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by hirundo 4y ago
Some of my earliest memories are from epic tantrums. Looking back, some were triggered by events that still enrage me (Dad taking my puppy to be put down because it peed on the rug) and others that are straight from toddlerville (I don&#x27
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by hirundo 4y ago
I just had a similar experience. I cancelled my landline phone service, and was told that I cannot port the number anywhere, or even forward it to another number. The only way I can retain access to it is to retain my phone service with Wes
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Having a campus that looks like a Benetton ad isn't a compelling state interest(davidlat.substack.com)
35 points by hirundo 4y ago|33 comments
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by hirundo 4y ago
Looking forward to AR apps that map pollutant emissions from such data and project it as you travel about, making the invisible conscious. There will be more public pressure for reform if the public can see the see the point-source IRL. If
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by hirundo 4y ago
I approve, but in some places the problem is so pervasive that it may be more useful to have an <I-really-mean-it> tag.
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by hirundo 4y ago
You know what would be sweeter than shadenfreud? For Elon to find a way to make it a bit easier for people to understand each other. Maybe it's unlikely but it doesn't seem impossible, and I'd rather root for that success.
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by hirundo 4y ago
A lot of people hvae been banned for violating Twitter's COVID disinformation rules, perhaps most prominently Alex Berenson. https://www.thedailybeast.com/covid-truther-alex-berenson-fi... It will be particularly telli
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by hirundo 4y ago
It's tempting to dismiss this, but it's a bona fide randomized double blind study that found significant improvements in inflammation and pain versus placebos. And the sacrifice required amounts to wearing a patch on your foot whe
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by hirundo 4y ago
Back in the '80s there was a NORAD supercomputer called the WOPR that had cool games written specifically for it, like "Theaterwide Biotoxic and Chemical Warfare", and "Global Thermonuclear War." Now that the Russia
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by hirundo 4y ago
I was in an office tower in Santa Clara, about half way up, on the sixth floor. The building swayed so much I thought it would pitch over and kill me. But the valley had gotten off easy compared to the Santa Cruz Mountains. My brother'
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by hirundo 4y ago
The graveyards are full of indispensable men. – De Gaulle
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by hirundo 4y ago
If I look at you and recognize you I don't feel that I have violated your rights, whether I use cybernetic augmentation or not.
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by hirundo 4y ago
If HN interest is a reasonable proxy, then judging by the number of Ruby stories that flow through here, yes.
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by hirundo 4y ago
Here's Peter Zeihan saying the same thing about Russia's use of Iranian drones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToagLbv0140 He says they're mopeds with wings, and a third rate US factory could churn them out,
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by hirundo 4y ago
Depending on world leaders to be rational evil sociopaths is a game we're bound to lose.
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by hirundo 4y ago
It's both. I've worked harder then fellow students who had much better results and less hard for better results than other students who failed, and seen the same capacity follow students across classes. It's the same with phy
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by hirundo 4y ago
As a libertarian I used to be able to say "I'm culturally liberal and economically conservative." That doesn't seem to work any more on either side. Our mainstream cultural liberals and economic conservatives are ever le
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by hirundo 4y ago
Owners of the vacant office space who like collecting rent more than they hate the expense, risk and hassle. Landlords pay for it, in the expectation of making it back from tenants.
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by hirundo 4y ago
Which means that around 4.8 million square feet are now available for modification into desperately needed residential space, if only the city would permit it.
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by hirundo 4y ago
If you apply the same standard within our own species you would be accused of xenophobia. Why should it be different across species?
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by hirundo 4y ago
> (or the darker version) I default to, what if Bob wins the lottery?
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by hirundo 4y ago
The authors argue ... obesity as a metabolic disorder driven by what we eat, rather than how much. Agree. Overeating is caused by malnutrition. A lack of needed nutrients, even with too many calories, fails to satiate. A diet dense
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by hirundo 4y ago
I can only hope that part of the plunge was the result of people like me departing due to Patreon's warm embrace of coporate censorship. But yeah, probably not much of a factor.
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by hirundo 4y ago
Calling the book a “wake-up call,” Tyson spoke of the need to focus on objective scientific truths rather than excessively relying on personal truths. Although personal truths and pieces of wisdom can be beneficial, they have also led
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by hirundo 4y ago
It would be an improvement for Twitter to have the option of seeing blocked comments like HN does.
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by hirundo 4y ago
This was in 2004, and 9/11 didn't feel like old news.
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Constitutional Amendment Proposals with Broad Cross-Ideological Support(reason.com)
4 points by hirundo 4y ago|1 comments
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by hirundo 4y ago
When I moved from California to New Mexico I hauled a cargo trailer crammed full of my possessions across Hoover Dam. A cop pulled me over at the entrance and had me open it up. When he saw how full it was, he poked around it a bit, and tol
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by hirundo 4y ago
I haven't heard PTSD characterized as a hopeless disorder before. It's horrible and deadly, but time heals, or at least softens, most such wounds. What could have convinced the psychiatrists that this time it was permanent?
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by hirundo 4y ago
Airport moves to outskirts of growing town. Town grows around airport. Town chases away airport as nuisance. Goto 0.

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