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Scenes from the (Virtual) Zombie Apocalypse (2012)(buzzfeednews.com)
2 points by TMWNN 2y ago|0 comments
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NASA seeks proposals for two private astronaut missions to ISS(spacenews.com)
4 points by TMWNN 2y ago|0 comments
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SpaceX, ULA, Blue Origin win $13.7B in US Military launch contracts through 2029(spacenews.com)
3 points by TMWNN 2y ago|0 comments
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by TMWNN 2y ago
Chun Wang said that his first choice for the name of his flight would have been Polaris had Jared Isaacman not already used it.
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SpaceX's Fram2 returns from first-of-its-kind mission around Earth's poles(cnn.com)
39 points by TMWNN 2y ago|31 comments
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by TMWNN 2y ago
It all goes back to Microsoft not naming the 360 "Xbox 3" with some lame excuse for why it did so. Yes, everyone would have laughed, but no one would remember or care today that the "Xbox 5" isn't actually the fifth
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by TMWNN 2y ago
>Writing a BASIC interpreter, with floating point, is much harder. Gates, Allen and other collaborators BASIC was pretty damned good. The floating point routines are Monte Davidoff's work. But yes, Gates and Allen writing Altair BAS
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by TMWNN 2y ago
Related discussion: < https://np.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1jo08m3/til_t... >
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Why Does Microsoft HQ Use SAP Instead of Microsoft Dynamics ERP? (2012)(erpsoftwareblog.com)
4 points by TMWNN 2y ago|1 comments
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by TMWNN 2y ago
> Bytedance has been absolutely adamant that it cannot, and will not sell. You haven't been paying attention. Beijing has signaled for a while that it is open to a deal, in the context of other US-Chinese issues.
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A look back: WordPerfect on DOS (2023)(technicallywewrite.com)
32 points by TMWNN 2y ago|46 comments
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by TMWNN 2y ago
>Yeah, I don't know. My sense is that he is a very entitled young man though and so, no, he is not someone that would be reacting to his own situation. Mangione is an Ivy League engineer from a wealthy East coast family, while Thomp
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by TMWNN 2y ago
>There seems to be an increasingly large subgroup of people who would never have the nerve to commit murder but are participating in the radicalization of people that _are_ capable of doing such things. I've come to believe that the
794.
by TMWNN 2y ago
Title modified by me from "In Wealthy Bay Area Enclave, a Battle Over ‘Historic’ Homes Hits Boiling Point"
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In Wealthy Baywood [San Mateo], Battle over 'Historic' Homes Hits Boiling Point(kqed.org)
3 points by TMWNN 2y ago|1 comments
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by TMWNN 2y ago
Relevant: TIL that Haiti has had 23 constitutions since 1801, with the most recent being enacted in 2012. At least two have declared the country to be an empire. < https://np.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments&#
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by TMWNN 2y ago
>(Well, they also make espresso drinks and made-to-order deli sandwiches, so I guess it's appropriate to tip if you order those.) I disagree. I tip for delivery, and for table service. Not for a service that does not require leaving
798.
by TMWNN 2y ago
Correct. bruckie has never actually worked as a server; otherwise he would know that tipping in the US is hugely beneficial to waiters, bartenders, etc., even with the legally allowed lower minimum wage. This is why tipping has never gone
799.
by TMWNN 2y ago
The US is, according to Wikipedia, among a small minority of countries in which a majority of people drink fluoridated water. Various European countries have discontinued doing so. < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wate
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by TMWNN 2y ago
I don't know whether water fluoridation is worthwhile. But I do know that various European countries have discontinued it. < https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202219/http://www.appgaf... >
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by TMWNN 2y ago
>This is so dumb, and based on psudoscience at best, and straight up falsities at worst. I don't know whether water fluoridation is worthwhile. But I do know that various European countries have discontinued it. < https:/&#x
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by TMWNN 2y ago
ivewonyoung and raynier are still correct. TSLA today is higher than on 5 November 2024, less than five months ago.
803.
by TMWNN 2y ago
Heck, TSLA today is higher than on 5 November 2024, less than five months ago!
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by TMWNN 2y ago
>I have a hard time wrapping my head around this statement ... Then why is it suddenly different when it comes to government. Indeed. I think the media and Democrats are slowly figuring out that screaming about layoffs of federal employe
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by TMWNN 2y ago
Previously submitted by isaacfrond with no replies. < https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43469290 >
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Software maker SAP unseats Novo Nordisk as Europe's largest company(msn.com)
2 points by TMWNN 2y ago|1 comments
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by TMWNN 2y ago
Is it true that the Vectrex's vector display can damage eyes?
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by TMWNN 2y ago
Other people are saying that it's the norm in some other countries for couriers to require a OTP at delivery, something that is very rare in the US. Doesn't that imply that those places have package thievery problems far worse tha
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by TMWNN 2y ago
You no doubt thought that the only thing wrong with Maoist struggle sessions is that not enough people were their targets.
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by TMWNN 2y ago
> The most infuriating thing is that these decisions can all be overridden with some preferences What settings should we change to avoid this behavior you described?

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