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Re:Worldwide Rail Network Map on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @11:53PM (#32846780)
Why is there no railway from the lower 48 to Alaska?

Ask HN: Why can’t all battery-powered devices operate when plugged in?

Posted by njpurchio on Friday December 10, 2021 @12:56AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Many devices we own (ex: my partners breast pumps) consume a lot of power and take a long time to recharge their internal batteries to operational levels. If we ever forget to charge them or the charger didn’t work, etc, we’re unable to use them until while plugged in and have to wait until the batteries are sufficiently charged. But I can use my iPhone when it is on 1% no problem. Why isn’t...

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Re:Ask HN: How do I learn how to tell a good story? on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @01:10AM (#29327339)
Just like your favorite show or movie. Start dropping bread crumbs regarding your main point right from the introduction. Tell a few mini stories that have a clear beginning and conclusion along the way. And within those mini stories leave 1-2 of those bread crumbs. By the time you’re right before the conclusion, you’ve planted more than enough crumbs out there for the audience to follow. Then at the conclusion when you tie it all together, the audience feels brought along the journey because they recall the breadcrumbs you left. Work backwards from you point. Tell mini stories.
Re:Robintrack – how many Robinhood users hold a stock over a particula... on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @11:29PM (#23484952)
Not mine found this on Twitter, but a great tool. One of the most useful things that you can do with the data that this site provides is to figure out how people are reacting to moves in the market. Depending on if people are buying the dip, getting onboard during a pump because they think it's going to go higher, or taking profits, this data lets you observe each of those different situations and plan your own trading accordingly.