mattraibert
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Comment · 10 months ago
Comment · 6 years ago
Here's an alternate write up:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/02/science/sparrow-bird-song...
It even has audio clips of the two melodies.
Comment · 8 years ago
A 2x4 is cut to 2" by 4" wet and shrinks when it is dried. I'm no huge fan, but this is not an issue with the imperial system.
Comment · 9 years ago
Here is a working link that contains all the the info parent cites:
http://www.wsjmediakit.com/files/uploads/201410/WSJ.com%20Au...
Also, this is the _actual_ audience not their _target_ audience.
Comment · 9 years ago
It's true that it indicates quality, but I suspect it also indicates the exceptional wealth of WSJ's readership.
Comment · 10 years ago
In case you're curious, this is often called rubber-hose cryptanalysis:
Comment · 11 years ago
Maybe a bit off topic but reading this brought me back to the early nineties when I first got a copy of SimAnt. The instruction manual was filled with information about ants. I remember staying up all night reading about these amazing creatures!
Comment · 11 years ago
Actually, looks like you could leave pinging on and Heroku will just force "exhausted" free dynos to sleep after 18 hours:
"During the beta period you’ll only get an informational email. In the future, we will force exhausted apps to sleep until they have been idle for at least six hours of the past twenty-four hours." -https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/dyno-types#dyno-sleepi...
Comment · 12 years ago
> the cant-shout-fire-in-a-crowded-theater chestnut.
Shouting fire in a crowded theater has been protected speech since 1969:
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/11/its-time....
> In 1969, the Supreme Court's decision in Brandenburg v. Ohio effectively overturned Schenck and any authority the case still carried. There, the Court held that inflammatory speech--and even speech advocating violence by members of the Ku Klux Klan--is protected under the First Amendment, unless the speech "is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action"
Comment · 12 years ago
Speaking of fare-evasion, try viewing the article in private-browsing/incognito mode.
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