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I lived for a few years in Hawaii, where they have banned most outdoor advertising. Having seen the difference, I strongly support such initiatives.

It may simply be that the language of HN is English, so more people here are, in fact, interested in UK train networks. The moving bits on this site are guesstimated based on sched…

I like https://www.opentraintimes.com/maps It appears to have the same data that you see on the staff displays at train stations. The site can be a bit hard to navigate though.

My machine was rebooted this week due to a power outage. I don't recall the last time prior to that. It generally goes weeks if not months without a reboot.

I have been exclusively running linux on my desktop for 25 years, so from my point of view, this "joke" is a quarter century out of date

Also, it is arguably dangerous to not let your teen have a phone in a time when payphones (and to a great extent landlines) no longer exist.

It is rarely the academics writing the press release. It is even rarer that the author of the press release chooses the title.

What an odd thing to fixate on . . . swap the pronouns around any way you prefer, and my statement remains correct. The captain is in charge of the aircraft and she is to be obeyed…

They are still never going to ditch as long as the plane can fly

That is exactly correct; it's his plane. I think he would face discipline from his airline after the fact, but in the moment, he is in charge.

I did not mean for it to be taken as uncharitable. I am extremely proud of Canada's contribution. My point was more that even when foreign nationals were included, the U.S. did not…

Canada effectively bought its participation in the US space program with Canadarm.

The shortlist came down to four major consulting firms. This is the problem in a nutshell. Those firms are structured to extract money from their customers, not to produce useful w…

I haven't lived in the US for a long time so this may no longer be true, but when I did live there, putting my number on the do not call register actually helped a lot.

I am guessing, but I think it likely has to do with the shape and orientation of the satellite with respect to the sun and the camera. Depending on the relative positions, the brig…

It is not covered in anywhere the same level of detail, in my opinion.

I feel like I have seen better analysis of this elsewhere. In a nutshell, it is not simply a civil war. Regional actors are involved as a proxy war: Saudi Arabia against the UAE, f…

They still need to eat, and that trivial monetary pay component must come from somewhere . . .

I recently watched a video about death cap mushrooms (the deadliest, supposedly), and apparently about 80% of people still survive (requires prompt medical treatment), not that the…

CS was viewed as a golden ticket at least as far back as 2000. Even then, there were people doing the degree who had no interest in the subject, but thought it would get them a goo…

This is generally how the GFW works in China. Instead of an overbearing nanny like a school or corporation's DNS blocker, you're left with a sense that you're on a version of the I…

There are actually a lot of really interesting discoveries on that list. I haven't thought deeply about whether it represents value for money, but I would say that that is anything…

Fascinating . . . reading the comments, it seems like the vast majority think this is a long overdue change. For myself, it never occurred to me that there was any issue and I'm sl…