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Re:I Made Tinnitus My Friend (Then It Disappeared)
on Sunday August 09, 2026 @07:56PM (#49237568)
It took a while but this worked for me (no gimmicks either)
Re:Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons
on Sunday May 03, 2026 @01:06PM (#47999008)
Next they should bring back round steering wheels.
Re:Electronics for Kids, 2nd Edition
on Saturday March 21, 2026 @07:00PM (#47472413)
Is there a parts kit sold for this book? I couldn't find one online.
Re:The enshittification of Amazon paperback books
on Monday March 16, 2026 @12:41AM (#47395293)
I first starting noticing bad print on demand editions from Oxford University Press almost 20 years ago.
Re:Significant US Farm Losses Persist, Despite Federal Assistance
on Thursday January 22, 2026 @06:30PM (#46726491)
Climate is obviously relevant to agricultural production.
Re:Significant US Farm Losses Persist, Despite Federal Assistance
on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @11:04PM (#46715176)
Strangely no mention of the climate crisis.
Re:Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hand...
on Thursday December 11, 2025 @05:02PM (#46237841)
Quite the qualification for self-driving: "as long as there are clearly painted lane lines."
Re:The Fatal Trap UBI Boosters Keep Falling Into
on Friday November 28, 2025 @08:31PM (#46084501)
The problem UBI boosters have is not understanding how basic social welfare programs work, or somehow pretending their one weird trick replaces them (that’s why they’re always vague about the actual amount of the UBI).
Re:The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia
on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @03:00PM (#45905574)
That was before Trump v. United States (2024)
Re:EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affi...
on Monday September 29, 2025 @09:56AM (#45413895)
Sportswashing is coming to video games.
Re:The fish kick may be the fastest subsurface swim stroke yet (2015)
on Saturday July 12, 2025 @02:07PM (#44543822)
A swim coach told me that in 1950s people used to do the first lap of breaststroke underwater but people kept passing out. It wasn't safe for youth sports.
Re:Apple introduces a universal design across platforms
on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @01:10AM (#44232767)
I'm getting older too and the last thing I need is more blurriness.
Re:Las Vegas is embracing a simple climate solution: More trees
on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @12:42AM (#44232606)
Trees are great but Las Vegas is in a desert. It would better to also build for shade, like old hilltop towns in Italy or Spain, or various urban designs in the Middle East.
Re:NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
on Saturday May 10, 2025 @12:24AM (#43943228)
None of this would have happened without the support of Silicon Valley billionaires.
Re:Heat stress mitigation by trees and shelters at bus stops
on Thursday May 08, 2025 @05:00PM (#43931319)
Milwaukee started its shade program in the 1980s.
Re:Adults can learn perfect pitch
on Friday February 14, 2025 @04:23PM (#43053199)
Looking at the graphs it appears that two people had big improvements and the others not very much.
Why Tech Companies Are Joining the GOP-Oil Alliance
Re:Higher potassium intake at dinner linked to fewer sleep disturbance...
on Saturday January 18, 2025 @08:12AM (#42748085)
Going to bed a lot earlier. Some people just can’t sleep past a certain time no matter what.
Living Amongst the Ruins
The Government Is Shutting Down Because Elon Musk Has Factories in China
Re:Kevin Langdon's 'Omni Magazine' unsupervised IQ test (1979)
on Monday December 16, 2024 @10:06PM (#42437952)
Practice will clearly improve your performance on puzzle questions like these. Is that really testing intelligence, or just interest and motivation for solving puzzles?
Why I have resigned from the Royal Society
Re:USPS' long-awaited new mail truck makes its debut
on Saturday September 14, 2024 @11:30PM (#41544988)
Yeah, these are awesome. It’s SUVs that are ugly.
Re:The End Times have come for the Pinboard bookmarking service
on Friday September 13, 2024 @03:20PM (#41534263)
I used pinboard for years until I started saving web pages as PDFs in my Dropbox folder. I got the idea from pinboard’s own archive feature.
Re:Brazil's X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky
on Sunday September 01, 2024 @01:57AM (#41414658)
Re:Brazil's X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky
on Sunday September 01, 2024 @12:40AM (#41414346)
People used it to organize an attempted coup against a democratically elected government and twitter is not cooperating with the investigation.
As an ex-Twitter boss, I have a way to grab Elon Musk's attention
Re:Racist plant names will change after historic vote by botanists
on Friday July 19, 2024 @12:45PM (#41008368)
Plant names are changing constantly anyway so this is not a big deal, just a nice thing to do.