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by paulette449 3y ago
Reminiscent of the case of "Peter Bergmann", a still unidentified man who went to Donegal, Ireland to die [1] about which an excellent short documentary was made [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Be
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The First Sherpa to Climb to the Top of Mt. Everest (1954)(newyorker.com)
81 points by paulette449 3y ago|44 comments
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Ninth edition is the latest (published 2011): https://www.amazon.com/Professional-Chef-Culinary-Institute-...
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by paulette449 3y ago
Direct link to the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31OIme0YdF4ORWvEdTyE6V
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by paulette449 3y ago
Yes, same user has a similar comment [0] posted minutes later on another thread: "This is a great article that offers some practical and insightful tips on how to disagree productively..." [0] - https://news.ycombinator
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by paulette449 3y ago
“I have made a total of … ~148 EUR from Youtube ad revenue” From 173,000 views
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by paulette449 3y ago
I wish Apple did something like this with their MLS subscription. I watch quite a lot of sport on delay. All of the games in the Apple MLS Season Pass are available to watch after the game ends, but the screenshot for every game shows the f
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by paulette449 3y ago
I went on the Seattle Underground tour, it was really interesting, strongly recommended. The website has more history [1]: "(Bill) Speidel ultimately did find the remains of the city consumed in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, a town f
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by paulette449 4y ago
I wish you success and soon. We're house hunting from the US for a house in France. We visit the target city quite frequently but you really have to be registered with every agent and then hope that they contact you if the right proper
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by paulette449 4y ago
All over the world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_library#Lists_of_Carn...
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by paulette449 4y ago
Ambiguous Cylinders 1 & 2 by Sugihara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzC-pV_moFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxspLn-B8DE
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by paulette449 4y ago
It amazes me how many of the commenters seem to think that this is a piece by WSJ journalists. It's not, it's an Opinion piece by two members of the same right wing think tank (American Enterprise Institute). Whether you agree or
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What Retirement with Less Than $1M Looks Like in America(wsj.com)
45 points by paulette449 4y ago|49 comments
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by paulette449 4y ago
Almost all banks on that list failed during the aftermath of Black Monday (1987) or during the Great Financial Crisis (2007-2010).
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by paulette449 4y ago
Sorry for going off topic but how do people pronounce "Neuromancer"? Of course it's a deliberate play on words and the obvious thing is to pronounce it Neuro-mancer but to me it has always been "New Romancer". Maybe
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by paulette449 4y ago
Great to see some love for Jeff and Llamasoft. That takes me back. For some great photos of Jeff and Ivan rather than the games, check out: https://broadbentius.com/2015/01/23/jeff-minter-and-ivan-zor...
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by paulette449 4y ago
Not the only Hollywood, and not the only Hollywood sign [1], thanks to some Irish humor. [1] - https://www.thejournal.ie/hollywood-sign-wicklow-3867190-Feb...
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by paulette449 4y ago
She [1] [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Hochul
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by paulette449 4y ago
> That makes sense, because Newfoundland was settled by the Irish I did a walking tour when I visited St John's, Newfoundland. The history recounted during the tour was that the merchant ships would leave the Southern English coast
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by paulette449 4y ago
My local bodega (Brooklyn) has one, installed in the past year IIRC. I've never seen anyone using it.
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by paulette449 4y ago
I had the same reaction The Guardian article just says: "The letters reveal Mary’s distrust of Walsingham and Sir Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who was a favourite of Elizabeth’s. In the letters, many of which were sent to the Fren
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by paulette449 4y ago
The article headline has been re-written by the original author as "The High Cost of Expensive Housing (and How Auckland Might Fix it)"
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by paulette449 4y ago
I listen to hours of podcasts each day (dog-walking, walking, running etc) and am fully immersed in the Apple ecosystem, but the Apple Podcast app is a turkey. Shallow feature set, bugs that never get fixed and an environment that doesn&#x2
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by paulette449 4y ago
Wow, that's a great read. I'm glad I posted the question. Major kudos for starting, then finishing, and finally publishing a book. Are you writing another or has the itch been scratched?
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Ask HN: Has anyone written a fiction novel? Share your experience
5 points by paulette449 4y ago|3 comments
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Article is from June 2020. I know why it is re-surfacing now, but I can't imagine why it was a big deal when originally published. So-called influencers earn their income from paid sponsorships from many industries, whether they admit
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by paulette449 4y ago
These are great for super lightweight pourover (0.64 ounces). The listing says 1.5 cups per use but I think that's ambitious. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B098W5RMF1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...
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by paulette449 4y ago
While this thread is about crows, I can't recommend Bernd Heinrich's books, many of which feature his relationship with ravens, highly enough. A Year in the Maine Woods [1] is a classic. Mind of the Raven [2] and Ravens in Winter
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by paulette449 4y ago
The article features a link to a local newspaper article [1] and quotes extensively from it. [1] - https://www.alreporter.com/2022/12/15/opinion-wetumpka-cat-l...
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by paulette449 4y ago
This "avoid the beaten path for tourists" but also "pick Kyoto". Hmmm. If you really do want to go (slightly) off the beaten path, try Yokohama (a short hop from Tokyo), Kobe (rebuilt and revitalized since the ruinous ea

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