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To be fair, that's exactly the sort of thing a dead person would say, if they were trying to trick you into believing they were alive.

If this post from Cliff was a cunning strategy to increase sales of Acme Klein Bottles, well, it's worked. I too just ordered one (having been meaning to do so for a good number of…

I, too, have a TB-303. It seems like there might be a disproportionate number of 303 owners here on HN.

At some point in the 2000s I was buying a laptop at an Apple retail store, and just before we processed the transaction the salesperson asked if I was a student. "Umm, I kinda look…

You can use the Apple Store app to purchase physical items at Apple retail locations (smaller items like cables or cases). I've used it a couple of times, and I feel very awkward u…

I came here to say this. Dave McCormack and Custard were in a popular indie band in Oz in the 90s. A couple of years ago he performed a couple of songs with The Wiggles, and came o…

Or it might be a case of situational depression: https://www.webmd.com/depression/situational-depression

> His personal security cost was part of his “All Other Compensation” which amounted to $6,802,824 in 2023, and also consists of his 401(k) or Roth plan, and personal use of compan…

Can US auto makers (or even non-Tesla automakers generally) manufacture EVs at sufficient scale? Tesla seems to be far ahead of their competition: https://caredge.com/guides/electr…

You can disrupt an office without entering the office. Just stand outside and block the entrance, yell at people trying to enter the office, or bang pots and pans and create a dist…

Where were you in Australia? And what sort of gambling machines are we talking about? > The laws regulating the use of gaming machines in Australia are a matter for state governmen…

Useful for people who primarily use their phone for phone calls.

I popped into an Aldi in Portugal ~6 months ago, and I noticed they had some Trader Joe's products on the shelves. Unsurprisingly, Aldi Portugal is owned by Aldi Nord.

I believe a share of revenue is not uncommon in shopping mall leases. e.g.: https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/clb-percentage-rent....

Google Flights will allow you to select how many carry-ons and checked bags you have (depending on the route). e.g., on an imaginary trip to Las Vegas, the cheapest carrier changed…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_leave

I was there ~2 months ago, near Faro. Our driver said they had had very little rain in the past 3 years. He showed us empty creeks and rivers, etc. And the area certainly looked ve…

While all that is true, I try to avoid breaking the law when visiting foreign countries. I wouldn't want to make future travel unnecessarily complicated.

Just to echo what you said: I was in Portugal a couple of months ago, and our local tour guide said the drought conditions meant we should expect to pay 3x the price for olive oil …

I visited Vegas for the first time this year and I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would. I was surprised to learn that, despite its reputation as a party city, it isn't techn…

Waze seemed to not understand the express/collector system in Toronto for the longest time, and would have you merge back and forth between the two unnecessarily. It seems to have …

I think the problem is that _everyone has one_. > The company's meteoric growth trajectory has slowed down in recent years. According to S&P, sales declined by almost 22 per cent i…

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I think those dirt-cheap yearly subscription deals are a US thing. I'm not sure similar deals are common in the rest of the world.

I think it's fairly common to take a wire article and change/update it with original reporting. For example, the current main article on The Guardian's website is: https://www.theg…