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Comment · 3 years ago
“Hurdles of cattle” is such an odd typo. Was this dictated voice to text or written by an AI? Or just a typo and no editing?
Comment · 3 years ago
The irony is today you literally have to take a baby out of those carriers for take off and landing, but can have them in it at other times on the plane. That said, there might be a way to make a new type of carrier that is safer.
Comment · 4 years ago
I ran cross-country races over those dunes in high school. It was from about mile 2 to mile 2.5 of the 3.1 mile race. Brutal to run.
Comment · 5 years ago
And Bill Gates bought a bunch of farmland. See here for the full details of his purchases:
https://editions.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?m=611...
Comment · 5 years ago
From a link posted by someone else, he owns 420,000 acres in Texas used by Blue Origin.
https://editions.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?m=611...
Comment · 5 years ago
I was surprised so clicked through on the graph. Looks like it is 3,000 per 100,000 people, not just children. Graph should have had more context in the article posted.
Comment · 6 years ago
I have been following this and the wording here appears to have changed in the last couple of days. The wording you quoted has been removed.
Comment · 6 years ago
"Alameda declares Telsa an 'essential business,' factory allowed to operate under cornavirus orders"
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Alameda-declared-Telsa-a...
Comment · 7 years ago
An incredible quote: "Defendants subsequently complained that WhatsApp had closed the vulnerability. Specifically, NSO Employee 1 stated, “You just closed our biggest remote for cellular ... It’s on the news all over the world.”"
Comment · 7 years ago
I saw this article earlier wanted to read comments on it here. It had already been posted five or six times, but never made it to the front page. Glad it finally did as it should. But what a weird dynamic.
Comment · 8 years ago
Are you on mobile? Or something else might be breaking formatting for you. The chart linked does have numbers for the Panama Canal (408.12) and Burma-Siam Railway (385.45).
Comment · 8 years ago
Is there a good book that covers primarily or at least secondarily the ideas behind the universe being a simulation? I'd like to learn more.
Comment · 8 years ago
And yet more social than many people's use of Twitter.