brightbeige
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Comment · 28 days ago
For those who like long form journalism and want to know more about watch collecting and Glasshütte: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/20/confessions-of...
Comment · 2 months ago
I think, by now, what offends me the most is how unoriginal “Lake America” is as a name.
Comment · 2 months ago
If you search the App Store and don’t find it, it’s called Firefox Klar in some markets
Comment · 2 months ago
Reminds me of Nobel and Ignobel prize winner Andrei Geim, who authorer a paper with his hamster, H.A.M.S. ter Tisha. As I remember, he added Mr/Ms Tisha to be able to write “we” instead of “I”.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S09214...
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> Watch out, these are big files (for 1990's technology). About 1.6 megs each.
Comment · 4 months ago
IIRC There is also a discontinuity when it comes to the histogram of ages of marathon runners, because runners are binned into age groups and there is a more runners at the youngest ages of each group, I guess because it’s younger runners in each group that are more likely to run if they feel more likely to place well in their group
Comment · 4 months ago
At least your reply wasn’t written by AI
Comment · 4 months ago
Recent, related New Yorker article that goes into the background leading up to the vote
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/15/could-switzerl...
Despite the prosperity, many Swiss had mixed emotions about the guest workers, who came largely from Southern Europe. As the Swiss novelist Max Frisch observed, “We wanted workers, but we got people.”Comment · 4 months ago
You mean my comment above? That’s the only human-written thing. As for the commentary in the website - instead of making it a weekend coding project, I chose to spend time with my kids.