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Since TFA can't be bothered, here's the text of the actual bill: https://my.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?GAID=18&...

Lettuce has a shelf-life of ~4 weeks from harvest, the parasite can incubate for ~2 weeks from consumption, and it may take a week or two for the infected person to see a doctor, g…

This [0] was a pretty big deal in the audio electronics industry. [0] https://www.audioholics.com/news/fire-destroys-akm-audio-chi...

In addition to the direct interview, there are other advantages of authorization that often allow the author a much deeper access to research the subject: - Access to records, corr…

> David will always, in the long run, win against Goliath. Every Goliath may, in the long run, meet a David that beats it, but this premise ignores all the thousands of Davids that…

That would be hell on everybody's box-cutters (and fingers). I already cut myself too often on shipping boxes.

I did that for a long time. It works, but it's very difficult to match the ease of using a console: - Steam's Big Picture mode works, but there are lots of sharp edges (launcher su…

Young people often have low expenses, few external demands on their time, and poor living conditions. If they are smart, motivated and lucky they can sometimes take advantage of th…

I wonder how much of that is selection bias? In my (admittedly limited) experiences around the labor and delivery process, c-sections were (apart from when requested) advised for h…

Note that the power estimate for the build above is only 325W. The power supply is beefier than that for headroom and economics. It wouldn't be surprising if Valve's efforts at int…

I just did one [0], mostly with regards only to specs and price (rather than quality). It comes out to $150 more, roughly 4X the volume, and about 3 hours more of my time in effort…

To be fair, GP said that FIFA is corrupt, not that FIFA is either profit-maximizing nor out to light the goose that lays the golden egg on fire. I know it's hard to imagine in the …

What I don't understand is why search is so broken. If I do a search of my inbox with a lot of results, it gets lazy-loaded. Fair enough. But why, when I scroll to the bottom and i…

That and a way to recursively commit/push (i.e. make a change within a submodule, commit in one step with the same message in the parent submodule). Right now, if you want to push …

He's had more than 2 decades to reject that opportunity.

I buy the argument that a functioning democracy requires the populace to believe that the government is honest, competent, and working in their interests. Watergate, Iran-Contra, a…

No more of a horrible liability than a human writing public-facing copy.

> Seveneves Seveneves had a conclusion, and then an extra book...

> And now let's talk about the epidemic of cancer in the Trump administration.... Two out of a large administration, from a cohort especially prone to cancer diagnosis: - Older (th…

If you only care about the sound, according to a single youtuber. Other things one might care about: - Ergonomics: weight, balance, shape of the neck & body, finishes all affect th…

To expand, the various governments running Paris had a big issue in the early and mid- 19th century with urban insurrections being able to hamper military movement by setting up ba…

Side benefit: Your kids grow up seeing you build habits that keep you healthy long-term. Eventually, they get involved and that helps them learn self-care skills. Plus, going for a…

Non-related? The article is about institutional actions under authoritarianism and the holocaust is the bureaucratic apex of the most studied authoritarian regime in history. TFA m…

In lots of places that get very cold, even if the heat source is combustion, electricity is still used for ignition, control and distribution through the house.

Do you know if there has been any progress on conical-bore brass? From what I recall (I did some graduate work in instrument modeling in the late 2000s) reed instruments could be m…