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by a3n 6y ago
That isn't necessarily the mental state of HN. Given the nature of HN, it could just reflect interest in the subject.
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by a3n 6y ago
Wait - can you use org mode without knowing emacs as much as a vim user knows vim? Like, maybe, knowing the default shell line editing keystrokes?
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by a3n 6y ago
> Fugazza says only dolphins, parrots, apes, and killer whales have so far been shown to imitate people. Would not surprise me if an octopus could imitate humans. But it would delight me.
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by a3n 6y ago
Trucker here. You could work on replacing diesel trucks with electric.
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Ask HN: Why so many flagged articles recently?
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by a3n 6y ago
Ignorant layperson here. "But it's like she just wants to be this warrior." I think, for QAnon, this is especially relevant. Some people feel that they have no way to make a significant contribution. Child abuse is significan
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by a3n 6y ago
"Where Are You Going to Go?’ " ... We are causing this,” Yes, we are causing this. And as an essential worker (trucker), who rents (not in California), all I can do is vote, converse, and post the occasional snarky comment. If my
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by a3n 6y ago
"Are you working?" - "Not during this specific second." "Are you working?" - "Not during this specific second." "Are you working?" - "Not during this specific second." ...
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by a3n 6y ago
Would I be any smarter than I am now? Because I'd hate to be useless and live forever.
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by a3n 6y ago
Diabetic. My checkups include doctor gently poking my feet with a thin probe to see if I can feel it, visually inspecting my feet, and reminding me to visually inspecting my feet for damage that I might not have felt.
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by a3n 6y ago
I thought people in SV are paid what they're paid because they're uniquely qualified and productive, making their employers extremely profitable, or salable. Is that no longer true when they don't sit in a SV chair?
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by a3n 6y ago
They have a big operation south of Denver.
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by a3n 6y ago
I suppose if they're able, workers with children should quit and go somewhere more child friendly. Most ... no, all of the places I've worked, except the USN, have been matter of factly child friendly. It shouldn't be hard to
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by a3n 6y ago
When do you want it to be ok?
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by a3n 6y ago
Loud is the salt of music. The population will eat anything if it's salty enough.
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by a3n 6y ago
Euthanasia would become compulsory, like a draft, so that people who build personal power would have leverage and patronage.
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by a3n 6y ago
Gopher. Archie. There was one where you would email a request, it would email back some resource indentifiers, then you would email back the resource you want and back it came. For when your employer allowed email but not open internet.
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by a3n 6y ago
Buy a used station wagon.
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by a3n 6y ago
Beware changes to TOS. That seems a particularly dangerous dataset. When you buy a rental property you have to abide by current leases until they expire. There out to be something roughly similar for PII, acquisition, including actively end
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by a3n 6y ago
Doxing as a service.
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by a3n 6y ago
It depends on which side of the zoom screen you're sitting.
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by a3n 6y ago
> Local television stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group As soon as I read the headline I knew it would be them. Be careful. Your local station, that you might trust, may have been bought by them. https://duckduckgo.c
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by a3n 6y ago
> to be coming true. To be coming true? The production of military systems, like fighters and ships, has been spread across the states and counties for decades, to the point that Congress will stuff an unwanted system down the Pentagon&
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by a3n 6y ago
> Nuclear trains might make sense Modern steam engines! But I guess they'd have to construct a lot of water stations. The stops to take on water might negate some of the advantages.
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by a3n 6y ago
Searching this page for " eel " or " eels " yields no results. Why? Do the tracks increase or decrease the likelihood that a hovercraft will fill up with eels?
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by a3n 6y ago
My first thought at the headline was that as people head home to isolation, the coins in their pockets stay home with them. Which is probably true. But the article talks about closing businesses, and those coins leaving circulation until
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by a3n 6y ago
Truck driver. Many truck stop convenience stores, many Walmarts have signs asking for coins, and/or to use plastic. Saw one sign offering coin redemption (I guess in one of those machines) for no fee.
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by a3n 6y ago
Why numbering should start at zero. https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD08xx/E... You might find his other papers and notes interesting for your group.
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by a3n 6y ago
Well, they have to track people that they aren't tracking. Otherwise they wouldn't know who they're not tracking.
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by a3n 6y ago
Sure would be.

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