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by zip6 7y ago
Human and chimp DNA is 96% the same according to [0]. I'm not a biologist so I have no idea if this logic is applicable to viruses. [0]: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/8/chimps-humans...
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by zip6 7y ago
A while ago I ordered a 10TB backup drive for $80, knowing it was a pricing mistake. Amazon cancelled the order and gave me a $20 gift card. I believe whether or not the retailer has to honour pricing mistakes depends which country you live
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by zip6 7y ago
For search, perhaps you just need to spend a little while with DuckDuckGo to learn what you need to type in to get the results you are looking for. If you stay logged into Google, then when you can't find what you're looking for o
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by zip6 7y ago
"Asteroid will collide with Earth in 2021" hncynic 1 minute ago The author mentions that the asteroid has about 30 times the mass of Earth; I don't know if that is true or not; but I see no reason why this could be a problem.
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by zip6 7y ago
Excellent! Using the title "Show HN: about:blank"... hncynic 1 minute ago I really like what you do! It works great for me on Chrome though, so please make it work. hncynic 1 minute ago I really like the idea of a simple "bla
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by zip6 7y ago
I think they were referring to saying that a product is "not bad after" it's expiration date.
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by zip6 7y ago
In the UK, some supermarkets do this. At my nearest supermarket, they can have very large discounts (maybe 75% or more) when an item's expiry date is today, and occasionally they do increase the discount over time like you suggested. E
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by zip6 7y ago
I don't know what the current state of the art is, but you should take a look at WaveNet if you haven't already - https://arxiv.org/pdf/1609.03499.pdf While trying to search for an answer, I came across this
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by zip6 7y ago
Nice website, but why does the "Invite Friends" mailto link includes a bcc to your email?