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by erehweb 1y ago
From 0511 local, originally posted on X: "Due to a computer networking problem BART service is suspended system wide until further notice. Seek alternate means of transportation. Find more info at http://bart.gov/alte
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All BART (Bay Area rapid transit) shut down due to computer networking problem(twitter.com)
5 points by erehweb 1y ago|2 comments
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by erehweb 1y ago
Your first sentence is false in US at least. Census says that 81% of households have a desktop or laptop https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024/computer...
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by erehweb 1y ago
Harper's (where the article was originally published) requires you to submit by snail-mail, but many places require email submissions. Guessing that computers won partly because they are a lot more convenient for publishers - if you&#x
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Tech Workers are just like the rest of us: miserable at work(wsj.com)
26 points by erehweb 1y ago|7 comments
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by erehweb 2y ago
See also Krugman's paper on the theory of interstellar trade https://www.princeton.edu/~pkrugman/interstellar.pdf
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Ask HN: Is there an intuition for Minesweeper parameters?
1 points by erehweb 2y ago|1 comments
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by erehweb 2y ago
I think you are misunderstanding the purpose of a headline. "Purple exists only in our brains" is a reasonable summary. Your last paragraph is not a headline.
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by erehweb 2y ago
It looks like unintentional moderate and intentional moderate on chart switched, unless I'm misunderstanding?
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Billionaire and Oscar winner make documentary about investing(wsj.com)
2 points by erehweb 2y ago|0 comments
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by erehweb 2y ago
Doctors Without Borders has a page showing examples of this https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/c3-give-now - various vaccines and treatments available for under $1 / person and making their life easier. So donati
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by erehweb 2y ago
Lots of people saying that this is completely obvious. I'm not so sure, but the article summary is not much help there - we are almost at the end when the researcher explains what she claims the advance is. A better article would start
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by erehweb 2y ago
As Ionesco may have said, the French for London is Paris.
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by erehweb 2y ago
The article mentions that Gatsby's stories are a little inconsistent, and that Nick would have realized this. Do critics generally think that Gatsby fully made them up and perhaps bought a Montenegro medal, or is he just being loose wi
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by erehweb 2y ago
Are you saying that your have your FAANG employer's approval for your entrepreneurial activities, or that you don't need it? I'd be suspicious of the latter.
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They Named Their Companies Lumon. Then 'Severance' Aired(wsj.com)
1 points by erehweb 2y ago|0 comments
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by erehweb 2y ago
Pecunia non olet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecunia_non_olet
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by erehweb 2y ago
There is a story of a student taking an oral exam at Oxford or Cambridge many many years ago. Examiner: "What is electricity?" Student: "Oh, I do know, I mean I used to know, but now I've forgotten." Examiner: &quot
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Has UK rail's Elizabeth line shown what rail investment can achieve?(theguardian.com)
5 points by erehweb 2y ago|1 comments
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X hinted at possible deal trouble in talks with ad giant to increase spending(wsj.com)
3 points by erehweb 2y ago|4 comments
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by erehweb 2y ago
See https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4216831/what-does-c... for some discussion on convergence using constructive mathematics.
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by erehweb 2y ago
Computer
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How to fix the job application nightmare(wsj.com)
1 points by erehweb 2y ago|0 comments
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by erehweb 2y ago
People certainly believe there is huge waste in government, but that doesn't make it true - people believe all sorts of incorrect things. Politicians have been running for years on plans to cut "waste, fraud, and abuse" in go
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Robots have trouble walking in mud. Giving them hooves helps(wsj.com)
3 points by erehweb 2y ago|1 comments
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Amazon's messy push to bring everyone back to the office(wsj.com)
4 points by erehweb 2y ago|1 comments
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by erehweb 2y ago
Interesting idea, but I wasn't able to get the digital implementation to respond at all.
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Phishing tests, the bane of work life, are getting meaner(wsj.com)
3 points by erehweb 2y ago|1 comments
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She Wrote a Racy Book. Now She's Worried Her Son Will Find It(wsj.com)
2 points by erehweb 2y ago|0 comments
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by erehweb 2y ago
See also the Canadian satirical news show that claimed that dogs in Montreal would have to be bilingual. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/no-dogs-don-t-have-t...

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