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631.
by scoot 7y ago
#FiyahFestival? (No lessons learned.)
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by scoot 7y ago
Here's a great explanation: https://mathigon.org/course/probability/monty-hall Had it in a browser reading list (that I'd forgotten was there), and came across it by chance yesterday.
633.
by scoot 7y ago
Here's hoping! Glib comments aside, the beef industry (particularly, but not exclusively, in the US) seem to have a death-wish for our planet.
634.
by scoot 7y ago
How about "[A-Z]" ?
635.
by scoot 7y ago
It sounds expensive, but we've had ours for over 20 years, and I expect it to last another 20 (or beyond) and look just as classy. It's mechanically simple, easily serviceable (four screws), and spares are readily available.
636.
by scoot 7y ago
Misleading title. He tested his own eyesight and ordered glasses online. He didn't make his own glasses. Still an interesting read, just not what I expected from the title and lead.
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by scoot 7y ago
For "quad-coptor" substitute multi-rotor (not all are quads). The fact that you associate the term "drone" with hobby aircraft is a sad inditement of todays "press", who, in their attempt to demonise said multi
638.
by scoot 7y ago
That's both adorably cute and remarkably accurate. I don't know how or why, San Pel's bubbles are less "fizzy" micro-bubbles, but a softer, and what feels like a larger bubble, so "fuzzy"!
639.
by scoot 7y ago
https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/A...
640.
by scoot 7y ago
I'm confused. Not a Kik user, but how are public groups a unique feature (compared to say Subreddits)?
641.
by scoot 7y ago
Uh, no [1]. Why do HN folks find this so difficult? It's like putting your shoes on the wrong way around. After you've done it, it's clearly uncomfortable. So don't do it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x
642.
by scoot 7y ago
/disclaimer/disclosure/ When you disclose something, it's a disclosure.
643.
by scoot 7y ago
Pedantic remark on your pedantic remark – in the title it's used (still incorrectly) as a verb, not as a noun, so it would be the correct form for a programming computer is "to program" .
644.
by scoot 7y ago
Not sure how then, but in Chrome on my laptop, the ISS passes over a view of the front of my house. The implementation is just magical. Well done!
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by scoot 7y ago
Yes, unfortunately
646.
by scoot 7y ago
Only if you accept them. Sharing, and cooperative play are best learned early.
647.
by scoot 7y ago
If you believe that, then we have three in a million. I don't believe it's a coincidence.
648.
by scoot 7y ago
> Putting them together is a recipe for yelling and conflict. Unfortunately that reflects more on the parents than it does on the children.
649.
by scoot 7y ago
Except that "in" would be incorrect – "with a computer", or "using a computer" would be less ambiguous than "on", but unless it was hidden inside the case, "in a computer" doesn't sound
650.
by scoot 7y ago
"A fireball and smoke rose from the middle portion of the plane as banks of seats began vaulting and somersaulting high above the flames. Some of the banks of seats were thrown far above the fuselage in great parabolas, shot as if from
651.
by scoot 7y ago
I had to look it up, but FCR is "Feed Conversion Rate", or "food in over product out", so lower is better. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feed_conversion_ratio
652.
by scoot 7y ago
*like
653.
by scoot 7y ago
Don't beat yourself up. It seems lime disclosure and disclaimer are almost consistently used in reverse on HN. It's the strangest thing!
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by scoot 7y ago
> full disclaimer: that's my creation Small observation: when you disclose something, it's a disclosure.
655.
by scoot 7y ago
Reminds me of the story of a 61 year winning the inaugural Sydney to Melbourne ultra marathon in his farming boots: Short version: https://elitefeet.com/the-legend-of-cliff-young Long-form: https://www.smh.com.au
656.
by scoot 7y ago
”[...] if, as is common practice, the cargo is loaded with a conveyor belt from the quayside into the hold.” So, no.
657.
by scoot 7y ago
Thanks, yes, a couple of those look about right in terms of design and scale. Pretty sure it was military rather than private though.
658.
by scoot 7y ago
Thank you.
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by scoot 7y ago
Do you have any evidence of that?
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by scoot 7y ago
That isn’t Boaty McBoatface, that’s Boaty McBoatface 2 (or Boaty McTwoFaced as it ought to be known). Boaty McBoatface was the name the public voted for the research vessel, not the submersible. That was given as an attempt to save face aft

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