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There is no notable evidence here, just theoretical hints. Sympathetic magic, translated into modern context.

Good story thanks

You’re welcome

Is this cold fusion? The article contrasts this experiment with a plasma tokamak in the UK. I suppose the lasers require a lot of energy but it doesn't sound like there is a plasma…

This seems to be case. Google Jebel Irhoud to learn more.

This story is about the legalization of psychedelics. If it don’t believe me, read to the end.

Children of Ruin

Very cool, I endorse this post! Older episodes of Dan Carlin’s hardcore history podcast that cover this period have put the whole ancient near east into context. highly recommend.

How would this situation qualify for a class action? You don't seem to be a member of some large class of people to me.

This would be better if it was only 10 years of the Simpsons.

Like Bats of the Republic, similar idea.

Just like in classic sci-fi Dragon's Egg. Supernova happens at the same time hominims begin to become human.

It looks like Hangouts can make free calls, but GV cannot. At least according to their respective descriptions in the Play store. That seems like a major downgrade.

i think that's the only way it works

If a credit card company can make money from me by charging the merchants I use the card with, and the credit card company gets its money for free through bank deposits and the cre…

Tally appears to do no underwriting it simply offers you a lower rate than your current cards offer and allows you to pay all the bills at once? Or does Tally have a proprietary me…

Hold on, so we call it "Mind Control" when Google shifts our preferences toward one of two pre-selected choices? What do we call the state of the world that leaves us with only 2 p…

inhabitants of Lovecraft's Nameless City

FLSA is not a joke anymore. Especially for a big company or one that has aspirations of becoming big.

Thank you for that link. I am not expert on statistical methods - is the reference to the F-stat in the link meant to indicate that the p-value was only 7%?

the tick has to stay attached for 24 hours in the first place. If you let a tick stay on you for 24 hours, you have a lot of other issues beyond Lyme.

I don't think a monkey would have burned $2b on a non-sensical Skype purchase. So she's got that going for her.

Thank you for this article, the data is great. Since you've speculated as to the causes of the declines in the markets with large declines could you speculate on the reasons for th…

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8794956

That's a great point. I wish everything written by Farhad had a warning label on it for gross stupidity. Sarb-Ox is clearly a big deal. However the bigger challenge facing these "s…