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> nobody knows what to do with it yet though. I've sent a lengthy email to Atomic Rockets strongly suggesting that cloaking devices are back on the menu. No reply yet and I know I'…

> it doesn't sound very convincing That's because it's not a strong conclusion. It's a "better than the alternatives" hypothesis. Repeating my tldr above "they don't know it's alph…

The tldr is that they don't know it's alphabetic for sure (see below quote). The main scholar (Glenn Schwartz) who co-oversaw the '94-'10 excavation isn't an expert in writing. He …

I thought the article was fine, historically, as a pop travel article. You seem to have hate-read it because it wasn't encyoclopedic enough and left out some of your favorite bits …

I think the author's issue is he conflates feudalism, which is generally held to begin in the 10th century, with the entire medieval period, which is traditionally dated as startin…

> You misunderstand how personality rights work .. Called it in the other thread One of the great things about HN is you get all kinds of experts from every field imaginable. > is …

> if housing is so affordable in Japan, why are there still people who don't own homes? Mostly because they don't need or want their own house and/or they spend their money on othe…

Yeah I also travel with a battery pack and, if I'm overseas, a pocket wifi. And my airpods, although lots of people like big headsets too. Apple also thinks their VR rig is great f…

Speaking of 'grossly mischaracterizing' Volokh, why do you think he is "uniquely qualified" to weigh in here? Is it because your views usually align with his? He seems no more qual…

Whether Hans cheated OtB is not really the main issue although most commenters get hung up on it. Occam’s Razor suggests we should strongly believe he didn’t cheat OTB. The bigger …

* Headphone jack.

Louis CK assured me my stuff was already going to space.

This place has lots of world class thinkers but is heavily overburdened with title janitors and tone police. This is an actually interesting development but there’s zero discussion…

Lots of countries have great systems that aren't single payer.

The idea that AD&D didn’t have powergamers sounds like Gygax propaganda. This is the edition that put out a book of diety statblocks like it was another monster manual. Your linked…

A passing familiarity with her blog has the substantiation. The fact that the last few decades of particle physics has led nowhere is the truth but I don't see anyone else brave en…

> mostly just been abused as a vehicle for crazy, baseless manias The whole movement came out of monetary crank-ism, those people were always there. Let me know when there’s a main…

> Without more recent bones, we have no reason to believe that they still exist. Eyewitness accounts aren’t bones but they are still evidence.

1. Technically they weren’t as smart. Fetal and child nutrition is hugely important for brain development. Modern language is far more complex. Intellectual stimulation for childre…

I take delight knowing that it drives racists crazy so it’s improved my user experience.

Here's the writeup: https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-deep-dive-i... edit, previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29568625

If it’s coded like wordle you can just change system date and do the other puzzles.

One alternative is the guy who needs a $500 emergency loan gets it at a non-usurius interest rate. The system could be revamped to support easier repayment for actual emergency loa…