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> Cell sizes are not fixed, however, even within a single species. Cells often swell as they increase their production of proteins and metabolites in preparation for division. This…

It’s hard for me to know where my pessimism stops and my realism begins with these kinds of experiences lately. The latest iTerm2 update had me subconsciously questioning my own ph…

> ...Timeline is the only time I've seen a full accounting of my location in the cloud. Yes, that _you've_ seen. I think the person you're replying to is referring to use cases of …

> Even though we have an option to set a billing limit, some people don't use it and sometimes get a surprise bill. From the PR this links to.

Now do 3d chess!

Happy birthday!

I may be wrong, but I think user 22c may be trying to point out that we put an amount, W, of CO2 into the air by making the collective decision to fly so many planes in the first p…

> ...government digital services and apps need to become less bureaucratic and formal. > Beijing asserted that it wants a "user-centered approach," meaning users don't need multipl…

I can, from the other side of life. I was raised in middle-class suburbia, in the North East U.S. My family wasn't wealthy, but wasn't hurting either. I did well in school, but did…

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31573108 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31574313 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34856997 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11635…

Why is this comment getting so much heat for being confirmation bias? If anything, we should all rally around trying to guess the name in question. Did you name your kid Butter? Ba…

I can vouch that this is true in some cases. I worked for a multinational bank headquartered in the U.S., whose corporate team came up with a sexy program to snatch up recent Compu…

TIL about bikeshedding, thank you @[vips7L]( https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=vips7L ).

I imagine that many suggestions for prominent open source projects, let alone a widely adopted language, turn into forums similar to small town town-hall meetings. There are probab…

Zoom offers this today! I think Zoom + a custom GPT could do the trick.

Ah, nice, like feeding a custom GPT everything that goes on at the company. That seems dangerous to me, and not in the typical LLM weariness way. Meetings can be messy, full of amb…

What qualities should this comment have to vouch for? The art style of the linked video? The accuracy of its content? Should we ask OP if they vouch for the video that started this…

Interesting. Isn't that just problem solving? If yesterday's problems are unsolved by today, aren't they just today's problems?

I smell what you're stepping in here, but I grow more comfortable with the idea of big conglomerates continuing to improve their attack mitigation efforts on behalf of their locale…

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> The biggest headache when coming across these menus on the web is the complete disregard for accessibility.

A family member of mine used to be a buyer for the Italian foods department of a mid-market grocery chain in the US. His merchant for San Marzano tomatoes was a really down-to-eart…

This seems like an effective way to lose Apple as a client!