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Earth is losing ice faster today than in the mid-1990s, study suggests(reuters.com)
156 points by psim1 6y ago|70 comments
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by psim1 6y ago
Sign up for your service based on a screenshot and a few blurbs?
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by psim1 6y ago
My impression from reading HN is that innovators of various fields are celebrated. In a lot of cases, the innovators will only be relevant or interesting to a few.
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Phil Spector Has Died(wsj.com)
4 points by psim1 6y ago|3 comments
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by psim1 6y ago
Why should he get anything at all? Does every "ethical hacker" need to hold his hand out for a reward? (Doesn't seem as ethical, then, does it?)
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U.S. Expected to Require Covid-19 Tests for All International Visitors(wsj.com)
2 points by psim1 6y ago|0 comments
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Covid-19 Took a Bite from U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2020(nytimes.com)
1 points by psim1 6y ago|0 comments
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by psim1 6y ago
This made me miss the Sharp Zaurus that I got a lot of use out of in the mid 90s. It's interesting now to look back at that transitional time in computing where you had mini-laptop devices as well as handheld organizers like Palm, both
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by psim1 6y ago
Hong Kong is not China. It only takes a few weeks in each place to see. Was it wrong of the British to take HK as a colony at one time? Yes in the same way it was wrong of them to take eastern North America. Hong Kong—culturally, philosophi
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by psim1 6y ago
Rules of order can help. I have been in meetings where certain people essentially filibuster simply because their idea is not well liked but they think that by repeating themselves and talking endlessly, they will win everyone over. End res
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Beijing Accelerates Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing(wsj.com)
18 points by psim1 6y ago|4 comments
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Ask HN: S/MIME for email encryption in 2020/2021?
2 points by psim1 6y ago|1 comments
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by psim1 6y ago
There is a good reason: many of the unusual forms are unused except as tricks and exploits. The whole internet uses IPv4 classless routing. There is no value in keeping pre-CIDR forms. Graybeards might object because they have been typing &
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How the computer got its revenge on the Soviet Union (2015)(nautil.us)
2 points by psim1 6y ago|0 comments
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by psim1 6y ago
This outline link works if you prefer not to sign up for a free account to read the original article. https://outline.com/gkGUud
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Can Algorithms Save College Admissions? Competition-based system isn’t working(chronicle.com)
1 points by psim1 6y ago|1 comments
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by psim1 6y ago
The title is unfortunately incorrect, changed by the submitter for larger impact. According to the article, some people were hired for $100/mo., and some people received $7/mo. - not the same people. edit: title has been subsequen
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SolarWinds Hack Victims: From Tech Companies to a Hospital and University(wsj.com)
3 points by psim1 6y ago|0 comments
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Pfizer-Biontech Covid-19 Vaccine cleared for use in EU(wsj.com)
2 points by psim1 6y ago|0 comments
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by psim1 6y ago
Way to go, Dumpster Fire Operator Guy. Nothing gives me more anxiety than waiting for an inevitable printer jam or mechanical failure to occur.
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A German Island Says Enough with All the Cranberries(wsj.com)
3 points by psim1 6y ago|0 comments
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America Taxed Your Favorite Bordeaux? Try One with More Alcohol(wsj.com)
1 points by psim1 6y ago|0 comments
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Outer Space Treaty (1967)(unoosa.org)
2 points by psim1 6y ago|0 comments
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SpaceX Starlink has some hiccups as expected, but users are impressed(arstechnica.com)
144 points by psim1 6y ago|155 comments
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Where Did Parler Come From?(twitter.com)
10 points by psim1 6y ago|2 comments
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Hong Kong Opposition Resigns from Legislature over Latest Beijing Crackdown(wsj.com)
3 points by psim1 6y ago|0 comments
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by psim1 6y ago
Every presenter is doing the Donald Trump hand movements: those open-handed "push" movements and then fingertips of both hands brought together.
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by psim1 6y ago
HN is largely community moderated. Not my fault that people here appreciate music more than ball.
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by psim1 6y ago
Van Halen was a musical pioneer, an inventor, and as you can see from other comments, part of HN constituents' culture.
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Eddie Van Halen has died(npr.org)
612 points by psim1 6y ago|192 comments

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