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by kbutler 1y ago
...less fit for their environment excluding human fishing pressure.
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by kbutler 1y ago
...haven't /INTENTIONALLY/ discriminated by size... The article says smaller fish could more easily escape the nets. Though it doesn't cite studies documenting that, it does seem reasonable.
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by kbutler 1y ago
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/infant_mortality_r... I wonder how the consistent gestational period adjustments would affect the statistics for the various states.
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by kbutler 1y ago
Like eating a vegetables and proteins is just more of the same fats and sugars? I live a long distance from my parents and siblings - technology helps me retain some closeness with them that would not otherwise be possible. I live close to
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by kbutler 1y ago
Thanks! Any bets which link stays valid longer? I also like this related comic: https://dilbert-viewer.herokuapp.com/1995-07-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20150309041557/http://dilbert.c
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by kbutler 1y ago
Hardware happiness - I've enjoyed checking in to these specs every few years... 35" monitor 20 megs of ram 1.2 gigabytes of hard disk space https://web.archive.org/web/20150205042406/https://dil
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by kbutler 1y ago
Please consolidate with existing post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44003445
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by kbutler 1y ago
This is a good theory and may have been an actual motivation to shut it down.
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by kbutler 1y ago
We last moved on a very short notice after 20+ years. Got rid of lots of stuff, but ended up moving a bunch we didn't have time to sort through. Got to get back to sorting & discarding - or maybe, if it's still in the box, I d
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by kbutler 1y ago
The moving company also failed to provide contracted and paid for services, as acknowledged* by a company representative. The poster is thus owed a refund from the company in addition to the insurance payment, which covered damages. * &quo
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by kbutler 2y ago
Define ad infinitum What you don't get with pay TV Originally for cable, but then you got ads with cable. Then for streaming, but then you got ads with streaming. Physical DVDs? Ads. Paid Roku device? Ads. Paid windows
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by kbutler 2y ago
I'd rather have a list of links with text ads I can ignore...
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by kbutler 2y ago
In a live orchestra performance, the conductor raises his hands. The audience quiets in anticipation. He gives an up tick indicating the beginning of the music, then the downbeat of the start of the first measure. No sound is heard. The con
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by kbutler 2y ago
> Lidden ordered the [plutonium] from a US-based science website and they were delivered to his parents' home. Anybody have the URL? https://www.luciteria.com/element-cubes/plutonium-for-sale?s... says "so
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by kbutler 2y ago
Yes, I've never considered worker skill (much less race) to be a factor in the low quality of mass-market items. The mass production process and target price point seem much more relevant. That said, mass production processes are also
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by kbutler 2y ago
Besides interference and lying about specs, cables can be designed for durability or not. I buy cheap cables from China. They generally work-to-spec out of the...plastic bag, but may not handle frequent plug/unplug cycles or any sort o
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by kbutler 2y ago
Yes, if you only count "federal government employees" https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CES9091000001 But this neglects the millions of contractors and other positions that are also funded by government spen
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by kbutler 2y ago
The problem with a persistent bureaucracy is that it selects for bureaucrats in favor of perpetuating and expanding the bureaucracy. So a political appointee who wants to expand government finds willing allies. An appointee who wants to red
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by kbutler 2y ago
You can generally permanently delete with one action - but be sure you want to! GUI: select item(s) and Option-Command-Delete Command-line: rm -rf folder-or-file-path (or srm to securely remove)
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by kbutler 2y ago
I autohide the dock when I get a new mac, and usually manage to forget it exists. Command-Tab to switch apps, Command-Space to open apps. Why would I want the Dock?
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by kbutler 2y ago
Thinking too small. Every line is potentially /many/ bugs.
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by kbutler 2y ago
Can scan the archive.today capture: https://archive.ph/zPBbZ
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by kbutler 2y ago
Best to put it surname first: Fox, Kit
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by kbutler 2y ago
"schlep"
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by kbutler 2y ago
Netscape wanted to call their new language "JavaScript" to piggy-back off the popularity of Java. Sun Microsystems owned Java(tm), and allowed Netscape to use the name while retaining the trademark. Netscape was purchased by AOL
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by kbutler 2y ago
Also Bruno https://github.com/usebruno/bruno I believe both Bruno and Hoppscotch are "open core" with expensive paid plans for additional/enterprise functionality, and they limit community-contributed fu
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by kbutler 2y ago
I was surprised there wasn't more of a line of red from sunrise/sunset. It's probably because the composition algorithm takes a central line through each image (a line through the zenith), so it captures relatively few horizo
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by kbutler 2y ago
Tired: Wired Expired: Wired subscription
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by kbutler 2y ago
I hear this, but it seems a shallow take. You'd generally have to have the urban areas be one state, and everything else another. But those areas still have large numbers of people aligned with the other party, so those people will be
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by kbutler 2y ago
> It appears that you are the one attempting to rewrite, the claim is that both cooling and warming were reported on in mass media, I posted several headlines and links in mass & scientific media promoting the global cooling belief,

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