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Tree Rings Reveal Origins of Some of the Best Violins(nytimes.com)
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by divbzero 7mo ago
Oh yes, typing two hyphens (--) to represent an em dash (—) is something I’ve definitely seen and used. I’ve just never seen anyone type an em dash (—) but display it as two hyphens (--).
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by divbzero 7mo ago
I’ve never seen anyone intentionally render em dash (—) as two hyphens (--). The code OP used to modify Roboto is surprisingly short, almost as concise as the Norvig spellchecker that OP references. https://norvig.com/spell-
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by divbzero 7mo ago
> even though he specifically was looking for it The historian was looking for conceptual connections between Ptolemy and Galileo, but the discovery of Galileo’s handwriting in Ptolemy’s book seemed to be a surprise.
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by divbzero 7mo ago
There doesn’t seem to be an ulterior motive beyond “Muahaha, see the trouble I can cause!”
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Gulf insurance costs soar 12-fold despite US president's guarantee(ft.com)
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Lawsuit alleges Gemini guided man to consider mass casualty event before suicide(sfgate.com)
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People in northeast BC say rest of province should embrace year-round time zone(cbc.ca)
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Mountain photographer stumbles on large collection of Triassic dinosaur prints(scientificamerican.com)
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by divbzero 7mo ago
> The S, K combinators defined by Moses Schönfinkel on December 7, 1920, are together known to be computation universal. On December 7, 2020, Stephen Wolfram made the suggestion that S alone might also be universal. I wonder how long i
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by divbzero 7mo ago
So wonderful that someone at WED Enterprises chose to reply encouragingly to a 10-year-old kid. “They rejected it straight away, they don't accept unsolicited ideas” or ignoring altogether seems to be the standard legally-defensive res
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The only FAA-registered ice runway in the continental US(nationalgeographic.com)
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by divbzero 8mo ago
Adding the obligatory disclaimer: Berkshire Hathaway selling $1.7B of Amazon stock is likely a decision by Ted Weschler or Todd Combs, still notable but not necessarily Warren Buffett himself.
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Amtrak offers first look at Airo equipment(trains.com)
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What it was like to be a bush at Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance(nbcnews.com)
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by divbzero 8mo ago
Thanks for contributing to research. What was the “experimental season”? Why was there an experimental season vs. running RHIC all year?
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by divbzero 8mo ago
An HN post earlier this week declared that “AI is killing B2B SaaS”: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46888441 Developers and businesses with that attitude could experience a similarly rude awakening.
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Tips for Using Claude Code from the Claude Code Team(twitter.com)
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by divbzero 8mo ago
I wonder if locals have always known about the tomb, but never realized it could be of interest on an international level.
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by divbzero 8mo ago
This xkcd is featured as the maintainer’s user icon on GitHub: https://github.com/millert
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by divbzero 8mo ago
But, on the whole, the server seems to be doing well enough for something near the top of HN. The website is served by nginx and appears to be mostly static pages.
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by divbzero 8mo ago
“Machine Room Temperature” from Todd C. Miller’s website: https://www.millert.dev/therm/ Server exhaust fan temperature was typically 94°F (ranged 92°F to 96°F) over the previous week and has climbed to 97°F.
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by divbzero 8mo ago
This anecdote from history feels timely given the recent shift of Apple’s iWork suite (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) from being bundled with Macs to being a freemium subscription. https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/28&#x
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by divbzero 8mo ago
Instead of trying to think of just any animal, I found it easier to add a constraint… 1. Animal that starts with A 2. Animal that starts with B 3. Animal that starts with C … (I also appreciated the easter eggs: “Are you Australian?” and “Y
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by divbzero 8mo ago
In another half century, will this sound like “How compilers impact the formation of assembly coding skills” sounds today?
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by divbzero 8mo ago
What we could do is increase the number of IP addresses available. Just imagine if we enlarged the IP address space from 32 bits to 128 bits: Every device on the Internet could have a unique IP address!
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The US is on the verge of losing its measles elimination status(apnews.com)
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Amazon Salon (2021)(aboutamazon.co.uk)
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by divbzero 8mo ago
They should have left it as “Amazon 5-Star” with nearly 5-star products.
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by divbzero 8mo ago
The local Amazon Fresh is closed this afternoon with a sign reading: We are closed for the remainder of the day. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please come back tomorrow during our normal business hours.

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