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by andrewl 4y ago
Subhead: In 1960 only one US home in eight had air-con. Now American life is inconceivable without it, and the rest of the world wants to be cool too.
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Summertime, and the Living Is Easier(mondediplo.com)
1 points by andrewl 4y ago|4 comments
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by andrewl 4y ago
It’s a review of the book Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine by Anna Della Subin.
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Hard to Be a God(thebaffler.com)
4 points by andrewl 4y ago|1 comments
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by andrewl 4y ago
I don’t understand this one: M043 — start the water spray for the lifeboat (lifeboat launch sequence) Why do you spray a lifeboat with water?
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Apple, GE, Other Major Companies Ask Supreme Court to Uphold Affirmative Action(abcnews.go.com)
12 points by andrewl 4y ago|13 comments
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Japan to Foster Startups by Sending 1k People to Silicon Valley(japantoday.com)
2 points by andrewl 4y ago|1 comments
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Private Buyer Spends $6.1M on Dinosaur Skeleton as Scientists Fume(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by andrewl 4y ago|3 comments
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by andrewl 4y ago
Where do you live?
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by andrewl 4y ago
The company has for decades been helping manufacturers get the most out of their factories with sensors and robotics. Its clients include giants from just about every industry, from aerospace (Boeing) to semiconductors (Samsung and TSMC)..
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Keyence, Consultant to the World’s Factories(economist.com)
6 points by andrewl 4y ago|2 comments
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PhD Students Told to Consider Selling Avon Products to Make Ends Meet(theguardian.com)
26 points by andrewl 4y ago|12 comments
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by andrewl 4y ago
There are lots of comments on this Twitter post from Paul Graham about an Airbnb cofounder and his commitment to users: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1550276733110063104 They are similar to the ones here.
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An Expert Says Political Extremists Are Taking U.S. to Civil War(washingtonpost.com)
25 points by andrewl 4y ago|20 comments
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James Bardeen, an Expert on Unraveling Einstein’s Equations, Dies at 83(nytimes.com)
4 points by andrewl 4y ago|0 comments
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by andrewl 4y ago
Can you point to an article about the two girls from India?
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People Bank Blood. Why Not Faeces?(economist.com)
2 points by andrewl 4y ago|5 comments
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by andrewl 4y ago
Ian’s Shoelace Site: https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/
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by andrewl 4y ago
At least in the Philadelphia area, the ingredients are often summed up as “everything but the oink.”
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by andrewl 4y ago
This has worked well for me when I need something more visual than what the console offers.
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by andrewl 4y ago
It made me think of Lamdu[1] a bit. I’m glad to see people thinking and building in this area. [1] http://www.lamdu.org/
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Success in Canada means moving to America(thewalrus.ca)
180 points by andrewl 4y ago|397 comments
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Google Will Take on Apple with a Tablet and Smartwatch of Its Own(washingtonpost.com)
3 points by andrewl 4y ago|0 comments
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by andrewl 4y ago
Very interesting! I didn’t know about the redwoods in Scotland. I wonder if you’d be allowed to plant non-native trees now. There’s a dawn redwood in Brooklyn: https://greatesttreesofnyc.tumblr.com/post/125394832885&#x2
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by andrewl 4y ago
Why is the Anglo-Saxon world so individualistic, and why has China leaned towards collectivism? Was it Adam Smith, or the Bill of Rights; communism and Mao? According to at least one economist, there might be an altogether more surprising
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The Economist Who Believes Human Ingenuity Will Save the World(theguardian.com)
4 points by andrewl 4y ago|1 comments
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One Must Imagine Faust Happy(thepointmag.com)
2 points by andrewl 4y ago|1 comments
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by andrewl 5y ago
It means 8 feet high by 4 feet wide. But I’m with you: I’d like to know how long it was.
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by andrewl 5y ago
Paul Graham put this out on Twitter earlier today, and I came here to talk about it. I think YC News discussion is usually better than Twitter. I think the article is pretty good, but she does paint with a broad brush. One example is this,
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by andrewl 5y ago
I mostly use the SQLite commandline client, but when I want a GUI I use DB Browser for SQLite.

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