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I hate to say it, but I wonder if we are better off letting it go. The climate in Florida makes it a constant battle that’s managed by spraying tons of pesticides, fertilizer, fungicides, and antibiotics. It all runs off into the rivers and everglades and pollutes the water system eventually making its way to the ocean polluting it as well. It contributes to a host of serious problems for humans and the ecosystem. The antibiotic resistance alone is absolutely nuts.

Interesting to read that only 33%-50% of hospitals comply with the law and post their prices. If there's one thing this country needs to do it's demand transparency everywhere.

Especially our government. Spending. Salaries. It all needs to be public.

You cannot smell while you are asleep Rachel Herz, professor of psychiatry at Brown University.

This is why we have smoke detectors...

If I understand the story correctly, they had the suspect in custody and yet failed to positively ID him, relying on an ID he had stolen from an innocent man named Ousmane Bah. The ID had no photo and was labeled "not to be used for identification". SIS filed a police report which said they had video evidence showing the perpetrator.

They then put out a "BOLO" with the innocent man's name, had him arrested, figured out they have the wrong guy, do nothing about it and had him arrested again.

When Bah appeared in court to answer charges and Apple was asked to present the video that would have cleared Bah, Apple claimed that the video had been deleted. The video was later found by Bah's attorney during discovery. This happened more than once. A warrant was issued for Bah’s arrest and contained the photo of the imposter. Bah was arrested even though the he doesn't resemble the imposter, other than being Black. Prosecution against Bah continued in multiple states through June 2019.

Hmmm, seems like a lot of people involved in this case should be fired, including the Apple Employees, SIS Employees and Police officers, reguardless of whatever other outcomes there are.

"The U.S. Intelligence Community is lenient about the private habits of high-value agents or informants, but they won’t countenance running sex trafficking rings for minors on American soil, for years. While it’s plausible that Epstein was sharing some information with the FBI—many criminals do so to buy themselves some insurance—it’s implausible that he was mainly working for the Americans."

OK. So what I'm getting is that he wasn't working "mainly" for the Americans and even if he was, they wouldn't countenance running sex trafficking rings for minors on American soil, for years.

Given that, it doesn't make sense for "someone" to tell him Epstein "'belonged to intelligence’ and to leave it alone”.

The pinnacle on a wonderful respite from the mire of politics and opinions that often invades hacker news.

What? I’m on one of those plans and frankly it’s pretty darn great. The premiums are cheap because they are heavily subsidized. The subsidy goes up the less you earn. My generic prescriptions are cheap. The co-pay is $45 for most Dr. visits. I think the Emergency copay is $150.

About frickin’ time, the amount of money that has been scammed from some of those who are most at-risk is ridiculous.

And get your ass in gear and require companies implement a positive ID system that makes call spoofing impossible.

“I’m as pissed as anyone that they shut off trading,”

Robinhood did not halt trading or shut off trading.

Robinhood prevented _buying_ Gamestop and only allowed selling.

That’s entirely different. It can only do one thing - drive the price down which is market manipulation. It’s supposed to be illegal.

“On Jan. 28, Robinhood halted trading of several rallying stocks including GameStop and AMC Entertainment”

No, Robinhood did not halt trading. They prevented _buying_ Gamestop and only allowed selling which can only do one thing - drive the price down.

That’s entirely different.

There’s a word for it: manipulation

It’s illegal.

I've had quite the opposite experience with noise-cancelling. My tinnitus has actually improved.

As a child, I noticed a high-pitched sound during a particularly windy night in Wisconsin. Over the next few days it got louder and louder to the point it was quite frightening. Obviously, I had tinnitus, but unfortunately lacked the words to describe it to my parents (or they just wanted me to go to sleep haha).

Eventually I figured out that it was a cycle. The more I focused on the sound, the louder it got. As I worked to focus on on other things, it gradually subsided over a few days.

Now, as an adult, it is with me all the time. It gets much louder some days. This can be caused by a bad night of sleep. Or random things I can't figure out. Doctors have variously mentioned salt, tomatoes, trying antihistamines, etc.

But one thing I know makes it worse is noise - especially higher frequencies. As a result, I really dislike many of the newer (pre-covid) restaurants with the hard surfaces and tinny speakers playing harsh music all the time.

My kids got me iPod Pro's for Christmas and it has been wonderful. We went to NYC and by wearing them, I was able to enjoy loud restaurants, deal with the subway, etc.

I also notice that by wearing them for even a few hours, my tinnitus is often significantly improved. My theory is that it improved by decreasing the amount of stimulation.

For those who experienced the opposite, I wonder the quiet they experience allows them to hear the tinnitus clearly for the first time? Then they begin to focus on it which increases it's apparent volume as I did when I was young.