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by starwind 5y ago
Another thanks to Codeacademy :) I got my feet wet and learned basic Python through them. Really got me over my fear of programming being crazy hard and the my fear doing something "wrong" to mess up my computer. Took a couple mor
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by starwind 5y ago
Hoo boy, this one's good (from the same article): "Police suspect Savuth and Yulisa Yin in the death and cover-up of a Longmont real estate broker. They’re charged with stealing $3 million in property from him. They were let out o
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Zimbabwean archaeologist reimagines the story of momentous African civilisation(economist.com)
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How to prevent conflict on the way to Mars(economist.com)
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by starwind 5y ago
Thanks! I just ordered that book
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Ask HN: Resources for learning how to write more secure code?
8 points by starwind 5y ago|9 comments
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Ryan Reynolds made a new Peloton commercial(youtube.com)
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Civilian Deaths Mounted as Secret Unit Pounded Isis(nytimes.com)
10 points by starwind 5y ago|3 comments
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by starwind 5y ago
From the Article: The unit was called Talon Anvil, and it worked in three shifts around the clock between 2014 and 2019, pinpointing targets for the United States’ formidable air power to hit: convoys, car bombs, command centers and squads
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by starwind 5y ago
Thanks! What from Objective-See do you recommend?
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Ask HN: What's the best way to keep my Mac secure?
5 points by starwind 5y ago|6 comments
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Ask HN: Is XProtect enough to keep my Mac secure?
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by starwind 5y ago
And this summer was the first summer in some years where the eastern half of the state wasn't in a drought. At the same time, western Colorado was bone-dry https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/ea
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Wright Brothers Patent War(en.wikipedia.org)
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by starwind 5y ago
I don't like this. The Wright Brothers patents were _extremely_ broad and they aggressively pursued anyone they thought infringed on their patents. Most aircraft development moved to Europe, which is why we use the terms "empennag
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by starwind 5y ago
Jimothy sounds like he might be suffering from depression
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by starwind 5y ago
'The man was a military enthusiast who found the shell while clearing out, but somehow "tripped" and fell onto the 57mm piece of army ordnance that landed him in hospital, according to The Sun.' colour me skeptical
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by starwind 5y ago
Thought this part was interesting: > Throughout the ordeal, Ms. Nurse said, Walmart refused repeated requests by her lawyers for security camera footage from the store. She said that the video was critical and would have shown a store em
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Woman Who Sued Walmart over Shoplifting Arrest Is Awarded $2.1M(nytimes.com)
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From the article: The dramatic flyover certainly drew applause from many fans at the game and others who saw the footage, though others expressed reservations. Video of the helicopters flying over the stadium had immediately prompted discus
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FAA Has Questions for U.S. Army About Titans Football Game Flyover(thedrive.com)
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by starwind 5y ago
From the article: In a paper accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal, the team at Ames shows how ExoMiner discovered the 301 planets using data from the remaining set of possible planets – or candidates – in the Kepler Archive
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DNN ‘ExoMiner’ trained on Kepler data used to validate 301 exoplanets(nasa.gov)
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Very happy * I can do whatever and everything I want without the fans kicking on * Snappy start up * Great screen * Solid keyboard with the actual function keys * I’ve only run into 2 software issues—Dropbox and SciPy and the latter is appa
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by starwind 5y ago
Bose is a having a good sale on their QC45 headphones. I think they're $50 off at Best Buy, Bose and a couple other places. I bought a pair earlier this week
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Japan-based Astroscale raises $109M series F round(spacenews.com)
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"With this latest round, Astroscale has raised $300 million, providing the company with capital to move ahead on several initiatives for servicing satellites and removing debris. That includes its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-dem
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by starwind 5y ago
I wish I could put in a claim but I'm in the US :| My identity theft didn't (directly) involve a bank. It was a major retailer where someone opened and maxed out a credit card in my name, a cell phone company where they opened up
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by starwind 5y ago
Credit "locks" are kind of a scam. You definitely want to put a 1 year fraud alert on your credit report where a lender is supposed to call the number you include to verify that you applied for credit. You can also freeze your cre
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by starwind 5y ago
You're right, I missed when you said registered snail mail, I didn't see that (I need new glasses, it's getting too hard to read) and I thought you just meant normal mail. Second point: this absolutely is identity theft and

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