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A large asteroid is the obvious possibility to create such an event

tldr: people don't read lengthy text.

TAU is doing some interesting research: https://www.aftau.org/press-release---vapor

I found this interesting: "Our study revealed a universal law: Conservation of Brain Connectivity," Prof. Assaf concludes. "This law denotes that the efficiency of information tran…

I think "start-stop nonsense" is referring to push button ignitions

The Potato Hack agrees with you https://potatohack.com/

I keep this on a small card in my office: SYSTEMS INBOX ZERO - Delete, Delegate, Respond, Defer, Do ALWAYS BE KNOLLING - Put away tools, group like objects, align to surfaces FOCUS…

I thought it of great interest that he was open enough to share that he uses Goodreader on his iPad.

On residential locks the tolerances on each pin's traveling cylinder are loose enough to allow you to apply shearing force on the pin by holding the lock tight (as if trying to ope…

This design is a good visual for why lock bumping is fairly easy on most residential locks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_bumping

Why wait for the dishes? The beauty of mindfulness can manifest itself wonderfully in office work. Shut out the distractions from your mind; then the clack of the keyboard, the fee…

I hit enter and I still get Google.

Now all you need is the inverse of this to fix the mass overuse of inline styles.

At my (admittedly meager) 1024x768, between browser and now the google groups redesign, ui area takes up almost half of the upper space before any content is shown.

The similarity between http://robohash.org/yes and http://robohash.org/no is striking.

If you just lost your appetite for the entire day when you saw the single shot on that video, you are not alone.

This is uncool. So I have an Android 1.6 phone. I use Twidroyd and the named alternative, the official Twitter app is for devices on Android 2.1 or later. I also have no plans to c…

Above all I think the greatest thing about DDG is the direct forwarding to UPS when I submit a UPS tracking number. No clicking. No need to enter the number again. It just goes str…

I ran across this list just now on sites that may be using SO content: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/24611/is-it-legal-to...

Wow, you learn a lot around here if you're paying attention! I often wondered whether or not my results were being personalized. Good to know.

I think that would be a dangerous precedent to set. Whose opinion should decide what sites add value to content that may not be completely original? I'm not saying efreedom is not …

I think overuse of the word "cool" might finally be heading downward. And it's interesting to see the blips in the 70's and 80's of "groovy" and "rad" respectively. http://ngrams.g…

A History of American Labor by Joseph G. Rayback http://books.google.com/books?id=i9Tk_WF9Hc4C&dq=America...

I don't have a startup but dreams of doing it dance in my head. After reading this and realizing that I could miss out on the benefits of the hn community when the time comes becau…