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The Secret to a Longer Life? Don’t Ask These Dead Longevity Researchers(nytimes.com)
13 points by jonah 9y ago|2 comments
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by jonah 9y ago
Part of it may be that he was badly burned in a crash in Vietnam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Shul#Vietnam_war https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajjlNYvO1CU
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by jonah 9y ago
If you haven't heard him tell it, it's worth a listen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg73GKm7GgI
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by jonah 9y ago
I just drove the I-5 highway through California's Central Valley yesterday. There are hundreds and hundreds of almond and other orchards with thousands of trees each along the way. They are in full bloom. Just beautiful. Each orchard h
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by jonah 9y ago
"This is clearly just possible for this high-value crop, but there are not enough humans in the world to pollinate all of our crops by hand." We have so many crops that rely on bees. There is no way we'd ever be able to polle
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by jonah 9y ago
When visiting our grandparents as kids, my siblings and I got to play with our dad's and uncle's sets. They lived in Germany at just the right age to have them. Well love stones acquire an awesome, soft, rounded off shape.
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WFIRST, the NASA Space Telescope Trump Wants to Cancel(theatlantic.com)
2 points by jonah 9y ago|0 comments
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by jonah 9y ago
It says so much about so many things so simply.
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by jonah 9y ago
After Yellowstone, she transferred to Crater Lake where she met her now husband. I visited them there in the middle of winter - that was a neat experience, exploring the shuttered park with 30 feet of snow on the ground.
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by jonah 9y ago
My brother-in-law is the director of sustainability at the company which operates Bright Angel[1] and El Tovar[2] at the Grand Canyon. It so happens they're there this week for the company's annual meeting. Timely article. They ma
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by jonah 9y ago
Or Spotify.
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by jonah 9y ago
Sonos just released a new speaker that works with Alexa (and I think others coming?). https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/one.html
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by jonah 9y ago
Indeed, like the whole "movement". Their site though, has news, a forum and Wiki: https://www.tfes.org I suppose there's a spectrum of how firmly tongue is planted in cheek.
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by jonah 9y ago
Elon Musk and The Flat Earth Society had this twitter exchange[1] a couple of days ago: @elonmusk "Why is there no Flat Mars Society!?" @FlatEarthOrg "Hi Elon, thanks for the question. Unlike the Earth, Mars has been observed
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by jonah 9y ago
Lots of great photos in his slides.
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by jonah 9y ago
He has a number of great pieces on his site. I'd also recommend "The Hunt for the Death Valley Germans" http://www.otherhand.org/home-page/search-and-rescue/the-hun...
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by jonah 9y ago
If they were that close, out the window.
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by jonah 9y ago
One of my favorites. Here's Brian Shul telling the story live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg73GKm7GgI
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by jonah 9y ago
Volunteering is awesome and I'm glad you have found a niche and are recommending it. For me, it's been excellent too but I chose something physical, challenging, outdoors and completely unrelated to tech. Selfishly, it's a ne
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by jonah 9y ago
Tyler Rogoway's article mentions the US Navy is on standby with their Submarine Rescue Diving Recompression System[1] in case their help is requested. But hopefully it's on the surface but disabled and will be located soon. [0] h
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by jonah 9y ago
Another point of clarity is that Annulments are easier to get than is implied by the article. It's a process, but you don't have to be wealthy or powerful. (As an aside, the whole concept of declaring a previous marriage invalid -
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by jonah 9y ago
And that's the the issue at hand. Francis wants a larger, more merciful Church while his predecessor, Benedict, was on record preferring a smaller more conservative Church. We'll see how it goes - large, old institutions move slow
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by jonah 9y ago
There's a bit of imprecision near the beginning of the article of which clarification is only hinted at by the end and might be missed by those not familiar with the details. "Last year, one cardinal, backed by a few retired colle
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by jonah 9y ago
Because the majority of his electors (the College of Cardinals) are also good guys. (The article places conservative dissenters at the recent synods at 1/4 - 1/3.)
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by jonah 9y ago
Some raw video from The Japan Times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRl_03_jNwE
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The Canadian Ghost Town That Tesla Is Bringing Back to Life(bloomberg.com)
3 points by jonah 9y ago|1 comments
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Electric cars set world's nickel miners on new course(reuters.com)
2 points by jonah 9y ago|0 comments
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A Planetary Scientist: 'I Do Not Want to Live on Mars'(npr.org)
53 points by jonah 9y ago|64 comments
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by jonah 9y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15506021
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After Pressure Over Security Concerns, IRS Suspends Equifax Contract(forbes.com)
2 points by jonah 9y ago|0 comments

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