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by atourgates 2y ago
The real answer at the end of the article is, "Maybe, we don't know yet, but we will soon." > Some of the criticism of the Quagga Project could be put to rest next year. That’s when Annelin Molotsi, a molecular biologist w
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by atourgates 2y ago
As a progressive in a deep red state, there is a certain amount of exhaustion that comes with feeling like an outsider. I like many things about where I live, and I've become practiced at getting along with people that I have deep disa
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by atourgates 2y ago
I mean - we do sort of. We just TNR them (trap, neuter, release), because we don't have much appetite to euthanize fuzzy cute animals we see as pets. Sadly, it looks like the program is struggling to find funding: https://w
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by atourgates 2y ago
I was thinking about technological solutions. Maybe some combination of cameras (thermal, traditional, maybe even Lidar) combining data and processing it to detect at least likely pythons. It wouldn't have to be perfect, but I imagine
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by atourgates 2y ago
While "a major department store in every town" is probablty a thing of the past, my impression is that at least in major European capitals, the "national" department stores are still going strong. I make it a point to tr
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by atourgates 3y ago
Yep. That's exactly right. When a phone call comes in, or I get a notification (text, calendar, app notification etc) - my Apple Watch does a really good job of (quite often) giving me enough info from my wrist that I don't need
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by atourgates 3y ago
My guess is around notifications and handoff to iPhone apps. I tried Garmin watches, and they're certainly better as "exercise tracking devices" than anything Apple offers, but they weren't tightly enough integrated with
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by atourgates 3y ago
Not gave. Sold. I don't mean to cast aspersions at Bob or his company, but articles frequently suggest that Bob gave his company away and that's simply inaccurate. That's not what happens in an ESOP. What does happen is that
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by atourgates 3y ago
One of the things I have trouble understanding is why "rural mountain towns near large population centers" are exploding in the West, but not the East. I understand some of the issues. The mountains are smaller and the snow isn&#
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by atourgates 3y ago
I found this to be a fascinating article, and the problem is illustrative of problems in our society on a number of levels. The biggest problem is of course, societal. One anecdote from an anti-theft taskforce in the article showed that le
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by atourgates 3y ago
Most of it is much more opportunistic than that example. > "But over the course of the task force’s existence, which lasted nearly a year, only 34 of the roughly 700 people arrested or cited for stealing from trains were part of the
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by atourgates 3y ago
I can't find it at the moment, but in the last year or so there was a really informative "why aren't developers building more affordable housing" article on (I believe) NPR. There were lots of factors, but basically it c
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by atourgates 3y ago
They're not wrong. Check out the graphs on this page: https://www.longtermtrends.net/home-price-median-annual-inco... The Home Price to Median Household Income Ratio is higher than it's been in 70 years. Between 1
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by atourgates 3y ago
OP posted a bit more info in this Reddit thread for anyone curious: https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/agij7x/remember_t...
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by atourgates 3y ago
Even if my kids forget them all, I won't. The first time we traveled internationally with our kids (a 5-year-old and nearly-2-year-old twins), my wife and I assumed the kids wouldn't really care, but we'd go anyway because we
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by atourgates 3y ago
Yeah, exactly right. Whether you do pre-med or an engineering undergrad, you should have the same amount of debt/time. Though of course I simplified everything to not really account for interest. Assumedly, an engineer would be able
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by atourgates 3y ago
Sure, but the max frost-line even in Anchorage, Alaska is like 10-feet down. A 5-foot deep hole is gonna get you temperatures that a heat pump can function at 365 days a year in all of the continental United States, and most of Canada and
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by atourgates 3y ago
> But you have to dig a really deep hole Well, you can also dig a relatively shallow long trench, if you have space for it.
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by atourgates 3y ago
Just want to expand on that "tuition/debt/time" bit. TL;DR: Becoming a physician requires sacrificing an additional 6-10 years of your life to education and training beyond what you'd expect for most careers, and as
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by atourgates 3y ago
This is interesting if it's true: "David Grolic also noted that these aircraft are affordable and paying for one is comparable to paying for a car. They also have low operational costs, consume little energy, and are easily mainta
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by atourgates 3y ago
The problem is that “to watch sports” bit. Apart from pirating, the only way to watch, say, NFL Football, your local baseball team and say Division 1 College Football games is gonna be with one of those $70/mo+ packages. I would love t
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by atourgates 3y ago
Could someone help me understand how to interpret this line: > Higher mushroom consumption was associated with lower risk of total cancer (pooled RR for the highest compared with the lowest consumption groups: 0.66; 95% CI: 0.55, 0.78; n
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by atourgates 3y ago
I read the headline and immediately thought of ways I’d could sneak mushrooms past my mushroom-disliking child. For him it’s the texture, so we might be looking at some cream of mushroom soup.
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by atourgates 3y ago
I believe you based on my experience with the salve, but I’m the opposite. Very much, “I just want it to work.” Here’s what I’ve found useful from a smart home: * I can leave for a week or weekend, let the house get quite hot or cold (obvio
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by atourgates 3y ago
I expect many HN readers have come across an article in their “area of expertise” and wanted to confidently shout to the world “OMG THIS IS SO WRONG!” This is my moment. I can’t read the actual paper, so possibly it’s just badly reported he
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by atourgates 3y ago
They shoulnd't. But it's silly to pretend that context and history don't matter. This is a state where white people historically enslaved black people, where many of the white residents are descends of slave owners, and many
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by atourgates 3y ago
If you’re offended by a piece that suggests it’s odd to have a week-long all white get-together in a state where 36% of the population is black, I’d suggest the piece and the author’s supposed bias are not the issue.
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by atourgates 3y ago
The author has no sense of self preservation! > Demonology is a topic I’ve been interested in ever since I read Stuart Clark’s brilliant Thinking with Demons. However, it’s also one I find intimidating to do real research in, since so ma
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by atourgates 3y ago
I've been trying to think this through a bit. The way I understand it is: There are two cars waiting to go through an intersection. The Cruise and the Human-Driven car. The light turns green, and the Cruise's pathway through the
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by atourgates 3y ago
I noticed the same on Alaska flying last weekend. As soon as I activated the "Free Messaging" service, I got a bunch of notifications from my Apple Home and Google Nest devices.

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