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A bit larger than the US state of Delaware.

(5800 sq km is 2239 sq mi. The land area of Delaware is 1949 sq mi per Wikipedia)

Re:Generation UX – How to make websites age-friendly on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @09:34AM (#14349405)
Noted is the distraction from automatically changing carousels. I've found this a major area of concern -- not just carousels but any autoplay content, automatic slides, and text marquees. And beyond distraction, these elements assume a specific pace of reading and require the user to build UI understanding to get back to interesting content they glimpsed in passing. If the content is compelling enough to display, it's compelling enough to present well.
Re:Ask HN: How has volunteering helped you grow? on Monday April 24, 2017 @02:21PM (#14186655)
Scouting binds together a broad range of educational and community service opportunities worldwide.

Both youth and adult members of Scouting develop leadership skills. Among these worldwide opportunities is the Wood Badge, whose curriculum varies country to country.

Here in the states, Wood Badge includes training on servant leadership, mentoring and business ethics -- concepts that help the adult leader better serve Scouting youth, but also offering broad practical applications in the workplace.

You'll need to check locally, but many Scouting programs also include opportunities in skills training and career exploration for youth.

For those who wish to hear this sort of story from the author's own voice, Finkel was recently interviewed on Maine Public Radio: http://mainepublic.org/post/north-pond-hermit
Solving actual problems.
Re:B&H forced Hispanic workers to use separate bathroom: feds on Monday February 27, 2017 @01:28PM (#13746508)
Old news from 2016.
Re:Announcing the first SHA-1 collision on Thursday February 23, 2017 @10:51AM (#13714828)
This is one of the reasons it is important to have multiple hash algorithms in use. Even when a collision can be triggered in two systems, it becomes markedly harder to trigger a simultaneous collision in other systems at that same point (payload).
Re:Taser has started its own in-house AI unit on Friday February 17, 2017 @02:05PM (#13670790)
Guy Fawkes. Guy Fawkes. Guy Fawkes.
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Re:Lessons learned after 300 books in 4 years on Sunday November 20, 2016 @09:31AM (#12998998)
The recommendation to take notes is helpful. I prefer to make my notes directly in the book. This has the added bonus of making a book's value much clearer to me when it comes time to cull.
I was in pain for a year or more. I got a forearm massage to eliminate the knots. Then I changed my typing style to be more about comfort and less about what the typing instructors wanted. No problems in the 15 years since.