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Poland in the 80's Through the Lens of French/Swiss Photographer Bruno Barbey(imgur.com)
210 points by curtis 8y ago|115 comments
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John Berkey and the Mechanical Planet(kitbashed.com)
14 points by curtis 8y ago|1 comments
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Plastic armour(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by curtis 8y ago|0 comments
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White House Moves to Deport Vietnam War Refugees(theatlantic.com)
28 points by curtis 8y ago|15 comments
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Colorado Springs undertook a radical experiment in government(politico.com)
2 points by curtis 8y ago|0 comments
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by curtis 8y ago
Even if this is a good idea, it seems like a slider is the wrong way to control it. You really only have a few discrete levels, and as a reader you probably always want to be able to tell which level you're at. So maybe some radiobutt
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by curtis 8y ago
I think "High-tech jackal-dogs" would make a better submission title. It's used in the article as a section title and it seems like it better represents the content.
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High-tech jackal-dogs(rbth.com)
3 points by curtis 8y ago|0 comments
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by curtis 8y ago
> Despite its intense temperature, the peak power generating density of the core overall is similar to an active compost heap... I've seen this comparison before and it also seemed quite surprising to me. But in hindsight maybe i
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Hook on PG&E Tower Eyed as Cause of Deadly Camp Fire(nbcbayarea.com)
95 points by curtis 8y ago|117 comments
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by curtis 8y ago
This article has a lot more information about the Sulimov dog: https://www.rbth.com/longreads/jackals/
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A jackal's nose for the job(rbth.com)
107 points by curtis 8y ago|13 comments
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Jackal-dog hybrids help find explosives at Moscow airport(rbth.com)
1 points by curtis 8y ago|0 comments
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by curtis 8y ago
One thing to keep in mind is that there is a big difference between Indian developers who work for outsourcing firms in India and Indian developers who work directly for American firms here in the States. I've personally worked with
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Jackal-dog hybrids help find explosives at Moscow airport(rbth.com)
2 points by curtis 8y ago|0 comments
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Are there any sci fi books that are especially good on audiobook?(reddit.com)
1 points by curtis 8y ago|0 comments
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Why Do Hospitals Hate Sleep So Much?(motherjones.com)
689 points by curtis 8y ago|509 comments
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by curtis 8y ago
> In the end, the sci-fi trappings of our love story are irrelevant: ... Just before I got to this paragraph I was thinking how this article could have been a science fiction short story similar to ones I'd read back in the 80s or
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Strange earthquake waves rippled around Earth(nationalgeographic.com)
441 points by curtis 8y ago|113 comments
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by curtis 8y ago
The title (currently "1st anthropologist to visit says Sentinelese aren't hostile") isn't going to sound right to anyone who is familiar with the most recent news. What he's saying, however, is that they're no
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by curtis 8y ago
> ... you are more out of touch than the president telling us we need to "rake the forest floor". I don't want to come down too hard on someone proposing an idea in good faith, ... I think this is a terrible response. I
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by curtis 8y ago
I know people on Hacker News have no love for multi-level concrete parking garages, but it seems to me that such structures could easily be engineered to withstand the effects of a fire like this one. This way residents could shelter in pl
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by curtis 8y ago
The film is a straight up criticism of fascism and authoritarianism, but it's not a criticism of the book because Verhoeven only ever read one or two chapters of the book.
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Why ‘Predator’ Is a Subversive Masterpiece(screenhub.blog)
2 points by curtis 8y ago|1 comments
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by curtis 8y ago
The article at The Hollywood Reporter is better: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stan-lee-marvel-comic... .
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Marvel Mogul Stan Lee Dies at 95(thedailybeast.com)
64 points by curtis 8y ago|10 comments
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by curtis 8y ago
They're boosters, they can boost themselves, so it seems like you could make them delta-V neutral. Atlas V regularly launches with solid fuel boosters which are much larger and more powerful than an Electron, so it seems like there&#x2
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by curtis 8y ago
I can't help but wonder if there are some interesting applications for electrically pumped rocket engines beyond just the small satellite market. For example, could you attach 3 or 4 Electron-derived boosters to an Atlas V first stage
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David Tamowski, 58, was lost in the New Zealand bush for 10 days in April 2015(backpacker.com)
3 points by curtis 8y ago|0 comments
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A Solar Storm Likely Detonated Dozens of Sea Mines During the Vietnam War(gizmodo.com)
71 points by curtis 8y ago|8 comments

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