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The Day I Found Out My Life Was Hanging by a Thread(wired.com)
17 points by plg 9y ago|3 comments
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by plg 9y ago
https://ia.net/writer/blog/ia-writer-5-from-raw-to-cooked-to...
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by plg 9y ago
I once complained to a flight attendant and she simply said, you're free to pay more to sit up front where there is more space. And then she looked me right in the eye and said "after all, flying is not some kind of guaranteed hum
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by plg 9y ago
I'm 6'4" and I can assure you that for me at least it's not a "marginal" increase in comfort. For me, 10 yrs ago, a standard economy seat on a major airline was OK. My knees grazed the seat in front, but whatev
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by plg 9y ago
How much would it cost to have a chef supply and prepare dinner 5 nights a week for a family of 4? I don't mean takeout from a restaurant. I mean "home cooked meals".
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by plg 9y ago
hasn't McMaster (in Hamilton Ont. Canada) done this for ... decades?
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by plg 9y ago
will it play Apple Music / iTunes Store DRM'd tracks?
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Ask HN: What's a lightweight web pkg for photos for family to view?
4 points by plg 9y ago|1 comments
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How video games evolved to solve significant scientific problems(arstechnica.com)
1 points by plg 9y ago|0 comments
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by plg 9y ago
I like the font. Is is possible/legal to use the SF Pro Text webfont? PS I know the desktop font is available for download at the apple developer site ... but I'm talking about the web font
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Nevertheless, she persisted(neurodojo.blogspot.com)
2 points by plg 9y ago|0 comments
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by plg 9y ago
like many things in science and engineering, (and life in general) it comes down to this: what is signal, what is noise? most of the time there is no a priori way of determining this you come to the problem with your own assumptions (or you
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by plg 9y ago
So it can only really happen at low altitudes, and at low altitudes, planes are designed so that an open door is not catastrophic. I don't know about you but I actually find this story reassuring, despite the sensationalism. tldr: if s
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by plg 9y ago
What about straight male vs female in the class? I don't see that graph. In the 1980s I was accepted into Computer Engineering at Waterloo (undergrad coop program) but decided against it, partly, because at that time it was like 90% ma
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A Tour of the Tibble package in R(tjmahr.github.io)
2 points by plg 9y ago|0 comments
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by plg 9y ago
I don't get it --- why would a supermarket chain be interested in software that allows one to control a mobile phone from a computer?
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Testing the PCG random number generator(johndcook.com)
4 points by plg 9y ago|0 comments
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Crucial Q for new programmers: do you feel invited in?(harpers.org)
1 points by plg 9y ago|0 comments
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by plg 9y ago
I'm an academic. If there was something that was: 1. not siloed in a binary format, i.e. could export to a plaintext-ish format 2. had a gui for those who want it 3. had seamless citation/bibliography tools, e.g. based on Citation
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by plg 9y ago
honest Q --- I'm not trolling I swear --- is Apple's iCloud any better in this regard? I know it's not cross platform... but if one is using Apple stuff exclusively, is the iCloud Documents in its current incarnation usable?
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by plg 9y ago
"steers clear of politics" I imagine there were many people in 1972-1973 who were also saying they hope discussions "steer clear of politics". I know the mandate of HN (to the extent there is one) is not "politics&q
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by plg 9y ago
How do you play the game while holding the ipad with both hands?
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by plg 9y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtuHgl35TT4
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It's time for academics to take back control of research journals(theguardian.com)
3 points by plg 9y ago|0 comments
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by plg 9y ago
Which of these iBooks books constitute this curriculum? All of them? It's a bit confusing what to use and where to start.
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by plg 9y ago
“Ad-driven systems can only reward attention,” Mr. Williams says. “They can’t reward the right answer. Consumer-paid systems can. They can reward value. The inevitable solution: People will have to pay for quality content.” I for one am wil
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The Internet is Broken(nytimes.com)
3 points by plg 9y ago|1 comments
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by plg 9y ago
This all looks awesome (e.g. google assistant, google lens, google home, etc) but I would rather pay some $ for the service and have the guarantee that my data are my data ... than have it for free and have google mine my data to sell me ad
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by plg 9y ago
If there was a chromebook that came with a SIM card and an unlimited data plan, worldwide, I would buy it in a heartbeat and replace my Macbook. I like the idea of cloud storage, the ability to instantly log onto a new machine and have ever
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by plg 9y ago
well aren't I the idiot

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