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by dmschulman 9mo ago
When Michelle Obama pushed for better school lunches she was excoriated for trying to get healthier foods into the hands of children. Glenn Beck's response was "Get your damn hands off my fries, lady. If I want to be a fat, fat, f
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by dmschulman 9mo ago
They didn't develop a new font, they improved an existing font that's packaged inside a larger design library used for building government websites. Creating a standard that states, cities, municipalities, townships, etc can utili
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by dmschulman 9mo ago
HN would probably hate it but I've been digging Panic World. They investigate mostly modern media or internet-driven moral panics and discuss how they've led us to our current moment. Lots of 90s/2000s internet deep dives, bu
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by dmschulman 11mo ago
People have varying immune responses to getting vaccines, but feeling crummy after getting a flu shot has nothing to do with whether the vaccine used mRNA technology or not. I would say people who end up bedridden for 3 days are in the mino
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by dmschulman 11mo ago
The business model for pharma and drug discovery is unfortunately one that requires a lot of upfront investment for research and trials that may or may not pay off as revenue one day. The technology they invented is incredibly promising for
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by dmschulman 11mo ago
The incentive many times is to create a scarcity of talent for other tech companies by hiring as many experts as you can. Facebook, Amazon, and many others have been employing this strategy for over a decade, but now that the era of cheap m
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Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official(msn.com)
13 points by dmschulman 1y ago|1 comments
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by dmschulman 1y ago
Eh, if this is true then IBM and Intel would still be the kings of the hill. Plenty of companies came from the bottom up out of nothing during the 90s and 2000s to build multi-billion dollar companies that are still dominate the market toda
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by dmschulman 1y ago
Regional Rail runs a little on the expensive side. Round trip from Philly back to the suburbs is $17.50. I take that to get to work sometimes. The bus, subway, and trolley are extremely affordable for what they are. Over 1/4 of the res
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by dmschulman 1y ago
Pennsylvania could be so much more for its residents but we're a state bogged down politically by rural districts that do everything within their power to kneecap the our two major economic hubs/cities: Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
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by dmschulman 1y ago
not once, but twice with iraq in 1990 and 2003 (just to name one). but you still haven't fielded my question.
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by dmschulman 1y ago
name one instance where congress wasn't involved in decisions around war powers.
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by dmschulman 1y ago
just a quick googling: https://www.newsweek.com/who-curtis-yarvin-conservative-link...
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by dmschulman 2y ago
Russia noticeably absent from the global and per-country tariffs
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by dmschulman 2y ago
hmm what could have happened in the last 3-4 years that would impact US life expectancy? also a huge part of that decline is preventable death due to drug overdose.
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by dmschulman 2y ago
Like every smart device, the Snoo isn't actually that smart. We have a 1 month old and bought a Snoo second-hand in anticipation and way before they changed the terms of their app. Where you'd expect the Snoo to dutifully monitor
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Hanging on the telephone: Maguire Museum tracks America's disappearing payphones(whyy.org)
2 points by dmschulman 3y ago|0 comments
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Make Bell Labs an Internet Museum(medium.com)
3 points by dmschulman 3y ago|1 comments
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by dmschulman 3y ago
Bell Labs, the historic headwaters of so many inventions that now define our digital age, is closing in Murray Hill, its latest owners moving to more modern headquarters in New Brunswick. The Labs should be preserved as a historic site and
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Amazon will cut 'several hundred' Alexa jobs as it ends unspecified initiatives(geekwire.com)
81 points by dmschulman 3y ago|109 comments
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by dmschulman 4y ago
Very shameful the US government would post Santa's assassination coordinates.
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by dmschulman 4y ago
This is common in reporting "human interest" stories. If you know someone who knows someone who knows someone who is up to something unique, is that any different than getting a tip from your community? This is not a story of cons
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Teva Is Facing Adderall Supply Disruptions as Demand for ADHD Drug Soars(bloomberg.com)
3 points by dmschulman 4y ago|0 comments
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by dmschulman 4y ago
Take the commentary on Reddit with a grain of skepticism and an understanding that people are speaking from a personal point of view, not an expert point of view. I treat the information I find via Reddit as a strong data point, but not the
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by dmschulman 4y ago
His right to privacy isn't being violated by ElonsJet. The information being used is public knowledge.
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by dmschulman 4y ago
I'm confused by their introduction. The author cites changes in family structure in two specific neighborhoods (Fishtown in Philadelphia and Belmont in Massachusetts) but uses this data point to imply an unsubstantiated national trend.
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by dmschulman 4y ago
You can 100% mute and block people on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, most main line social media platforms. Hell you can even mute keywords on Twitter and never have to deal with seeing another tweet about Will Smith slapping someone. Should
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by dmschulman 4y ago
A lot of the Ceephax aesthetic is taken directly from the BBC's Ceefax service. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceefax
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by dmschulman 4y ago
It goes even deeper, Legowelt is Xosar's husband.
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by dmschulman 5y ago
Free speech

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