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Sweden uses conventional aerial bombs to extinguish forest fire(thelocal.se)
1 points by widforss 8y ago|0 comments
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by widforss 8y ago
They're currently closing down one and moving one town respectively in my county. It doesn't matter if you own or rent here, not when there's ore in the ground. Some propaganda from LKAB for the interested: https:/&#x2F
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by widforss 9y ago
Given the current circumstances, it's pretty clear what it is about.
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by widforss 9y ago
But a third fact is true of Norway. You don't drive very far because of the geography. Instead, the market for domestic flights is booming. If you live in a country where you don't drive your car outside your county (sligth exagge
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by widforss 9y ago
Could not reproduce.
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by widforss 9y ago
I will try them out!
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Ask HN: Best independent web analytics tools?
7 points by widforss 9y ago|5 comments
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by widforss 9y ago
Second that.
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by widforss 9y ago
What's the reason for keeping your address a secret? Genuinely curious, as where I live (se) almost all peoples addresses are public information, and it's really practical.
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How can C Programs be so Reliable?(2008)(tratt.net)
2 points by widforss 9y ago|0 comments
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by widforss 9y ago
On the subject of short papers: http://fermatslibrary.com/s/shortest-paper-ever-published-in...
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Give researchers a lifetime word limit(nature.com)
52 points by widforss 9y ago|46 comments
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by widforss 9y ago
Never heard it here in Sweden.
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GCHQ on LGBT and Alan Turing(twitter.com)
1 points by widforss 9y ago|0 comments
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by widforss 9y ago
Duplicate: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14311016
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Microsoft account login down?(login.microsoftonline.com)
3 points by widforss 9y ago|1 comments
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An eye-opening experience(medium.com)
1 points by widforss 9y ago|0 comments
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by widforss 9y ago
> Otherwise, you're going to have to defend every one of the values you hold dear, and you're going to feel like you're having to explain them in crayon for three hours every time you do. And you're still going to fai
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by widforss 9y ago
> Might be related to why moon's surface is so scarred and yet in many centuries of recorded (astronomical) history (since the invention of telescope) we haven't seen any major lunar impact events. Except for that 1178 event th
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by widforss 10y ago
This seems like an awfully popular explanation, but the article seems legit enough.
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Physicists create 'negative mass'(phys.org)
1 points by widforss 10y ago|2 comments
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by widforss 10y ago
I'm trying to write my own A* pathfinding implementation in PostgreSQL using the Swedish Geological Surveys data as a graph.
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by widforss 10y ago
Meego Harmattan :'(
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Jack Dorsey: There's a “middle ground” in encryption(news.sky.com)
6 points by widforss 10y ago|1 comments
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by widforss 10y ago
That is not a plausible theory. Sure, the treasure might be elsewhere, but I wouldn't keep the prize in my own possesion if I were over 70 years old. What if someone finds the chest after his death. I would rather believe it contains a
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Research on auroras will improve GPS/GNSS(phys.org)
1 points by widforss 10y ago|0 comments
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by widforss 10y ago
Professor Rosling is just the type of man we would need in todays political landscape. A character with a strong belief in verifiable facts and using those facts to change the world for the better.
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Hans Rosling past away this morning(gapminder.org)
3 points by widforss 10y ago|0 comments
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by widforss 10y ago
I haven't used a MBP myself, but according to head-to-head reviews [1][2] the MBP trackpad is better. The XPS one is really great though. [1] http://www.alphr.com/laptops/1002278/dell-xps-13-vs-macbook-... [2
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by widforss 10y ago
Build quality, trackpad and screen are the hallmarks of the XPS13 line. However, it seems very risky to install this on a laptop, since driver support and such will change on Apple's whim.

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