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901.
A possible "Planet Nine" in Earth's solar system would orbit far beyond Neptune(space.com)
63 points by curtis 9y ago|50 comments
902.
How Did I “Hack” AWS Lambda to Run Docker Containers(hackernoon.com)
1 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
903.
Another Look at Millennials and Mortgage Payments(motherjones.com)
1 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
904.
Cocoa canoe washed up by Hurricane Irma may date to 1600s(whas11.com)
2 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
905.
First detection of the missing half of normal matter in our universe(newscientist.com)
474 points by curtis 9y ago|10 comments
906.
Diagnosing a Linux-only unit test failure(codeblog.jonskeet.uk)
70 points by curtis 9y ago|23 comments
907.
What Puerto Rico Looked Like a Week Ago(theatlantic.com)
2 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
908.
by curtis 9y ago
At least one version of Robert Zubrin's Mars Direct[1] plan calls for attaching the crew module to the booster stage with a tether and then spinning them to provide artificial gravity. This diagram is a good visual explanation: https
909.
by curtis 9y ago
The rotational radius has to be pretty large to be practical, but the spaceship itself doesn't need to be particularly large. This is because you can attach to a counterweight with a cable and spin the whole system about a point somew
910.
by curtis 9y ago
I think all of Robert Forward's stuff would qualify. My favorites are Rocheworld (AKA The Flight of the Dragonfly) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocheworld and Dragon's Egg - https://en.wikipedi
911.
Archaeologists found a copper blade in Switzerland that's similar to Ötzi's ax(livescience.com)
3 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
912.
Puerto Rico Status Dashboard(status.pr)
2 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
913.
Two Io9 Staffers Watch Blade Runner for the First Time, What They Thought(io9.gizmodo.com)
1 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
914.
by curtis 9y ago
I had intended to use the full title, and only just now realized that I messed it up.
915.
Puerto Rican Hospitals Battle Life and Death Daily(npr.org)
145 points by curtis 9y ago|75 comments
916.
by curtis 9y ago
It's also been 11 or 12 days since the hurricane hit Puerto Rico. But for the first week, the reporting seemed pretty sparse even though it was obvious they had been hit really hard.
917.
by curtis 9y ago
Well, yeah. But Maria was the third hurricane in a row. Maybe the news was suffering from hurricane fatigue combined with a lack of information coming out of Puerto Rico at the same time.
918.
by curtis 9y ago
I think the quality and quantity of reporting coming out of Puerto Rico has suffered from both its political status and the fact that it is an island at a considerable distance from the mainland U.S. However, I think the situation has been
919.
Some things that get reported by the media will later turn out to be wrong
3 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
920.
by curtis 9y ago
> States are reducing the number of years for which an account has to be dormant, from seven to three, and are changing the trigger from returned mail to the investor's failure to reach out affirmatively to restake their claim on t
921.
Escheatment: States scoop up investment accounts as unclaimed property(investmentnews.com)
3 points by curtis 9y ago|1 comments
922.
Scandinavia’s earliest farmers exchanged terminology with Indo-Europeans(humanities.ku.dk)
2 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
923.
Factbox: Relief Efforts in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria(usnews.com)
1 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
924.
One Puerto Rican nursing home struggles to get power and keep patients alive(latimes.com)
1 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
925.
The Solar Garage Door(curtisb.posthaven.com)
1 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
926.
by curtis 9y ago
The other 3 graphs in the article go up to the 24th or the 25th.
927.
Learning about China’s Cultural Revolution by scouring the Tianjin flea market(vancouversun.com)
1 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
928.
The Media Really Has Neglected Puerto Rico(fivethirtyeight.com)
3 points by curtis 9y ago|2 comments
929.
by curtis 9y ago
I think the quality and quantity of reporting coming out of Puerto Rico has suffered from both its political status and the fact that it is an island at a considerable distance from the mainland U.S. However, I think the situation has been
930.
by curtis 9y ago
I subscribed to the print version of Newsweek for something like 20 years, and at least in the 80s and 90s it was a pretty decent source of information even if it was somewhat format limited (think of it as the 168 hour news cycle rather th

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