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by pirocks 7y ago
There is a belief among many that the current situation in Hong Kong is caused by the housing situation in Hong Kong. Part of why taxes are so low in Hong Kong is that the government profits from the housing situation(by owning most of the
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by pirocks 7y ago
On the case of California all the salaries of public employees aka. University of California employees are public, Googleable information.
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by pirocks 7y ago
I'm not sure I understand this comment. Perhaps someone could rephrase it?
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I have a browser extension which automatically removes any results from Pinterest in searches.
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I'm curious as to whether LEAN is the right choice for this. LEAN is rather hard to parse, and complex, as a consequence of being designed for use by humans. Perhaps specifying the problem(s) in a small superset of first order logic wo
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by pirocks 7y ago
https://outline.com/ujBNtS For those who don't feel like consenting to tracking/ are using firefox incognito like me, and can't seem to get past consent page.
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It is also worth pointing out that you can still buy paper bush tickets, and can use cash to do so.
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The Future of Mathematics [pdf](wwwf.imperial.ac.uk)
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by pirocks 7y ago
I believe most ejection cable aircraft have a switch for changing between "eject both of us", and "eject just me". The actual ejection is set off by a rather large, difficult to use on accident, bar/lever. By defaul
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by pirocks 7y ago
Sorry for being pedantic , but there is no Boeing 747 Dreamliner, perhaps you meant 787?
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Ask HN: How much would you pay for adblock in real life?
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They are doing more than vscode/slack though, so it is understandable that lots of ram is needed.
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I think Khan academy for higher math/physics/chemistry /CS would be invaluable. Maybe it could be crowdsourced in some way?
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Did you know that there are parts of the United States where paying for firefighters is optional(not included in taxes), but if you don't pay and you have a fire they will not put it out.
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by pirocks 7y ago
Intellij can sorta do this for Java if you fo ctrl+shift+space.
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Not sure exactly how to phrase this comment. If I see a computer with an antivirus on it(besides the default windows defender thing), I assume it is less secure than something with an antivirus. Most often it was installed by someone who wa
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WD Purple Surveillance Hard Drive(wd.com)
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Total fertility rate
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by pirocks 7y ago
Text part of post: This week I talked with Yuval Noah Harari as part of my series of discussions on the future of technology and society. He's a historian and author of Sapiens, Homo Deus, and 21 Lessons For the 21st Century. Many hist
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Mark Zuckerberg -This Week I Talked with Yuval Noah Harari(facebook.com)
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The new kid in town who wants to buy Jet Airways(qz.com)
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Anna Delvey: The Trial of New York's Fake Heiress(bbc.co.uk)
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Netherlands 'hosts most child sex abuse images'(bbc.co.uk)
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Natalia Fileva: Russia airline co-owner dies in private plane crash(bbc.com)
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Laser Class removes LaserPerformance as approved builder(sailingscuttlebutt.com)
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UK MPs vote to delay EU departure(bbc.co.uk)
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MPs vote to reject no-deal Brexit(bbc.co.uk)
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Mark Zuckerberg predicted a food trend(theguardian.com)
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by pirocks 8y ago
Flight radar states that it was a 737 max 8 and the crash seems to have been shortly after takeoff. Seems a awful lot like the lion Air crash a few months ago. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/et-avj#1f
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Ethiopian Airlines: Boeing 737 Crashes on Way to Kenya(bbc.co.uk)
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