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by nkurz 5y ago
It's easy to miss, but the top photo on the article shows a photo of Meza in a track suit running a marathon, and a blurry photo of someone who looks like Meza wearing the same outfit riding a bicycle. The caption includes "photo
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by nkurz 5y ago
Mostly that. The theory is that using the definite article implies Ukraine is part of some larger region, which is a highly charged political statement. This Wikipedia article has more details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
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by nkurz 5y ago
I don't think there is such a thing. The closest I know of is https://hckrnews.com , which shows a chronological list of everything that hits the front page. In some ways, this is the best that you can do, because once a s
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Upcoming US Supreme Court decision could derail Biden’s climate plan(nature.com)
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by nkurz 5y ago
If you'd prefer hard copies of these watercolors, there's a recent apple "opus" that came out that includes 1400 of them: https://www.jakkawpress.com/ . It's a six volume set, currently marked down
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by nkurz 5y ago
Most of these seem reasonable, but why do you suggest that he lie to his ISP by telling them his router is broken instead of buying a new one himself? You are casually suggesting he commit fraud to save $100. What are you thinking?
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by nkurz 5y ago
I wasn't aware either, but your guess appears to be correct: "Between 1848 and the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869, the principal mode of transportation between California and the east coast of the United State
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by nkurz 5y ago
Maybe. There's also reporting saying that Poland might still transfer some of their fleet if the details can be figured out: https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/is-poland-sending-fighter-... (I'm not sure of t
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J. Kenji López-Alt says you’re cooking just fine(newyorker.com)
196 points by nkurz 5y ago|169 comments
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by nkurz 5y ago
> In short, this is just the usual mainstream media pandering. Pandering to whom? I'd agree that it's a mostly a standard list, but I was surprised to find it in mainstream publication. I was impressed that the list was pres
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Why don’t some people want to get the vaccine(theguardian.com)
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https://outline.com/BdZg6N
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by nkurz 5y ago
You are forgetting that the human body is nowhere near 100% efficient at burning fuel to put power into a pedal. To produce 400 watts of mechanical power, the body consumes about 4 times that amount of fuel (25% efficiency). Consuming 200
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by nkurz 5y ago
Good point about user involvement, but I'd wager that there are at least 3 more "secrets". The first is that a lot of the moderation is done algorithmically. Things like "flamewar detector" cool down stories that lo
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by nkurz 5y ago
>> I have this nagging feeling the US really wants a proxy war in Ukraine for whatever reason > For what reason? There's no upside for the US. No net upside probably, but there might be some small positives for the US. Here&#
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All you'll ever want to know about pruning and training fruit trees [pdf](boyernurseries.com)
4 points by nkurz 5y ago|0 comments
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What Is the Apolipoprotein B-100 (ApoB) Test?: https://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/what-is-apolipo...
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by nkurz 5y ago
I'd guess that it's not in compliance with GDPR because it's not a European site, and thus not required to be. If you want to delete the account, you'll have better luck sending email to "hn@ycombinator.com".
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by nkurz 5y ago
I don't think the exact threshold is public, but it often seems to kick in when there are more comments than upvotes. The term to search for is "flamewar detector". Dan has quite a few comments that offer a little more infor
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by nkurz 5y ago
Certainly some journalists don't understand basic statistics, but counter to your insinuation, I'd guess the author of this piece does. Among other degrees, she has a Masters of Science in Biochemistry from UW-Madison: https:&#
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by nkurz 5y ago
It would be nice if this worked, but in Google's defense, this is an odd combination of an exact search phrase of common words and then a couple categorical terms that don't have to actually appear on the page. If you help it by
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by nkurz 5y ago
It strikes me as high too, but it's possible that he needed more than a 200A 240V main panel to meet code for his very large solar panel system. In the US (I don't know about Canada where the house is) there is a 120% rule, which
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by nkurz 5y ago
I don't think this is true. Could you source this? I've had several small outdoor electric hot tubs, and all of them have had dedicated heaters. The couple times I've had problems with the heater, the symptoms involved the
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by nkurz 5y ago
Apologies if it's not the type of feedback you are looking for, but I strongly agree with the OP. I find the name so confusing that I have trouble even thinking about it. Quite possibly the problem is me, but if you are trying to re
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by nkurz 5y ago
As ghastly as the whole story is, it's the unexpected failure mode that seals it as a metaphor: Another serious training mistake was revealed later; the Soviets used their own diesel engine tanks to train the dogs rather than German t
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Anti-Tank Dog(en.wikipedia.org)
21 points by nkurz 5y ago|6 comments
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I found the intro a little confusing, but I think his conclusion is really strong and apt: I am not writing this piece to advocate for the protest and its participants. I am writing this piece to ask Canadians like me whether we want our f
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by nkurz 5y ago
Yes. I'm 50, and grew up before the common use of car seats for children. Children of all ages would commonly ride in the front seat, or even in the back of pickup trucks. Even today, only about half the states have rules specifying
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I'm not sure if you caught this or not, but I think the actual key to the story is that the child in the rear seat of the car and looking out the side window at the light for the stopped crossing traffic. Unfortunately for the anecdo
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by nkurz 5y ago
> the author decided to fill in some gaps by just making stuff up I think you are being too harsh on the author. While it's true that deer and moose are commonly found in the same areas today, on an evolutionary timescale this is a

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