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"Deadly Hamas-led attacks on Israel in October 2023, that sparked the war in Gaza have caused an ongoing humanitarian crisis on an epic scale."

Clearly, you've never seen Pulp Fiction.

I went to look up something on IMDb, and then I immediately got an email saying I registered for a new account. I probably did have amazon.com open in another browser tab, but I di…

Don't be surprised if GitHub (Microsoft) is unhappy with your choice of icon.

I feel like this is more bizarre than can be attributed to Gemini. Don't go down a rabbit hole like I did.

This is an embarrassment. I hold the members of Heaven's Gate in higher esteem than these clowns.

It's not silly and is logical. Businesses and consumers will not be worse off. In 1978, the CPI was roughly a fifth of what it is now, and no one was complaining there wasn't a sma…

You should probably fact check your statement about the size of Van Gogh paintings. Easily disproved.

In one sentence: Design tokens are a standardized way of defining constants used in a design system. If most developers haven't heard of them, it's because most developers don't cr…

Gate lice and early boarders are two completely different things happening at the opposite ends of the same line. Catching early boarders does nothing to fix gate lice

* Make all bets above a certain threshold public information with the bettor's name and wager amount like political contributions. I think this would result in some sort of credit …

In Downton Abbey, Maggie Smith is playing a toned-down version of the character she played in Gosford Park.

The original developer makes the decision, and they have to actively choose it when it makes sense for their app. Only pirated apps are affected. Some software should be free. Soft…

I'm with you. I fundamentally don't see the problem. I actually think it's great. My understanding was that Android apps were quite unsecure and could be pirated and distributed by…

The title of this post is not great. There's a board game with the name Labyrinth (previously named The A-maze-ing Labyrinth), which this post is not about.

Until very recently it was $20. Now, every new member has $5 donated from REI to their "action fund" which the member cannot choose what cause that supports. This effectively means…

I'm not sure specifically what you want to know. I resupplied food in towns along the way. And while in town, I had a hot meal there. Also consider that resupplying is often not do…

When I hiked the AT, my backpack was a previous year's model (2006 Camelbak Cloudwalker, I think) that I bought for $35. It's smaller than most daypacks. In fact, it's still the da…

The only thing better than Lebanon Bologna is Sweet Lebanon Bologna. A simple Lebanon bologna and cheese sandwich (on a Martin's potato roll) is a typical lunch when I'm visiting m…

I've noticed that the term "thru-hike" is being stretched in its meaning. Not that this is especially egregious. A more global term would be to call these "treks". And some of thes…

I didn't think a silt out was relevant to this cave.

The same applies to a married couple where one makes $20/hr and the other $5/hr.

I think you are mistaken. If I see a comment that is objectively false, then it ought to be pointed out as such. Not doing so would make Hacker News irrelevant. How am I to object …

Since you literally can't think of a single reason, I thought it would be fun if I tried to think of a reason that I had never heard before (or at least I don't remember hearing). …

Actually, there are perfectly good reasons the minimum wage should be below a "living wage".