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A lovely film about a hacker house (Hacker Embassy). Released this summer and now streaming free on PBS. From the description: Follow 3 immigrant entrepreneurs as they navigate the…

The railroad going up Mt. Tamalpais employed Shay locomotives as well as Heisler. I used to think they were all Shay but learned that the No. 9 that is being restored is a Heisler.…

Is that true, though? When my parents got married in the 60's in the Netherlands, they had to move in with my grandparents because there was no housing available and eligibility wa…

For those not reading the linked article, it was not about tech (although valid discussions here). I had not expected this (this is about rural Alaska): > “In some rural districts,…

That is literally the entire short story. The second last from "Fifty-One Tales". See here at Gutenberg: https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/7838

This one caught my eye because yesterday there was a contribution directly opposite to it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48257532 I looked up the author and he seems to be p…

There are probably high risks of damaging the retina, and there is an increased risk of cataracts, if I remember correctly. Both my eyes had a vitrectomy during retinal surgery and…

Interesting to see this statement at the top of the article. Long live the web fighting back. Not sure I have seen many (any?) sites with this. Calls for some sort of acronym or lo…

It is an interesting idea. For me, somewhat older with iffy eyesight it is hard to use. The fonts are really small. The map could use more real estate on the screen. Right now it s…

Title should mention this was in 1950. We are not talking about new work. Like others have mentioned, you don't need to prove this today. But back then was different. It still took…

If I understand the example correctly, it seems a misinterpretation of the Golden Rule? The rule says to treat others the way you wish to be treated by them. It does not say do ont…

I think you are downvoted because your first sentence is misinterpreted, or the rest of your argument is not being read? You are giving an example of a position and later on discus…

No need to go anonymous. I fondly remember my achievement of taking apart my washing machine to replace the drum bearing. Thanks to the interweb gods for making blogs and videos th…

And remember that you all are part of the market. In my area you can choose what power generation your electricity comes from. Most customers do not bother, unfortunately (less tha…

My (American) brother in law calls me cheap. Which is what frugal sounds like to me. As a native Dutch I call myself cheaper than the Scottish. When I go out shopping, I will spend…

According to [1], the cost of one train from this manufacturer is over 10 Million Euros. Why would they play these shenanigans in a competitive market at the risk of pissing off th…

> Semi-related anecdote: The first time I went to the Rodin museum I was struck by how badly one of the busts had been lighted. Whilst the guards were not looking, I moved it to a …

The wikipedia page about the Mali Empire [1] has a few books in the Further Reading section. This one looks promising: African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Mediev…

Missed that "traffic was mostly flowing freely". Thanks.

Was the chaos on the Autobahn? The article say it was on alternate routes. Was the Autobahn blessed with light traffic as a result?

Or MS-Word autocorrect. I recently read a self-published book where the daughter of the author was the editor. While the book was nicely done and well written, what to me seemed ob…

If you were a rogue AI you would start with having developers invite you into their code base by promising to lower their AWS bills in some magic (rogue) way.