ChrisGranger

Joined 12 years ago

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Comment · 1 year ago
Show HN is specifically for things users can try out. I don't think a YouTube video qualifies.
Comment · 1 year ago
I've felt this way for decades and almost invariably get negative push-back when I raise these points. I've stopped worrying about it.
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Letters #1

Score: 948 pts

Best word: 240 pts

Comment · 1 year ago
Neat little game. Here's my best score so far:

Letters #1

Score: 804 pts

Best word: 252 pts

Comment · 2 years ago
Like Firefox's Reader View for real life.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
Incorrect URL.
Comment · 2 years ago
Is there a more charitable way to read this than "Hamish Kerr is a shameless liar" or... ?
Comment · 2 years ago
The fact that the habitat is unfragmented means the virus can more easily spread through the entire population, and not just to more penguins, but to anything else that lives there, given it is affecting mammals too.

You're minimizing this news based on percentages killed so far, when the virus has just arrived and now has unfettered access to those aforementioned 10 million individuals.

It's a mass mortality event because it's infectious, has killed thousands already on Heroína Island and isn't over yet...

I know it's uncool to ask if a commenter has read the article, but...

Comment · 2 years ago
Blue Origin has a launch facility near Van Horn, Texas, that was operating before 2022, but I don't know if what you saw was one of their rockets.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
When I commented, the URL was a link to the press release. It was changed to the Ars Technica article later.

Good to know.

Comment · 2 years ago
I wonder if this scales up, to batteries much larger than a coin cell replacement.
Comment · 2 years ago
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