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Re:Ask HN: Feeling quite disheartened about job search, any advice?
on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @07:43AM (#39615310)
What’s wrong with working on web apps?
Re:Eclipse viewing at 30k feet: Delta to offer path-of-totality flight
on Thursday February 22, 2024 @08:39AM (#39466864)
The path of totality is only 115 miles wide so from 30,000 feet you would be able to see edges of the shadow below you.
You’re also guaranteed to be able to see the eclipse because you’re flying above any cloud cover.
Re:Risk of 'dead pool' looms at Colorado River meeting
on Friday December 16, 2022 @09:36PM (#34023762)
“One way or another, physics and Mother Nature are going to dictate outcomes if we don’t come up with some solutions,” Entsminger said. “I would like every water user on the Colorado River to recognize that the 21st century has substantially less water than the 20th century. And all of the institutions we built in the 20th century need to be adjusted — in months, not years — in order to face the reality of less water for every user, in every sector, in every state.”
Re:Ask HN: News site that provides world updates only when relevant?
on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @09:35AM (#29551924)
Have you checked out the Wikipedia current events page?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events
Re:Clothing, How Did They Make It? Part III: Spin Me Right Round
on Friday March 19, 2021 @12:14PM (#26515096)
Regarding Native American tribes, the author specifically mentions evidence for the backstrap loom in Incan villages pre-contact and evidence for ground looms in the late Neolithic.