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A little late no?

Gonna go out on a limb here and say that old age and dying are actually good, and that many of the problems in Western society are due to people living too long and holding onto po…

This is good and all, but they should probably also restrict the advertising of nicotine products in this country. Coming here from the states, I was astounded that you can adverti…

Moving from the US to the UK, one of the first things I noticed was that the colloquial understanding of the seasons mapped much more cleanly onto what actually happens with the we…

Audio balance issues: for some reason on macOS the left right balance for audio will just change from being centered??? At least 6 years old. https://superuser.com/questions/151662…

There is a method for dealing with widespread inequality coinciding with generational wealth transfer, it’s called taxation. Tax transfers of wealth. It’s not complicated and doesn…

Is this a joke?

Which airlines? I feel like if this is an issue we should be naming names.

What is climate friendly about natural gas?

If anyone wants an interesting read on inflammation / stress for lay audiences, I'd recommend 'Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers' by Sapolsky.

The video is very clearly a render and not a video of the real screen...

Does anyone recognize the plotting library they're using? Those interactive charts are really nice.

It certainly would be cheaper, but then how would the people running the arbitrary detention centers get paid?

Somewhat unrelated to the piece, but this is the second website I’ve seen in two days that appears to not have properly merged an edit? “ The RAC’s head of policy, Simon Williams, …

Flooding the zone. Don't lose focus.

I think a useful framing might be to compare social media to drugs. Many people do various sorts of drugs. Some people can do some drugs and not have their lives destroyed by said …

How many of your complex projects have gone according to plan?

As impractical as it may be, I think the only answer is to limit the size of vehicles, either through taxation or an outright ban. Larger vehicles are worse for pretty much everyth…

One thing that might keep me from using this is how well it integrates with other tools I might want to use for data analysis or historical lookback. For example, I currently use g…

Thanks for the reply! That all makes sense, and I can totally relate to the "cobbling together several tools that weren't fully compatible" experience. There's enough complexity wi…

Hey! I work at a startup that does industrial automation related work and this looks super helpful. Going to take a deeper look later, but off the bat I wanted to ask why you felt …

So much complexity to do the same thing as a mirror and a window…

The fact that this has existed for so long and is common enough to warrant a third party program devoted to resolving the issue is an embarrassment for Apple. https://apps.apple.co…