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cosmotron

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    Comment #49140822

    They're pretty cool. They can be good in situations where you don't want any backlash and lots of torque. I believe they're very popular as actuators in robotics.

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    Comment #43092738

    Kagi Small Web has been fun to explore and reminds me a bit of the StumbleUpon of yore: https://kagi.com/smallweb If you'd like to read more: https://blog.kagi.com/small-web

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    Comment #42231255

    This seems to be the project's website: http://defconfranklin.com/

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    Comment #41588517

    You can still get to product reviews directly and search them. Here's an example: Product page (copy the identifier at the end): https://www.amazon.com/Long-Thanks-Hitchhikers-Guid…

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    Comment #40359998

    Something in this vein was just posted here a few days back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40307519

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    Comment #37905951

    It does mention Kowloon: > [...] in nearly every other respect both the imagery and soulful mood depicted in the film mirror reality very closely – especially when contrasting the …

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    Comment #37486384

    As others noted, it does happen and is called a human challenge trial. In fact, here's one for malaria that's currently accepting signups. https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/CVD/t…

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    Comment #37239832

    Maybe this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP0GbRNGMLk

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    Comment #37194902

    Just passing along a hat-tip on the acronym. Looks like you had some fun with it and wanted to let you know it has been appreciated!

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    Comment #36497651

    Contrast ratio for white on green is only 2.15:1 : https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/?fcolor=FFFFFF&... Whereas for black on green it's 9.72:1 : https://webaim.org/resou…

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    Comment #33025472

    Why would VPs be interested in using different building entrances?

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    Comment #29791746

    You can also try out this tool I saw shared on another thread: https://www.sentencing.us/

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    Comment #28555278

    I feel like there's an interesting irony here (on HN, not in the particular link you shared). In a thread where folks are discussing how they like/dislike how companies shutter the…

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    Comment #24755153

    FWIW, it was confirmed that this was a bad parking job and was making things annoying for the employees. https://old.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/j9ji...

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    Comment #24066091

    0xffff2, you yourself just said, "I'm stuck in because of ." It can't be that baffling to think that h3rsko is also stuck (e.g. because of a family).

  16. story
    Ask HN: How has SARS-CoV-2 impacted your benefits and compensation?

    For those fortunate enough to have so far kept their job through the pandemic thus far, have your benefits and compensation been impacted either immediately or in the future? I ima…

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    Comment #22427536

    If one person searched for the other by name (you know, just to see if they're on FB and what stuff is publicly shared), then they may appear in PYMK.

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    Comment #21609964

    What if that's what the startup Cameo is actually offering? https://www.cameo.com/ :-)

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    Comment #21265975

    Here is NPR's article on it: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/12/12/6761187... Here is the journal article referenced: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/12/ea…

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    Comment #20871987

    From the article (if you scroll down to the Camera section and expand it): > HEIF Imaging > Support for new file format (.heic) to save still images.

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    Comment #20347854

    asdf21 is implying that your strategy probably won't be effective because YouTube may only enforce this policy selectively (i.e. not on their own parent's content or other powerful…

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    Comment #20280706

    > Brokerage customers keep ~10% of their assets in cash. The 200 basis point spread between cash in brokerage accounts and money market funds or insured bank accounts [...] is equi…

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    Comment #19316983

    Mods should tag this as being from 2017.

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    Comment #19100457

    I wonder if this starts organically: some customers paid tips in cash to their "shoppers", word gets around, people see other gig apps accepting tips, and so Instacart follows suit…

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    Comment #18914066

    I believe the title is derived from the description of vulnerability #2: > Due to the scp implementation being derived from 1983 rcp [1] ... > [1] https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog…