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Re:Hong Kong: books by pro-democracy activists disappear from library ...
on Sunday July 05, 2020 @10:27AM (#23738921)
I suggest that you read that account's post history before you believe their claims.
Re:Apple WWDC Keynote
on Sunday July 05, 2020 @10:25AM (#23738903)
11 pro max is the only iPhone model that has it
Re:Apple WWDC Keynote
on Monday June 22, 2020 @02:33PM (#23603881)
Picture in picture is nice but I am disappointed that there's no split screen for all models yet.
Re:Amazon sellers marking products as collectible to get around price ...
on Friday May 29, 2020 @03:46PM (#23354646)
Allowing price gouging encourages speculative hoarding which makes markets less stable and less fair. For essential items this is very undesirable for almost everyone.
Re:Convincing-looking 90s fonts in modern browsers
on Sunday May 10, 2020 @11:50AM (#23133540)
using many apps with sound enabled is shocking after long periods of app silence. Social media apps sound like slot machines! So much pavlovian conditioning... Not sure how all that is still legal.
Re:We Chat, They Watch
on Friday May 08, 2020 @08:19AM (#23113945)
are they censoring things like the concentration camps that China has with over a million people in them? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50511063
Re:ICANN board withholds consent for a change of control of the .org r...
on Friday May 01, 2020 @10:40AM (#23042412)
What can be done to initiate a change in their leadership?
Re:Japan to subsidize 100% of salaries at small companies
on Sunday April 26, 2020 @02:06AM (#22984938)
Suspending mortgage payments should be looked at also
Re:Show HN: Live Stand-Up Comedy from Home
on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @05:34PM (#22871750)
On Twitch normal latency is ~10 seconds and with their low latency modes it can be 2s or less.
Re:Can we ever go back?
on Monday April 13, 2020 @11:49PM (#22862589)
Those issues you described can be resolved with $300 in retail purchases: noise canceling headphones, a wifi router, and an Ikea style desk. Add $100 for a decent office chair. It is not an unreasonable amount of money in most of the USA.
Re:Some auto insurers are sending refunds to customers as crash rate f...
on Monday April 06, 2020 @11:27PM (#22800103)
It's easy to let your mind wander and get lost in your thoughts when there is so much turmoil and uncertainty.
Re:Facebook donates emergency reserve of 720k masks
on Monday March 23, 2020 @10:51PM (#22671410)
"Trump disbanded NSC pandemic unit that experts had praised"
https://apnews.com/ce014d94b64e98b7203b873e56f80e9a
"Quick left amid a bitter U.S. trade dispute with China when she learned her federally funded post, officially known as resident adviser to the U.S. Field Epidemiology Training Program in China, would be discontinued as of September, the sources said. The U.S. CDC said it first learned of a “cluster of 27 cases of pneumonia” of unexplained origin in Wuhan, China, on Dec. 31."
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-...
Re:Open letter from Italy to the international scientific community
on Saturday March 14, 2020 @10:40PM (#22580772)
That 100k number is for the whole world. It was a poorly worded tweet
Re:Fed cuts half point in emergency move amid spreading virus
on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @12:59PM (#22476987)
The US federal reserve are the best in the world at what they do IMO.
Re:Fed cuts half point in emergency move amid spreading virus
on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @12:48PM (#22476845)
Please don't spread FUD. Please do provide references for your claims.
Re:The impact of cannabis access laws on opioid prescribing
on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @10:46PM (#21926519)
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson contributes a lot of money to "conservative" politicians as long as they're anti drug. His son died of an overdose. https://theintercept.com/2016/11/02/sheldon-adelson-fights-m...
Re:23andMe to share customer gene data with GlaxoSmithKline for $300M
on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @05:55PM (#21830333)
I had never considered those metrics as a possible source of data. I'll have to think about it. Thank you.
Re:23andMe to share customer gene data with GlaxoSmithKline for $300M
on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @08:08PM (#21820819)
It's interesting for a new account to have such a strongly opinioned, eloquent, and top voted comment on such a controversial topic.
Re:“Snowcrash” to be HBO series, compete with actual early Metaverses ...
on Monday December 16, 2019 @07:48PM (#21809356)
They're AT&T/Warner/HBO now.
Re:Rolls-Royce Touts Nuclear Reactors as Key to Clean Jet Fuel
on Saturday December 07, 2019 @10:33AM (#21730763)
Bill Gates has plans for this type of project already but Trump spiked it.... https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/amp25728221/...
Re:The Great Cannon has been deployed again
on Friday December 06, 2019 @11:50AM (#21723552)
Says a brand new account....
Re:Google are removing URLs entirely from search results?
on Saturday November 02, 2019 @01:19PM (#21428827)
I am upset every time I see that interface. It makes it so much more difficult to identify fake/spam websites.
Re:McKinsey: Half the World’s Banks Too Weak to Survive Downturn
on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @10:05AM (#21323696)
People stop with all the fear mongering and there's another decade of slow and steady growth.
Re:Disney: Bob Iger bets the company (and Hollywood's future) on strea...
on Saturday October 19, 2019 @07:17PM (#21301310)
The Mandelorian is only the first Star Wars series. There's another based on Cassian Andor (from Rogue One, Diego Luna's character) and Obi Wan with Ewan McGreggor. I am excited for all of them!
Re:Sea 'Boiling' with Methane Discovered in Siberia
on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @12:30AM (#21200034)
Bill Gates wants to: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/amp25728221/...
Re:U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s top AI startups
on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @12:12AM (#21199953)
A brand new account and it's pro-trump during an impeachment crisis?
Re:An erroneous paper on religion and generosity is retracted
on Friday September 27, 2019 @10:51PM (#21098100)
Re:Dog-walking startup Wag raised $300M, then things got messy
on Friday September 27, 2019 @10:43PM (#21098066)
Unless your goals are wealth redistribution and job creation and science...
Re:94k Bitcoin (1B USD) transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet
on Monday September 09, 2019 @09:08PM (#20924214)
If either you or the posters above linked to primary sources it would help a lot. Anyone can make proclamations but where are the references??