privong

53 ms·

541.
by privong 8y ago
> What service doesn't let you outright buy the modem? I suspect many (most?) people may not know they can buy their own modem. Internet providers don't typically advertise that fact, since they'd much rather have the ste
542.
by privong 8y ago
Very interesting, thanks for posting the link. I saw a minor typo, but couldn't find an email address for you, so posting here in the hope you see it. In the first paragraph of the addendum you have an "Out contact" that shou
543.
by privong 8y ago
> While I like it, this isn't the title of the linked article. The current post title "What Time Looks Like to Philip Glass" is the web page title, though it's not the in-page heading on the article.
544.
by privong 8y ago
It depends a bit on my mood, but I generally switch between a zim[0] wiki and plain text / markdown files written in vim. [0] http://zim-wiki.org/
545.
by privong 8y ago
> Wow. 1,959 detections out of 10^21 interactions. And they talk about statistical significance. In any other field that is so close to zero you would ignore the results. 1959/1e21 is not the measure of the significance in the stud
546.
Trapped in self-service hell(1843magazine.com)
1 points by privong 8y ago|0 comments
547.
by privong 8y ago
> Running a ride sharing service and charging ${WHATEVER} is also not a human right. Did you really wanted invoke this argument? I think it should be permissible to ask ${WHATEVER}, as long as the price is clearly stated prior to both p
548.
NASA’s priorities appear to be out of whack with what the public wants(arstechnica.com)
1 points by privong 8y ago|0 comments
549.
by privong 8y ago
Some comments from 2 years ago when this was previously posted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11983716
550.
by privong 8y ago
> The side effects of there not being any undetected and unprosecuted crime would be fascinating. The book "Liars and Outliers" addresses this question some, at least in broad hypothetical terms. https://en.wikipedia
551.
by privong 8y ago
The downside of doing so is that it still gives plenty of time to cancel the changes at year 12 or 16, once it becomes apparent who will stand to benefit/lose from the change. This type of hacking future benefits is evidence in many of
552.
by privong 8y ago
Previously discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17173051
553.
Explore Historic Mount Everest Expeditions Through National Geographic Maps(news.nationalgeographic.com)
2 points by privong 8y ago|0 comments
554.
by privong 8y ago
I didn't see the mobi format listed, but pandoc can create eBooks from TeX source: https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html https://pandoc.org/epub.html
555.
by privong 8y ago
> The link goes to the text version of npr.org main page, not the article. For me the link @rhn_mk1 posted goes directly to a text version of the article on sharks.
556.
by privong 8y ago
They even sell an APL keycap set: http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/USAPLSET
557.
Style Manual for the US Federal Government [pdf](gpo.gov)
1 points by privong 8y ago|0 comments
558.
Maillard reaction(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by privong 8y ago|0 comments
559.
by privong 8y ago
> The redirect goes to the main page if the "disagree" to tracking link is clicked. Interesting, are you in the EU? I was never shown a dialog about tracking or an agree/disagree link (either with or without javascript dis
560.
Great white sharks go to places that were thought to be ocean deserts(npr.org)
131 points by privong 8y ago|39 comments
561.
by privong 8y ago
And the preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.09223
562.
Body Ritual among the Nacirema(en.wikisource.org)
2 points by privong 8y ago|0 comments
563.
by privong 8y ago
> we have buses and planes that can do the same thing as this train[...]without tax dollars to construct or maintain. Tax dollars pay for road construction and maintenance. Tax dollars also subsidize airport construction and operation.
564.
by privong 8y ago
I remember feeling the same way. The website is back now though: http://www.l0pht.com/ However the front page hasn't been updated since 2015.
565.
by privong 8y ago
Assuming this was intended to link to the most recent post, there's already lots of discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17132939
566.
by privong 8y ago
I read the parent's comment as suggesting the attachment points could be used for bombs or missiles, rather than additional working engines.
567.
by privong 8y ago
> It's still referred to as one hotspot, but there may be separate mantle plumes in close proximity. Does it need to be separate plumes or can it be bifurcation of a single plume as it passes through the crust?
568.
by privong 8y ago
> Signal calls are encrypted, so you effectively give nothing to the cell carrier when you make a call through it (except that you used some data). Maybe not to your carrier, but presumably Google could capture some form of metadata.
569.
by privong 8y ago
> Hawaii was created by one volcano, while the tectonic plate moved above it. And there's a line of underwater islands all the way to Siberia. Just a quick clarification: the Hawaiian islands comprise multiple volcanoes. There'
570.
Supercomputers are driving a revolution in hurricane forecasting(arstechnica.com)
2 points by privong 8y ago|0 comments

More ›