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Only if there is no easy and well known work-around which in the case of WSJ articles isn't the case. Without being hostile, I suggest you try reading and understanding the FAQ rat…

Also: https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/kennedy-nixon-d...

I experience what is known as 'Survivors Guilt' (in other words I wonder those exact same thoughts as you do except from the other side of lens with respect to the those that were …

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”–George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905.

I have been in true 'life or death' situations (in other words, I'm alive because others were slower or less able to draw their weapons and fire). In those sorts of situations time…

And of the twice (now thrice) that it happened to yourself? Who profited? Was it yourself? To quote your reply "If my wife loses her job or I lose too many clients we will have a p…

Q) Where do you hide a tree? A) In a forest. While I applaud the release of the information, the sudden and massive release of meaningless drivel likely hides a few smoking guns am…

My prediction: The Rich will continue to get richer and corporate profits will continue to skyrocket while the poor continue to get screwed over because the global economy is in re…

I recently watched a documentary on this incident (but can't find it now) but here are some further links (with slightly more information that includes the various 'he-said-she-sai…

I don't want to be 'that guy' buuuutttt can you turn down the hostility a few notches please? I understand that HN is a multicultural place and that people across the globe express…

Indeed. Or you could arrange for waste (water, effluent, waste food) to be dropped down over a pre-selected area for ground crews to pick up). In other words something like thick m…

An added advantage of using that approach is that as you drop off cargo (or use up food, water and fuel supplies for multi-day passenger trips) you can siphon off some of those cel…

I was interested to read that there was a patent on 'non-round Compact Disks' but when you go to the actual patent application ( https://patents.google.com/patent/US5844757 ) the p…

Did none of the comments in the original submission not show why (at least some) thought it to be click-baity at the time of you posting this 'Ask HN'? That's not snark btw am just…

Normally it is best to email Dan to ask something like this but based on the comments in the x2944 post many considered it click-bait (either the article or the headline). Consider…

Thanks for the link. There are some real gems in there and also made for an interesting read as a non-cryptonite (in other words I have no dog in the fight, skin in the game etc). …

Can anyone provide an alternative source please? I've done a quick search and can't find any other sources reporting on this apart from 2x New Scientist links which are both pay-wa…

While I'm more than prepared to keep an open mind on the subject, this is either a joke (in which case - Whoosh!) or a "0/10, Needs Improvement" I even went as far as following and…

This is a duplicate submission of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33717757 submitted by yourself yesterday and also includes the typo of 'insigh' vs. 'Insight' as the tongue-i…

This reads as a straight-up advert for Cloudflare (which I know it isn't because heck, they don't need to advertise this way) but the TLDR boils down to ... I migrated to Cloudflar…

I'm confused - Do you mean you were asked to work/be on-call 24 hours per day, seven days per week? If so - hell no. Hopefully I misunderstood what you meant by 24x7! [Edit to upda…

PTSD is a condition that usualy occurs after exposure to a single traumatic event. C-PTSD (Complex PTSD) is a condition caused by exposure to repeated events that you are unable to…