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by docdeek 4y ago
The tweet seems to imply this was not an unexpected death on his part. Was he unwell?
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Google brings AI testing app to Mac, probably by accident(appleinsider.com)
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FTA: In 2019 there were about 648 million people living in extreme poverty, subsisting on the equivalent of $2.15 per day or less. Those 648 million people made up 8.4% of world population — representing an improvement over 1990, when 35.9%
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Actual title (too long for HN): Mass. health officials worked with Google to covertly install COVID ‘spyware’ into 1M phones, lawsuit claims
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Compensation is likely warranted but no one really wants to 'kill two of theirs to payback for two of ours', do they? That's not likely to lead to justice.
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Apologies - I didn't mean it like that. Obviously dark nights, cloud cover and snow impact generation capacity. I'm thinking structurally, though. Unlike rain or cloud, snow will add a heap of weight to panels. I'm wondering
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Does anyone know what happens to these panels in the snow?
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I suspect it is a trade off: problems for alcoholics if you cut off the supply versus more problem drinkers if you maintain supply but people cannot go to work, spend time with others etc.
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All these people complaining about not being able to afford the price of bread. Why don't they just eat cake?
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How I Made a Smart Package Delivery Box (2020)(dcrainmaker.com)
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Chess outcast Hans Niemann says he was a top cyclist. Was he really?(cyclingtips.com)
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Actual title: Six Jewish Companies Own 96% of the World’s Media Flagged this antisemitic trash.
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> Historically, efforts to create cities by decree have not worked well. Aren’t there a number of big cities that have been built by decree and work well? I’m thinking of capital cities like Canberra (AUS), Brasilia (BRA) and Washington
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For fans of the cycling monuments: https://www.ismilansanremoexcitingyet.com
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Fascinating. I don't think I had ever stopped to think about the age of the fish on my plate when it was caught. Thank you for sharing.
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The thread addresses this: "(NOTE: the product we’re suing about should not be mistaken for curing salt which is only 6% pure SN and used to cure meats.).
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That looks really neat - thank you.
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This looks great for my son who is interested in science but shipping to Western Europe at $45 for a single $10 foldable microscope is a little too steep. Hope they can find a local EU supplier some time in the future.
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Affinity has a suite that is pretty nice (not affiliated with them, just like the tools and didn’t want to pay a subscription for my rather occassional use).
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Probably important to note that the House of Commons is on recess (as the article does) so this is not exactly storming the Parliament bulding and breaking into a full house.
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I don't drink alcohol but I am a big fan of beers without alcohol. Tasting different non-alcoholic beers is a hobby of mine and I like to keep a nice record of what I've tried, when and where, country of origin and more. I've
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Does Murdoch own the New York Times? I didn't think he did...
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Ex-pat Australian - maybe Australia is slightly less worse off than Germany when it comes to an aging population. Quick Googling suggests Australia’s +65 year old population is expected to be about 25% by the 2050s [1] while Wiki suggests G
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Matt Mullenweg thinks Tumblr can be a better Twitter than Twitter ever was(techcrunch.com)
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I was traveling around north-west Australia in 2001 and hadn’t seen the news in weeks. I stopped at a cheap hotel in Broome for a couple of days as a treat and to take a warm shower after weeks of camping, switched on the TV, and saw the wa
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Interesting - I had never heard of these guys before the most recent episode of the Planet Money podcast on NPR. https://www.npr.org/2022/07/22/1113115868/little-house-on-th...
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It depends on the country. Filming someone in public where they are the subject of the video (or photo) without their consent is illegal in France. If this had been recorded in France instead of Australia, the rights of the subject (the wom
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Very interesting - thanks for sharing. I'm not a scientist and the only time I've come across discussion of phages before was in the Michael Crichton novel, Prey.
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Not OP but, since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian state-backed media in France has been blocked/blacklisted. RT had three (or four?) different channels on TV here (English, French, Spanish, and Arabic I think) and they all hav
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FBI Child ID App(fbi.gov)
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