benrapscallion

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by benrapscallion 4y ago
I asked ChatGPT. Response: A person who unnecessarily complains and is grumpy might be described as a "grouch," "crank," "curmudgeon," or "grump." These words suggest someone who is habitually irritab
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by benrapscallion 4y ago
FWIW, I love Lynx on my Mac, especially for ad-heavy websites. I miss the "in browser" services that brow.sh [1] used to provide. [1] https://www.brow.sh
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How do you auto sync the subtitles?
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Strangely, the article fails to mention that the hateful and religious symbols are actually not the same: they’re mirror images.
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Use Tweetbot together with the “Open in Tweetbot” Safari extension.
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Douglas Prasher who cloned the green fluorescent protein became a courtesy cab driver at a dealership, until he was brought back to the lab by Roger Tsien. https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/how-bad-luck-and-bad-n...
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Capiche.com
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Full form?
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The Nobel citation reads as if John S. Bell should’ve gotten the prize
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Atrocious that David Reich and Nick Patterson were not recognized, although this is typical of the Nobel committee.
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Number of ants on earth estimated at 20 quadrillion(washingtonpost.com)
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Via Wikipedia: Slack began as an internal tool for Stewart Butterfield's company Tiny Speck during the development of Glitch, an online game.
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The Economist
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Partially related: is there a simple metric and/or a website with data on the supply of cars vs. demand? To see how long before the supply constraints ease up and which brands are most affected?
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All the more reason to use my Apple Card (MasterCard-issued).
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What is your point? I tried to pick out a quote that was a reason for submitting this, that highlights how the world could’ve lost a great chemist to a first-year undergrad professor’s rule. That quote is not 80 characters.
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by benrapscallion 4y ago
Because of HN’s word limit.
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“I quit UVA after three weeks.” -Wolf Prize winning chemist Stuart Schreiber(dneel.substack.com)
3 points by benrapscallion 4y ago|5 comments
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The Uber Files(washingtonpost.com)
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Yet another proof that the advertising industry is a cancer on humanity.
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I used to use their web interface a lot but it has been shut for years now.
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Ask HN: Cheapest and simplest solution for a daily email alert to myself?
3 points by benrapscallion 4y ago|6 comments
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by benrapscallion 4y ago
I pay for NewsBlur and have been doing so for years. It is an underappreciated, excellent, fully-featured, indie RSS feed reader with support for twitter and youtube etc. It can extract full text from feeds. It can both receive emails (new
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by benrapscallion 4y ago
I am not a techbro (not from a tech field) and I don’t want new features, only that the ones it has not stop working. Especially when I am paying for it.
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HN has a full time maintainer @dang. And HN hasn’t started failing at its basic tasks like posting or commenting.
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Or: Thanks for contacting the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau. This is Special Agent Jones. How can I help you?
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Only a bot can fight a bot. I expect altruistic counterbots to come to people’s rescue by engaging the AI. Maybe a GAN?
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I believe this scam works by then reversing (withdrawal) of the PayPal funds.
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Well, the archiving hasn’t been working.
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by benrapscallion 4y ago
Likewise. I switched to Raindrop.io.

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