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When I see that I immediately think it is an octal notation number.
Re:Train Wheels Are Cones on Sunday August 29, 2021 @10:42PM (#28352357)
This video explains the problem - it is worth watching the entire video. If you are pressed for time jump to 15:00 mark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-_VPRCtiUg
Dynamite fishing is the number 1 cause of coral reef destruction in Indonesia. Search for "blast fishing in Indonesia" - there are plenty of youtube videos of the devastation this causes. They now have protected areas that have zero tolerance to blast fishing with regular patrols and long sentences if caught. Such protected areas are thriving in coral.
Re:We need to raise prices to stop hoarding on Sunday March 15, 2020 @10:31PM (#22589196)
The best solution is to get rid of shopping carts and force customers to use shopping baskets instead. The queues to the checkout will be shorter and so will reduce the exposure to infection.
Thanks for this. Certainly food for thought here. I do have a couple of developer friends I could hand over this stuff to on the event the worst should happen. I guess some developers don't have that option. For me, it is just a matter of broaching the subject with them and see which friend is best handling the issue at hand. It is a tricky subject and I believe is it one that is being totally overlooked and we are collectively losing a lot of work that we are unaware of.

Ask HN: What contingency do you have in place for your source/apps when you die?

This question is mainly aimed at self-employed, solo developers with side projects, e.t.c. where the chances of losing digital work is very high because no one else is around to pick up the pieces or make sense of what you have started / created. Do you have any digital contingency in place for any of the work that you've started/done after you have died? For example, if you don't renew your...

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There are already good studies and it is well known that Vitamin D is toxic if too much quantity is taken over time. 5K IU is 5x more than the recommended daily limit. She should have dropped to 1K IU after 4 months of taking 5K IU, that is, if she continued not to get regular sun exposure or eat food rich in Vitamin D. The problem lies in the prescribed amount and the duration and not because of lack of studies. Did a doctors advise 5K IU without a time limit?
Re:Show HN: Super Markup World on Saturday February 27, 2016 @09:43PM (#11189554)
You can complete this with just one div. Just jump up and when it get to the desired jump height simply click create. Before I click create the new div has a new bottom offset which is a raised platform from the previous platform position that the player lands on.
Re:Twitter's rumored algorithmic timeline switch on Saturday February 06, 2016 @05:37PM (#11050314)
It is nothing like a Wikipedia - you can't edit my tweet for a start.

It is more like a micro blogging platform with an integrated RSS Reader.

My tweets are my blogs entries limited to 140 characters.

Clicking on followers is the same as clicking on subscribe to another blog RSS.

When I view all my followers tweets, that timeline is exactly like me viewing all my subscribed RSS in an RSS reader, the only different is you see the content there and then rather than clicking a link to view the entire story.

Retweets is same as reblog button on a blog.

Reply to a tweet is same as making a comment to a blog post.

As for Facebook I don't have an FB account to know how it functions. I'm guessing if you think about it long enough it is close to being a blog too with more bells and whistles. Adding your family/friends is akin to subscribing to their feed is just like subscribing to RSS on a blog.

Re:Theremin on Sunday August 23, 2015 @02:07AM (#10104820)
I'm thinking of selling mine given I've not touched it in years.

https://www.ted.com/talks/pamelia_kurstin_plays_the_theremin...

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