excitom

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Comment · 2 years ago
Perusing the web source: `<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="NetObjects Fusion 11 for Windows"/>`. A tool developed in 1996...
Comment · 2 years ago
I remember when you could find someone's home address in the white pages of the phone book.
Comment · 2 years ago
Another example: Olives
Comment · 2 years ago
We called it "watermelon paper" since the stripes had green tint.
Comment · 2 years ago
It's a great commit message, but could be even better with "TL;DR non-breaking space in a comment can cause parser problems".
Comment · 2 years ago
Unlike the old days of broadcast TV when the networks had to produce shows that appealed to the broadest possible audience, Netflix can, and does, produce shows that appeal to a narrow demographic. This results in a sliver of shows that are highly appealing amidst a lot of stuff perceived as "garbage." But what a teenage boy thinks is garbage differs widely from what a retired grandma things is garbage. To each their own.
Comment · 2 years ago
It will be interesting to see if the revival of the printed Rock & Roll magazine Creem https://www.creem.com will find enough Boomer nostalgia to succeed. If so, then maybe PopSci too. Not holding my breath, however.
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
This is what I love hacker news, a comment from an actual subject matter expert.
Comment · 3 years ago
I think a key is that you need to provide your real identity and you are discouraged from trolling/being a jerk since future employers and coworkers will see it on display.
Comment · 3 years ago
Irrelevant to this post.
Comment · 3 years ago
After almost a decade of investigation the preponderance of evidence points to murder/suicide by the pilot. A safety issue is highly unlikely.
Comment · 3 years ago
There's potential, sure, but it won't make everyone into a filmmaker just like Microsoft Word didn't make everyone into an author and Photoshop didn't make everyone an artist.
Comment · 3 years ago
Besides the limestone filtering, I wonder if another reason for using branch water from upstream is that it is less likely to contain farm or animal runoff.
Comment · 3 years ago
Honest question: I understand solar panels generate DC but I thought wind turbines generate AC. Why is a DC transmission line desirable?

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