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by shard 4y ago
Not all sunscreen have benzene, but there have been some recalls because benzene had been found: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/banana-boat-s... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/su
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by shard 4y ago
Obsession with keeping skin white has been a major trend in Korea for a long time, have you seen all the weird hats and face masks that ajummas wear in order to reduce sun exposure?
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by shard 4y ago
Look for PA+++ ratings. You might have to buy sunscreen made outside the US, such as sunscreens made in Korea.
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by shard 4y ago
You'll be glad to know that BCD is now officially 24 hours, no knocking required.
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by shard 4y ago
Looking at it another way: Q1 GDP contracted by 1.6%, Q2 by 0.9%. If Q3 contracts by 0.2%, should we call it a recession?
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by shard 4y ago
Many good points, but I'd like to nitpick a bit: > Singapore has way better clubs than SF or LA. If you want to party hard until late at night it's got plenty of options. Vs SF/LA where there's a 2am curfew your optio
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by shard 4y ago
What if the deer is also color-blind? What colors do deer see anyway?
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by shard 4y ago
This makes me think of the camo scenes in RDJ's Sherlock Holmes movie: https://tenor.com/view/sherlock-holmes-robert-downey-jr-chai...
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by shard 4y ago
> I've started describing certain types of traumatic events as 'origin stories' for heroes or villains This reminds me of a certain segment from "This American Life". Tragedy Minus Time Equals Happily Ever After
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by shard 4y ago
> How is Apple able to stay relevant among younger people and convince them to buy iPhones when Android phones are just as capable and look just as good? There is quite an element of peer pressure for young people to display status throu
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by shard 4y ago
Xiaomi, which started as a smartphone OEM, has released several e-bikes, which as a non-biker I wasn't interested in, but I though there was a sentiment that it's a pretty good e-bike, especially for its price range. Maybe someone
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by shard 4y ago
I felt the same way with the Samsung watch. v1/v2 was pretty meh, but they kept at it, iterating year after year, until I finally pulled the trigger on one because it had the functionality and design that I was looking for. I was speci
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by shard 4y ago
I'm sure I'll recognize the name of the books once you mention it, but could you clarify who the beardy German bloke is and what books he wrote?
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by shard 4y ago
Does that concept have a name now? That reminds me of this Japanese comedy sketch about doors: https://youtu.be/nq-2USGVoEE
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by shard 4y ago
Tangentially, this is one benefit of wired headphones versus wireless, no software required. But just to be clear, although I have no experience with the product in question, I do know that some professional speakers used as monitors are ac
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by shard 4y ago
John Adams wrote: "I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, co
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by shard 4y ago
It's not clear from the webpage, but does it do something different from a paper airplane with just 1 hoop like this? https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/ring-wing-glider...
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by shard 4y ago
Good question :) Yes, all students took the test together on paper and pencil in the classroom; a digital version of the test was not available. I just went through my files to check, and indeed the final exam for my artificial intelligence
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by shard 4y ago
Maybe coming from the chip design world, this is a bit more commonplace and normal-seeming for me. I'm used to huge software packages which cost 5 to 6 figures to license, and additional features which are enabled and disabled based on
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by shard 4y ago
This might shock and amaze you, but I took many midterms and finals for my CS and EE classes using pencil and paper in the 21st century, and this was at a well-known Californian private university.
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by shard 4y ago
I used contact lenses for many years, starting with RGPs when I was in high school and later switching to soft lenses. However, as I and my eyes have gotten old, I've found that wearing contacts for more than a few hours leads to eye p
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by shard 4y ago
I think the assumption in the case you are presenting is that efficiency is viewed from the POV of the use of resources aggregated over the whole society. There are other POVs, such as it being more cost or production speed or resource or f
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by shard 4y ago
I would read this.
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by shard 4y ago
"Apple is moving some of the personal data of Chinese customers to a data center in Guiyang that is owned and operated by the Chinese government. State employees physically manage the facility and servers and have direct access to the
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by shard 4y ago
Out of curiosity, what knowledge about electricity and chemistry did you have that prevented the mistakes?
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by shard 4y ago
Do you mean in general? There are two reasons given in this thread: medical research and pet (snake) food. I expect I don't need to explain why it's best to kill the mice humanely for medical research which involve dissection of s
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by shard 4y ago
Thank you! Now not being able to think of this word doesn't have to bug me for the rest of the day...
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by shard 4y ago
Although technically it is gliding, but to me wingsuits look close enough to flying that adding the mechanism for flapping doesn't really increase the experience of flying by much. (Spoken from a point of view of a spectator and not so
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by shard 4y ago
I hate to use this phrase, but I think this is what the kids are calling "dripping with privilege" these days.
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by shard 4y ago
I always thought effects such as environmental chemical pollution (estrogen analogs), overreliance on nighttime lighting / artificial temperature regulation and dietary issues leading to obesity (both previous items reducing fertility)

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