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Bulk Carrier Completes Fully Carbon Offset Voyage from South Africa to Europe(gcaptain.com)
1 points by sxcurry 7y ago|1 comments
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by sxcurry 7y ago
Many comments on this thread seem to be confusing cost with value. I have both Libby and an Audible subscription. Libby - free, limited selection, clunky weird interface, long waits for books, production glitches. Audible - nearly every boo
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by sxcurry 8y ago
I think SOFIA is used mainly for Infrared astronomy. By flying above most of the atmosphere it can observe in the infrared, where Earth based telescopes are severely limited.
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by sxcurry 8y ago
Curious - how do devs develop on a 2.5 year old OS. Aren’t there risks that things won’t work in recent releases?
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by sxcurry 8y ago
“The ethos of the company is trying to switch the paradigm,” BamBrogan told The Verge in 2017. “Mobility and transportation are both words that talk about the ‘getting there.’ And we want to make it so seamless. I don’t want to get to dinne
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Khashoggi friend sues Israeli firm over hacking he says contributed to murder(washingtonpost.com)
3 points by sxcurry 8y ago|0 comments
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by sxcurry 8y ago
Mentally or physically healthy?
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by sxcurry 8y ago
Another Oregon voter here. I just finished filling out my ballot in the privacy of my home, with the voter pamphlet at my side for reference. So simple and sane.
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by sxcurry 8y ago
For the curious, here's a website that thoroughly debunks Judith Curry's "science" : https://www.skepticalscience.com/Judith_Curry_arg.htm
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by sxcurry 8y ago
The comments so far might give insight into the terrible sexism of tech in general.
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by sxcurry 8y ago
I'm disappointed that it took this long for an article on a Homebrew vulnerability to turn into Apple bashing.
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by sxcurry 8y ago
What about all the new MacBook Pros just released, the new iMac Pro, and the upcoming new Mac Pro? You may not like these Macs, but Apple's plans seem pretty clear.
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by sxcurry 8y ago
Yes to the Wild Turkey - good taste and great value. Best drunk in the woods from a metal cup with a bit of ice.
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by sxcurry 8y ago
I stayed in a hotel in Kobe a couple of years ago. The room had mini bottles of Yamazaki in it, and it turned out they were free, and replenished every day! Neecdless to say, my wife and I took full advantage...
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by sxcurry 8y ago
Ok I’ll resist. Percent Christian in the US is now down to 70% and dropping rapidly according to Pew. In another 10 years we’ll thankfully be able to say this is not a Christian nation.
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by sxcurry 8y ago
I second this - a fascinating and well-researched deconstruction of Ulysses. And fun to listen to! Frank's death was very sad - I felt like he was a friend of mine. I had donated to his Paypal account several times to thank him for the
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by sxcurry 8y ago
Remember, in general the police aren't tech savvy, and not very bright in many cases. They don't know that a tired trope like this merely identifies themselves as idiots.
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by sxcurry 8y ago
I love it! This is HN now - backing up the use of double sided tape in a Tesla. Glad I bought an Audi...,
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by sxcurry 8y ago
There are some great hidden gems. For example, India's Frontier Trains - fascinating.
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by sxcurry 8y ago
Also, Apple and Microsoft are not an “OS”. This is a poorly written article unfortunately.
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by sxcurry 8y ago
Your second point - I don't think the potential Planet Nine has anything to do with "problem with the orbits of some of the outer planets". It has been proposed as a solution to the orbits of some distant smaller Kuiper Belt
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Tesla Plunges After a Conference Call(bloomberg.com)
286 points by sxcurry 8y ago|397 comments
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by sxcurry 8y ago
Actually, Apple doesn't "need" to do anything.
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by sxcurry 9y ago
This article doesn't tell the whole story. Yes, PERS is a problem in Oregon. However, some of the anecdotes of counties cutting services are not related to PERS. For example, Josephine County, next door county to mine, has the lowest p
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by sxcurry 9y ago
Technically, UTC is a time standard, and GMT is a time zone, so the two, although equal, are not really the same thing. Also, you can set your iPhone to UTC in the World Clock, which I do as an amateur astronomer.
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by sxcurry 9y ago
I’m being swarmed by box elder bugs right now - thousands of them on the sunny walls of the house. I shop vac them up. Luckily they don’t stink.
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by sxcurry 9y ago
I have a heads-up display in my Audi A4, and it turns out to be surprisingly useful. It shows speed limit, current speed, and upcoming navigation turns. The only problem is that it can be difficult to see if wearing polarized sunglasses.
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by sxcurry 9y ago
Rogelio is very well known in the Astrophotography community - he's one of the best.
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by sxcurry 9y ago
Still waiting for Red Lobster blockchain
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by sxcurry 10y ago
Agreed- this is the first time I really understood the sequence of events and the scale of the damage.

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