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Anyone who has tried car/van camping in public should be familiar with this feeling. While sleeping in my van I've had plenty of nightmares where the nearest neighborhood forms an …

You can thank Grover Norquist[1] for that. The Taxpayer Protection Pledge [2] that he promulgates to US republican lawmakers is the primary mechanism though which those legislators…

Here's the recipe for risotto: https://thetab.com/us/bucknell/2016/10/18/john-podestas-crea...

Did you read the article? Because of aerodynamics constraining range the average trip speed was 64mph.

"It might be possible to embed a C compiler into a PDF by compiling it to JS with Emscripten, for example, but then your C compiler has to take input through a plain-text form fiel…

Amazon has recently launched a virtual experienced platform and it’s actually quite fun. (when not hamstrung by technical difficulties) https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=194198…

Right idea, wrong time. My friend owns a sex shop in Provincetown, MA and has sold tens of thousands of Trump-plugs over the past 4 years.

https://abc7chicago.com/5098508/ Could it be this one? "Passengers were not allowed to leave the airplane because the Goose Bay Airport did not have a customs officer on duty durin…

> Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Look at their product lines--Spot and Handle are the furthest things from humanoid. They've also done some static robot arms. Atlas is their only active humanoid platform, which th…

Throughout the 1800s there were tens of thousands of homeless kids just running around New York City making ends meet. The data is unreliable but it’s interesting to wonder how the…

Just open the case and disconnect the wifi antenna or, in the case of a PCB etched antenna, apply X-acto blade. See! It's opt-in.

Being a resident of Georgia, (the US state) the constant stream of political ads convinced me to subscribe to YouTube premium a few months ago.

Consider that the tunnels will encourage economic activity, which will encourage population growth at the nodes. I've always felt that the North American method of building transit…

Yes, mostly in house except for specialty materials, high labor components, etc, similar to the workflow at many small hardware firms with machine shops. We just had more combustio…

It was just like any startup really, a great team of really smart and dedicated folks trying to disrupt an entrenched industry using new ideas. Lots of simulation, lots of practica…

I worked there! Very interesting technology. Engine development is hard.

Ditto, I am also interested on any input from others who have dabbled in the field that OP mentions. Being from the Northeastern United States, I have always just picked up base la…

I've been an everyday compulsive reddit user for 12 years. The day they kill old.reddit.com is the day I stop using reddit forever.

I frequently just use any hotel, not necessarily one I have a reservation with. Between tipping, having frequent traveler status, and dressing nicely I’ve never had a problem. MSP …

The ‘hacker’ ethos commonly involves sacrifice. In a zero sum life, striving to change the world, or achieve financial independence, or to learn new skills and abilities often mean…

I think I’m going to call my congresspeople with the same question.