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Hacker News is just trying to light a candle in the darkness. Of a gasoline station.
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https://bypasspaywallreader.com/search.html?url=https%3A%2F%...
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The U.S. has imposed tariffs, screwing trade, and is running a deficit the size of a large galaxy to pay for a police state. Immigrants, a major contributor to the economy on all levels, from blue collar to advanced scientific research, are
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The typical "This is wonderful" proposal doesn't advertise a wonderful cookie for PG&E > But Culleton said the coalition never told him that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal would cap the amount PG&E and other investor
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There is only one reason for this economically, socially and diplomatically absurd and insane trade war episode: (and that Iranian one. Does anyone remember the attack on Iran?) The Epstein Distraction Act.
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My experience is that many of the books at Anna's Archive were scanned at the Internet Archive, using some compromise exposure setting that renders halftones decently, but puts text on a dingy gray background.
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Technology sediments. The science fiction of yesterday becomes the norm of today (takes phone call on wristwatch) But what we (as techies) do with technology is a choice. We can make things better or build roach motels for people, to rob th
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I ran out of soft paywall cookies (will clear cookies in a minute) https://health.yahoo.com/your-body/childrens-health/articles...
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Opinion: Big companies are (secretly) in favor of regulation, because it burdens small competitors to the point of failure. Ain't it the case everywhere?
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Warning. Alex Jones interview.
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I use characters from the phonetic alphabet to prevent misspellings of some easily mis-heard characters. But not zed, rather zebra. I don't use zulu. I watched too many StarTrek episodes with Mister Sulu. Interesting history, nonethele
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Didn't someone invent a laser system that zaps insects in flight? Swallows? Only one that sort of works is called California. Dry summers, sometimes too dry.
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> I was young. My parents had bought me a thick blue book called something like 1001 Facts About Space. One page explained that inside every black hole, as matter spiraled past the fluttering edges of rent time and space, there was a bou
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I have no qualms about Palantir. (checks under bed)
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If you want to grow it up, I think you can find customers. Harvest hikes bills by 1500% after purchased by Bending Spoons (bbc.com) [0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49374920
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And what if China threatens the Netherlands with nuclear missile attack not to export to the United States? You know, "Well, if we can't have it, neither can you?"
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404.
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Trump ran against war, in fact, outright isolationism, and many on the right, albeit a minority, are sticking with isolationism. As more snafu's like the two Navy failures come to light, perhaps more. Nobody wants endless wars. And who
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Apparently, shipping containers. There's a book. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Princeton University Press makes Chapter 1 available. https://assets.press.princeton.
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https://archive.is/20260819205811/https://www.theatlantic.co... It's a glorification of centrism, the Democratic party's favorite fast track to ruin, and Frum is talking about ideological issues. In
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https://archive.is/20260819195249/https://www.economist.com/...
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> "When you're a government official you swear an oath, you're working for a federal agency, you're just held to a higher standard," said Robert Fisher. (a Boston attorney who is not involved in the Morens case )
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My take on irrational "hate" speech. It's projection -- smearing and blaming someone else for one's own fears, weaknesses and failures, rather than taking responsibility for oneself. It seems the gist of this piece is no
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Various misspellings and goofs from Spanish, as in Nova ≠ No Va. But there are others. Camaro ≠ camaron (shrimp) And even in English, no misspelling needed. therapist ≠ the rapist. manslaughter ≠ mans laughter.
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Hi, Simone! Great question and "short" reply. Love and trust. Set wide boundaries. Be an example, Live what you say. Kids pick up on hypocrisy immediately. Protect and teach discernment, protecting oneself against harm (some marti
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First things first. Load up the Ghost Text extension for your browser. I had a nice reply composed, forgot to activate Ghost Text, and it went "poof" My daughter is now 200 miles away and probably could hear me swearing. Anger is
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My main objection is that people use AI to replace, not abet, logical reasoning and problem solving. In tech, I used to call this practice "button-pushing", doing things with basically no understanding of the problem, the tools at
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Opinion: The Bible and other works, let's say, The Lotus Sutra, are metaphorical. Anything that is truly timeless is, because times change. Again, IMO, the purpose of metaphor is for you to create a special meaning from your experience
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> Elon Musk confirmed on Tuesday (June 23) that SpaceX will call its planned AI satellite megaconstellation "Starmind". > The choice should come as no surprise, as it continues the company's long-running stellar naming
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We all have different reactions. I personally seem to get headaches from alcohol, which saves me money and trouble, and restrict it to at most a little with dinner. So that may be true. Two experiences that I recall. Statistically insignifi

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