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Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite YouTube channels to learn stuff? on Monday July 08, 2019 @09:58PM (#20388396)
Out of necessity, lately it's been Grayfurnaceman (https://www.youtube.com/user/grayfurnaceman) for home HVAC/appliance repair and Scotty Kilmer (https://www.youtube.com/user/scottykilmer) for auto repair.

For fun: Amarguitar for Phish guitar solo analysis and lessons: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP31spBZuvhmXf2gz9ugO8w

Re:Tree of Forty Fruit on Saturday July 06, 2019 @08:17PM (#20372831)
You just jogged my memory about a "tomato transplant mystery" in Berton Roueche's Medical Detectives.

Link to a summary of the original 1965 New Yorker essay: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1965/05/15/something-a-li...

Re:Keeping the Art of Silent Film Music Alive on Friday February 02, 2018 @08:20AM (#16290298)
Awesome recommendations, thanks! Was able to find the Valerie Project soundtrack album on YouTube in its entirety. The first track or two is reminiscent of The Mars Volta without the frenzy. Enjoying the heck out of all the tracks though.
Re:Keeping the Art of Silent Film Music Alive on Friday February 02, 2018 @08:18AM (#16290288)
In 2008 or so The Hot Club of San Franscisco[0] (gypsy jazz/hot jazz a la Django Reinhardt) played a live accompaniment to some work by the silent film actor/comedian Charley Bowers[1]. It was definitely one of the better performances I've ever seen/heard. What a perfect juxtaposition, not even taking into account the obvious caliber of the musicianship.

Ever since I've been on the lookout for similar "soundtrack" concerts, improvised or composed. A live rendition of "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" orchestrated by a Denver jazz guitarist is another favorite.

[0]HCoSF Sample Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZlPBYVOXXg

[1]http://brightlightsfilm.com/forgotten-charleys-i-charley-bow...

Re:I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @09:39AM (#15027325)
Really sorry to read that. Hope things improve for you. My wife attempted suicide a few times last year. Thankfully things have stabilized since, but I had been contingency planning for life afterwards just to stay sane. I don't think there's a good way to deal with the crap...
Re:Selection bias is the most powerful force in education on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @04:51PM (#15022390)
Same here. I didn't even know it was an option (obviously didn't go to an Ivy League university)...
Re:The Lost Art of Stealing Fruit on Monday August 14, 2017 @05:27PM (#15013094)
Nice to hear somebody mention pawpaws! Here's a short intro video/article: http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2011/09/29/140894570/the...
Re:Big Companies and the Military Are Paying Novelists to Write Sci-Fi... on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @11:49AM (#14959061)
Out of curiosity, did you have any published writing prior to working with/for SciFutures? I'm quite interested in contributing...
Re:Big Companies and the Military Are Paying Novelists to Write Sci-Fi... on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @11:37AM (#14958923)
I posted something similar on HN nearly a year ago: https://www.fastcompany.com/3063187/scifutures-probes-your-c...

It's a nice complement to this New Yorker article :-)

Re:The Lethality of Loneliness on Monday July 31, 2017 @11:51AM (#14893054)
That sounds wonderful. Do you have any photos or writing about these experiences (or others)?
Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in Fresno on Friday July 14, 2017 @04:55PM (#14773094)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unintended_consequences
Re:Ask HN: Which sites you visit on a regular basis for knowledge and ... on Saturday July 08, 2017 @02:24PM (#14726552)
https://longform.org/

Curated collections of long-form journalism.

Edit: Forgot to add Codex 99, '...an occasionally updated website about art, design and history, except when it’s about something else altogether." http://www.codex99.com

Re:Big oil will die when it becomes cheaper to hail an electric self-d... on Friday July 07, 2017 @12:02AM (#14715945)
Your comment reminded me of the idea that "...crude oil is much too valuable to be burned as a fuel."

http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/s7121.html

Ask HN: What are some investigative research-based blogs that you read?

Posted by cpete on Friday June 30, 2017 @11:46AM
from the ask-hn dept.

This is inspired by the "Which word begins with a "y" and looks like an axe in this picture?" submission on HN's front page right now.Two examples that come to mind:Sniper in Mahwah: https://sniperinmahwah.wordpress.com/Krebs on Security: https://krebsonsecurity.com/General interest and non-technical sites are welcomed!

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Re:Engineers Investigate a Simple, No-Bake Recipe to Make Bricks from ... on Monday May 01, 2017 @05:07PM (#14241609)
Here's what The Onion, ahem, American voices have to say about it: http://www.theonion.com/americanvoices/scientists-constructi...

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