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The HN title needs to be corrected. The correct name is ʻOumuamua, including the first punctuation character (an ʻokina, representing a glottal stop).

These data are about low-altitude wind and surface ocean currents. Models based on those things are part of the toolkit being used as a matter of course in such searches, but unles…

> On the one hand it looks like relying on behaviour that is correct now but may not be so in the future. > Use a decent IDE that looks out for it if you need reminding about this …

Published 2013.

Quoted above[0], "Inclination of 11.669 degrees" (from the preprint) would indicate it has greater inclination than the 8 planets, but less than some other small distant bodies[1].…

The keybase.io website offers a "Please send us feedback & bug reports" link[0]. As a keybase user, I intend to do so. [0] https://github.com/keybase/client/issues

Phonebooks are in alphabetical order . They are sorted into residential and business (white and yellow), then further sorted into business categories (or in some cases residential …

I think software development would work best if it focused on software, not jokes.

> I've not tried it, but they also suggest you can compile your own binaries from that source to get around the untrusted binary problem. You could ... Except that, if I'm not mist…

New York Public Library, with a library card: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/08/22/how-to-search-nytimes Los Angeles Public Library, with a library card: https://www.lapl.org/new-y…

> In any case; where can I view 1995 copies of NYT for free? :) Every public library in the United States, if I'm not mistaken, and a large number of major libraries worldwide.

If the page that links to the login page hasn't proven it's secure, I shouldn't trust the links, and therefore shouldn't trust the destination. Hence why static landing pages need …

You're succumbing to the allure of what-aboutism here. Yes, granted, Mozilla aren't perfect and have made some significant missteps (not all of which they've suitably amended), and…

Typo in HN title: it's 'protactinium', not 'proactinium'

Or it can be argued that tipping offers those who control the means to change the law (the elected lawmakers) the excuse they need not to.

Editorial independence refers to an outlet's freedom to cover topics of their choice with the coverage they judge best. So, is your concern the quality of the reporting, which is a…

There's another, non-MUD text-based game inspired by Discworld (specifically, inspired by Small Gods ) called Godville. Running since 2010 on the web and with apps available on maj…

You can directly telnet in, yeah, but it's not a great way to play. There are plenty of MUD clients (for Discworld in particular you want one compatible with MCCP compression) that…

Is your contention that "hackers" aren't concerned with current social issues, or that they aren't concerned with the intersection of technology and society, or that they aren't co…

You cannot dismiss rigorous statistical analysis by arguing it can never encompass the full dimensions of the data. Of course it can't. The map is not the territory; it is a useful…

The HN title needs correcting to add the ‘ to ‘Oumuamua, it is a part of the proper name.

The manufacturers may be based in China, but the importers, distributors, and sellers here discussed are not necessarily so. And I suspect you could happily replace NSA in the pare…