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A new Steinway spirio grand piano is around $650k usd

Reminding of my most cited academic paper… one of the co-authors was a tenured professor about to go on sabbatical and so he was happy to have a fresh paper to present at all his s…

It would make more sense to complain about plants consuming sunlight than it does to complain about data centers consuming water.

Right. If you are dropping $60K on a stereo, you don't really care if the cables are $4K.

Do you want some deeply studied anthropological journal article on “The use of pagers in Lebanese society “? Do you know of any civilians anywhere in the world that currently use p…

SIP still has a reliability layer built on top: the humans will say “I didn’t catch that, can you repeat yourself?“ on the video call.

Very neat variation on the “I’m currently looking for work” post.

I find this compelling, alongside the fact ChromeBooks are well placed in retail shops and usually the cheapest things you can buy. They are also ubiquitous in elementary schools. …

For me the beauty of idlewords's own blog ( https://idlewords.com/ ) is that it's so good it makes me want to write. Similarly, I find Graham's writing so bad that it also makes me…

Damn that’s a fine coinage. According-to-Royle.

Am I wrong to assume police already have access to their area’s database of driver’s license photos? Never mind mugshots - I think they already have access to most people’s faces, …

I think NSA has hacked the van (without the van operators realizing) and so it’s both a sewer inspection van and an NSA surveillance van at the same time.

This essay really reminds me of someone I know who's integrity and impulse control has changed dramatically over the last 2 years coinciding with their descent into crushing povert…

I enjoyed the article very very much but I accidentally completed a BFA in creative writing in my youth so my taste in writing might be a bit off.

I can’t remember if it’s against HN rules to implore people to read the actual article. The reason he became good at selling (according to the article) is because he changed his at…

https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/pitchfork-re...

Whoever wrote the article has never had to replace a cup holder in their car.

It was astonishingly humane especially considering how effective it was: 1.) Communication network completely destroyed (anyone with a working pager in Lebanon has thrown it in the…

You realize copyright applies to an application’s visual representation, too, right? Copyright isn’t just a code thing.

"We are in the FAFO phase of escalation control, my friend." - Dr. Jeffrey Lewis (@ArmsControlWonk) https://twitter.com/ArmsControlWonk/status/17795628109236883...

It’s a replay of their Soleimani response which they also telegraphed in advance, only targeted military targets, and also resulted in zero fatalities. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w…

"I wasn't that bothered by it." - Andres Freund, 3 minutes 41 seconds into the podcast, about the NYTimes article. :-)

They are criticizing the journalist (Kevin Roose) because of this line from his NYTimes article: > "[Andres Freund's] job involves developing a piece of open-source database softwa…

Heartily agree! I never thought of my workflow in this way, but it makes sense: by completely avoiding local branches, I reduce my cognitive load. I only ever work from "master", b…