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781.
The mystery of why some people hate raw tomatoes(blogs.scientificamerican.com)
39 points by monort 10y ago|49 comments
782.
Arctic tern(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by monort 10y ago|0 comments
783.
by monort 10y ago
I never was overweight, but tried to lose weight for the aesthetic reason. 3 kg of fat can be a difference between "no abs" and "visible abs".
784.
by monort 10y ago
This happened before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causeway_Bay_Books_disappearan...
785.
Shenzen's hire-bike explosion(publicaddress.net)
1 points by monort 10y ago|0 comments
786.
by monort 10y ago
Some (most?) hotels do overbooking, just like airlines.
787.
by monort 10y ago
Cat meat is popular in Asia, especially in Vietnam.
788.
Selection against variants in the genome associated with educational attainment(pnas.org)
1 points by monort 10y ago|0 comments
789.
How to Legally Own Another Person [pdf](fooledbyrandomness.com)
3 points by monort 10y ago|0 comments
790.
by monort 10y ago
Can you sue owners of gasoline cars or a coal power station nearby? They are allowed to pollute and not to pay for their externalities.
791.
by monort 10y ago
Air quality is a bad example, it's a public good only for the reason that you can't sue those, who pollute air at your private property.
792.
The Immortal Bard (1954)(mayofamily.com)
31 points by monort 10y ago|11 comments
793.
by monort 10y ago
Russian ruble was backed by a tax-collecting power and a large military too, but they still had a hyperinflation period during 90s. It's easy to mismanage a currency for the precise reason, that it is not backed by anything.
794.
by monort 10y ago
Imagine you are not required to pay taxes and everything is voluntary. Would you donate to an entity, that spends just 16% of donation on killing people? Why do you feel different when this entity is your government?
795.
1-click IPSEC VPN in the Cloud(github.com)
4 points by monort 10y ago|0 comments
796.
DockerSlim: Optimize and secure your Docker containers(github.com)
3 points by monort 10y ago|0 comments
797.
“Exhalation” by Ted Chiang (2008)(lightspeedmagazine.com)
137 points by monort 10y ago|33 comments
798.
Energy return on investment – which fuels win?(carbonbrief.org)
1 points by monort 10y ago|1 comments
799.
Intervision Song Contest: The Soviet Union's Answer to Eurovision(blog.insureandgo.com)
1 points by monort 10y ago|0 comments
800.
Old Design Patterns in Scala(lihaoyi.com)
2 points by monort 10y ago|0 comments
801.
by monort 10y ago
You should decide on compensation or jail time in a will, not your family or government.
802.
A Week with the New Macbook Pro with Touch Pad(medium.com)
68 points by monort 10y ago|53 comments
803.
by monort 10y ago
MRI, Blue LED, Scanning Tunneling Microscope, Graphene
804.
by monort 10y ago
10000 mAh batteries is totally possible to buy, I use one from ZeroLemon. Of course, the phone is much bulkier, than with original battery, and phones with replaceable batteries are dying out.
805.
Mathematical universe hypothesis(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by monort 10y ago|0 comments
806.
by monort 10y ago
That is the idea of mathematical universe of Tegmark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_universe_hypothes...
807.
Mixins Are Better for Performance(csswizardry.com)
2 points by monort 10y ago|0 comments
808.
Raiders of the lost Walmart(consumerist.com)
2 points by monort 10y ago|0 comments
809.
Edict on Maximum Prices(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by monort 10y ago|1 comments
810.
Why Chrome 53 Is Rejecting Chase Bank's Symantec Certificate(sslmate.com)
2 points by monort 10y ago|0 comments

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