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by novia 9y ago
According to the study which was linked in another comment [1] they were using the standard defined in [2]. This site shows that one pint of lager counts as 2 units of alcohol. One pint is 19.2 oz [3]. A bottle of beer is usually 12 oz, aka
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by novia 9y ago
I'm a mathematician. I can confirm that I do this.
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by novia 9y ago
Why do kids in America color at school? https://www.colorpsychology.org/10-benefits-of-coloring-page... Most of the reasons listed in that article can apply to origami. It's also just a culture thing.
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by novia 9y ago
Oh geez, oh wow, I'm glad you have never run into this problem. One of my coworkers decided to work from home today, and they decided it would be best to send updates by email addressing whether or not they were physically at their com
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by novia 9y ago
This site was absolute garbage on my smartphone. Want to share the main quote?
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by novia 9y ago
Really glad to see people like this getting called out. This story was posted yesterday and it got flagged. ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14613890 ) When I saw that, I thought the Hacker News community did not care
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Data Visualization: 2,000 Screenplays, Broken Down by Gender and Age [2016](pudding.cool)
3 points by novia 9y ago|0 comments
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by novia 9y ago
For those that may be interested, last year a very large analysis was done on screenplays to see which gender had the most lines in movies. You can probably guess the results, but if you're curious, here it is: https://puddi
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by novia 9y ago
Walmart buying whole foods would be a nightmare. They have nothing to offer to improve the experience in any way.
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by novia 9y ago
Disclaimer: I have not lost anyone this close to me yet, but I have been through several extended family deaths. I think you need to know that it is ok to grieve. No one is going to think less of you for crying at the funeral, in fact, doin
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by novia 9y ago
For those of you wondering where blackrose is coming from here, this youtube video might help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD6z64aov3o
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by novia 9y ago
At the American Federation of Labor's 1913 convention, organizers proposed that all states should pass laws that barred white women from working or patronizing Chinese or Japanese restaurants for both moral and economic reasons, Chin
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by novia 9y ago
Imgur recently started doing something really annoying on their mobile site. If you keep scrolling past the picture you were linked to, it shows a bunch of other pictures that were not posted by the person who posted the first picture. Thes
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by novia 9y ago
Every update to pokemon go is reported as the best thing ever. Wake me up when I can directly battle my friends.
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by novia 9y ago
Here's the relevant radiolab episode: http://www.radiolab.org/story/alpha-gal/
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by novia 9y ago
Wow.. the real-name policy at work.
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by novia 9y ago
especially in the context of the recent issue at Facebook. I'm possibly out of the loop, what happened at facebook? Are you talking about the fake news fiasco?
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by novia 9y ago
I worked at a company that rented out boats and jet skis. That's how they did it. If your card didn't have enough credit, tough luck. Although actually, the confidence I'm displaying above may be unwarranted. Maybe the hold v
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by novia 9y ago
The difference there is that Bill Gates was not already married. The difference there is that the role of product manager is much more skilled than the position of secretary. A product manager has the freedom to take the lead on big project
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by novia 9y ago
People in the lending business usually place a hold on your credit card for the full value of the item being rented until it is returned undamaged. The charge never actually hits the card unless something goes wrong.
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by novia 9y ago
Good point. I'm an introvert so talking to people for 8 hours wouldn't be my favorite thing in the world, but sometimes I forget not everyone is like me. When I was talking about the other jobs at WF I was thinking about like.. th
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by novia 9y ago
Not to mention all the chemicals dumped in the air during production! I'm not sure if the stone paper will create less air pollution, but it bothers me when people think creating paper is an environmentally neutral process just because
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by novia 9y ago
As a loyal Whole Foods shopper I am EXTREMELY excited by this development. The worst part about grocery shopping anywhere is waiting in line. There are a ton of jobs at Whole Foods that have nothing to do with running the cash register, and
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by novia 9y ago
The harvesting might be sustainable, but the production dumps a lot of methanol and other stuff into the air. If you've ever driven through a paper mill town you probably know the smell. According to [1], pulp and paper is the third la
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Ask HN: Companies that are environmentally friendly?
2 points by novia 9y ago|2 comments
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by novia 9y ago
When you look at the full response though.. She is supportive of the woman in the audience who spoke up. Veronika Hubeny: I applaud your heroism in standing up for what you believe in! I know well the shaky feeling and subsequent exhilarat
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by novia 9y ago
A post's ranking is penalized if it gets significantly more comments than upvotes, because generally this indicates a flame war is taking place.
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by novia 9y ago
Within the last 5 years, BWW removed honey mustard from the selection of sauces available for wings, and they replaced it with "bourbon honey mustard," which absolutely tastes like ass. Whenever that was, that's when they los
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by novia 9y ago
reselling what I thought was going to hospitals, etc. to these literal vampires is not, ah, kosher with me. Ok so... blood does have an expiration date, at which point the blood banks must throw it out. If the supply of donated blood is l
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by novia 9y ago
I want to live to 100 (or more!) because I am confident that I will be able to make new friends even as I grow older. The new friends may not get my references to 90's TV shows, but I'll be willing to forgive them for that.

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