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Researchers solve mystery of the galaxy with no dark matter(phys.org)
64 points by curtis 7y ago|40 comments
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by curtis 7y ago
I'm on Android, so maybe the implementation is a little different. It's a default setting for me, I didn't turn it on.
123.
by curtis 7y ago
It will auto-uppercase stand alone "i", but, yeah, as far as I know it doesn't do general auto-correct. I've never been a fan of auto-correct, so I regard that as a feature. I recognize that that's a minority posi
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by curtis 7y ago
I use MessagEase[1] on my phone. I don't think I'm any faster than I would be with the conventional keyboard, but it seems like my accuracy is a lot better. It wasn't that hard to learn the basics, but I still have trouble
125.
by curtis 7y ago
> Personally I want to know about the murderer. I don't want this hidden from the public. I want to understand what the murderer's motivation was, to the extent that we can. On the other hand, I'd be happy to know that
126.
Giant logged long ago but not forgotten (2011)(seattletimes.com)
24 points by curtis 7y ago|11 comments
127.
by curtis 7y ago
This article barely mentions lead, which seems like a big oversight. See Kevin Drum's "An Updated Lead-Crime Roundup for 2018": https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2018/02/an-updated-le... .
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Researchers shed light on the complex evolutionary past of bedbugs(sheffield.ac.uk)
11 points by curtis 7y ago|0 comments
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A smartphone app that can hear ear infections in children(washington.edu)
63 points by curtis 7y ago|33 comments
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A long-lost vessel from the 1800s was found by accident as NOAA tested equipment(cnn.com)
25 points by curtis 7y ago|5 comments
131.
by curtis 7y ago
> Our initial thoughts that a bark shield would be too fragile for use in battle were turned on their head by our experimental work which showed that the shield could stand up to heavy impacts, including protecting from arrows. A bark s
132.
One couple’s private efforts to help the Seattle homeless(seattletimes.com)
1 points by curtis 7y ago|0 comments
133.
“18 Money”: The Ho-Chunk Nation's Children’s Trust Fund(madison.com)
1 points by curtis 7y ago|0 comments
134.
We Need a Word for Destructive Group Outrage(bloomberg.com)
2 points by curtis 7y ago|0 comments
135.
An internet mob falsely painted a Chipotle employee as racist(cnn.com)
103 points by curtis 7y ago|61 comments
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A Rocket Built by Students Reaches Space(wired.com)
191 points by curtis 7y ago|66 comments
137.
by curtis 7y ago
We are definitely building upwards in Seattle, as anyone who has been through South Lake Union lately can attest.
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by curtis 7y ago
I haven't watched The Big Bang Theory regularly in a long time but I always enjoy it when I catch it in re-runs. A lot of people claim to hate it because it makes fun of "nerd stereotypes". I never found it insulting, thoug
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What We Know About the Voynich Manuscript [pdf](isi.edu)
2 points by curtis 7y ago|0 comments
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The “Linen Book of Zagreb”: The Longest Etruscan Text(en.wikipedia.org)
89 points by curtis 7y ago|21 comments
141.
by curtis 7y ago
I'm no fan of The Stranger, but this was a very good article and I think it's worth people's time to read it. If you're wondering who Bret Weinstein is, this is a short snippet from his Wikipedia[1] page: > Weinstein
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Seattle police use family DNA, latest science to identify killer 52 years later(geekwire.com)
146 points by curtis 7y ago|172 comments
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Conversion of the Voynich MS's handwritten text into a computer-readable format(voynich.nu)
3 points by curtis 7y ago|0 comments
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by curtis 7y ago
This video shows how the Owen Gun works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5kW4sKd-sQ I think the Owen Gun is not just interesting because it was a successful indigenous Australian design, but also because it was so clearly
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What caused Seattle crane to collapse?(seattletimes.com)
49 points by curtis 7y ago|33 comments
146.
Coin found off northern Australia may be from pre-1400 Africa(theguardian.com)
127 points by curtis 7y ago|36 comments
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Australia’s Owen Gun(warfarehistorynetwork.com)
32 points by curtis 7y ago|7 comments
148.
by curtis 7y ago
Noise in general is a problem, but in particular it seems to me that emergency vehicle sirens have gotten much louder over the last few years. Also, the flashing lights on police cars seem like they're a lot brighter. Am I just imagi
149.
Would Your Dog Eat You If You Died?(news.nationalgeographic.com)
3 points by curtis 7y ago|0 comments
150.
Are Avocados and Almonds Vegan?(cnn.com)
14 points by curtis 7y ago|104 comments

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