and amplify, for whatever reason. And apparently
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Most recreational gardeners I know that grow from seeds, including myself, start the seeds inside and then plant them outside. That doesn’t explain your initial lack of plant growth, but it is a useful technique.
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Which is especially ignorant considering that Nestlé is not even a US company.
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As someone who has gone from chubby to super-skinny to chubby to competitive triathlete to chubby and again back to competitive swimmer (while always being fit) I highly recommend MyFitnessPal (I have no affiliation or monetary interest in
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Learning logical fallacies could be a good place to start. Thinking about why fallacies are fallacious generally helps strengthen your ability to weed out unsupported conclusions and reshapes how you both assess ideas and present them.
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I think you’re conflating ‘the trial’ with ‘sentencing’ - all the stuff about him trying to hire a hitman was brought up at sentencing (I thought), not during the trial. Under US law almost anything can be brought up as a mitigating or aggr
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A few prior discussions and related articles: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13043559 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10361913 There were a number of other submissions over the last 12 years but
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They had a great case against Paul Bilzerian - he was convicted and the government got a $60+ million judgment against him. It seems he is just exceptionally good at hiding his money during the bankruptcy processes. https://en.m.
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* in prescribed dosages mixed for human consumption, not dosages of the same or similar strength/mixture as would be given to a horse. And probably not for treating Covid, which is not a parasite.

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