IndySun

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by IndySun 2y ago
The El Pais (and NYT, I think) article, detailed with very snazzy graphics, on the 'science' of mask wearing during Covid convinced me to wear one - I have to say, against my better judgement. The upshot is mask wearing is not so
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Why scientific support for alcohol's health benefits is fading(theguardian.com)
8 points by IndySun 2y ago|6 comments
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by IndySun 2y ago
Research exposes flaws of older, often industry-funded studies and finds lowest mortality risk in lifelong abstainers
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by IndySun 2y ago
You can see everything the real shop has to sell. You can touch, try on, test, taste any of the real things before you decide what to buy. but crucially in quantities you can humanly handle, your real shop does not sell 1000s of superficial
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by IndySun 2y ago
Yes, a very crucial point, the search is abysmal. The search has no user filter bar trivial things. Related - iTunes store searches used to allow searching such categories as composer, bpm, label (iirc), and other details, but were removed
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by IndySun 2y ago
Not only but also... Both the Mac App store and the iOS App store suffer from reams of useless and pointless and no doubt fake reviews Both stores are the last place to look for software, but notoriously its the only place to look for iDevi
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Thus Was Born the Zero(bbvaopenmind.com)
1 points by IndySun 2y ago|0 comments
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by IndySun 2y ago
Yep, the site was down. And for quite a while. One can only ignore, roll eyes, and move on. There you go. Thanks for replying too.
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by IndySun 2y ago
>I think it's already been hugged to death... FWIW, I upvoted your benign and completely true comment. Why on earth should it be downvoted? I consider anyone that downvoted your comment as petty and small minded. But I am outnumbere
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U.S. Secret Service Radio Following the Reagan Assassination Attempt (2011)(secretservice.gov)
2 points by IndySun 2y ago|0 comments
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by IndySun 2y ago
After a concerning and significant gap PocketEarthPro has just updated. Anything to do with anyone here? Still no response from the support/info email though.
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Japan wrestles with dangers of 'smartphone-walking'(www3.nhk.or.jp)
4 points by IndySun 2y ago|2 comments
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by IndySun 2y ago
A fatal accident involving a pedestrian who was looking at her smartphone has underscored how our screen addictions can have deadly consequences. Now authorities are trying to figure out how to tackle the problem.
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by IndySun 2y ago
what do you like about '3 Women'?
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by IndySun 2y ago
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by IndySun 2y ago
Billy Eilish is not exceptional in this regard. 100s of 1000s of albums are. There's absolutely no need to single out an artist.
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by IndySun 2y ago
"Affordable home computers have been available for about ten years now, but in all that time nobody has ever produced a really helpful guide to their use. Oh sure, there have been tons of books and magazines printed about computers but
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Wonderful World of the Computer 01 by Bernard Nergfergler(acornelectron.co.uk)
1 points by IndySun 2y ago|1 comments
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by IndySun 2y ago
>Hey - one of the industry standard time stretching library is "elastique" by Zynaptiq. The company is Zplane, not Zynaptiq. Easy mistake, there is a little overlap. https://licensing.zplane.de/
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by IndySun 2y ago
>...When people say, “I have nothing to hide.” I remind them that they have a door on their bathroom... This was my 'go to' question for several years but it wasn't long until I met someone (we're actually now good fr
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by IndySun 2y ago
Why do you say "most users just use google" to login? What is this based on?
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by IndySun 2y ago
Just checking - if you're suggesting my Ask HN is from a bot, it's not. And btw, that's a wild flailing hijack.
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by IndySun 2y ago
I've previously been in touch with Abe (I email the developers of every independent software I use), but nothing back from that email for over a year. The forum was overrun with spam over a year or more ago. Perhaps someone reading thi
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Ask HN: Is PocketEarth Abandonware?
4 points by IndySun 2y ago|5 comments
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by IndySun 2y ago
Although I would have titled the post 'Shady' Patterns, I am still grateful it has been brought to my attention. Extraordinary to consider this sleight of hand multiplied over the many AWS sign ups.
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by IndySun 2y ago
It's not easy for someone from a country with national health to get into stories about health costs coming from the USA. And calling obesity a complex health issue (in parenthesis's no less) doesn't help - (almost) all healt
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by IndySun 2y ago
Perhaps the title could have been "2nd Hand Tiny Mini Micro PCs are a match for new Raspberry Pi 5s in many aspects"?
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by IndySun 2y ago
In your experience do you also find that the average person making basic errors when breathing? Are they inefficient breathers? What are the long term consequences? I changed the way I breathe several decades ago after a few yoga lessons, a
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by IndySun 2y ago
I think you're referring to me pedantically pointing out specifics in what happened, not the use of emotive language. I must take therefore 'emotional breakdown' suggesting a myriad of outcomes in the readers mind is ok with
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by IndySun 2y ago
You missed out the bit where I explained the context and object of an 'emotional' outburst. I removed 'breakdown' too. You're doing what I saw as emphasising just one part of what happened for the biggest headline.

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