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I hate to say it, but I wonder if we are better off letting it go. The climate in Florida makes it a constant battle that’s managed by spraying tons of pesticides, fertilizer, fung…

Interesting to read that only 33%-50% of hospitals comply with the law and post their prices. If there's one thing this country needs to do it's demand transparency everywhere. Esp…

Interesting. The apparently little I’ve ever read about lasers said they are a single color and all of the waves are in-phase - monochromatic and coherent. But that’s an over simpl…

You cannot smell while you are asleep Rachel Herz, professor of psychiatry at Brown University. This is why we have smoke detectors...

Cooking accounts for less than a percent of total natural gas. So, no, we don't need to start here. We need to start where it makes a difference. 60% of US electricity is generated…

If I understand the story correctly, they had the suspect in custody and yet failed to positively ID him, relying on an ID he had stolen from an innocent man named Ousmane Bah. The…

Source? This article says it was almost 1000 last year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/polic... A few years ago police shot a man neareby when they mistook …

"The U.S. Intelligence Community is lenient about the private habits of high-value agents or informants, but they won’t countenance running sex trafficking rings for minors on Amer…

Right? All the can't "give up heating my beans" sarcasm makes you wonder if we've all become so bought in to our candidates that we just accept our politicians BS blindly. Does any…

The pinnacle on a wonderful respite from the mire of politics and opinions that often invades hacker news.

What? I’m on one of those plans and frankly it’s pretty darn great. The premiums are cheap because they are heavily subsidized. The subsidy goes up the less you earn. My generic pr…

About frickin’ time, the amount of money that has been scammed from some of those who are most at-risk is ridiculous. And get your ass in gear and require companies implement a pos…

“I’m as pissed as anyone that they shut off trading,” Robinhood did not halt trading or shut off trading. Robinhood prevented _buying_ Gamestop and only allowed selling. That’s ent…

“On Jan. 28, Robinhood halted trading of several rallying stocks including GameStop and AMC Entertainment” No, Robinhood did not halt trading. They prevented _buying_ Gamestop and …

I've had quite the opposite experience with noise-cancelling. My tinnitus has actually improved. As a child, I noticed a high-pitched sound during a particularly windy night in Wis…

"Coral reefs are incredibly tough, resilient ecosystems" Well, it's very sad to see how badly reefs are fairing. Almost everywhere we go they look terrible. The bleaching is incred…

A better analogy might be if the hospital had a known defect which, if un-repaired, could lead to someones death. And then it did. As pointed out in the article: "... cybersecurity…

The misrepresentations are jaw-dropping, and coming from someone who calls themselves a doctor. Surprisingly, she apparently practices in McDonough, GA. Hard to believe Youtube has…

Dr. Carrie Madej, OD explains her concerns that a covid vaccine could permanently modify humans. Her claims include: 12:15 "Hydrogel is nanotechnology, microscopic little robots" 1…

This article appears to be a summary of the original paper. But, it leaves out some critical points - i.e.: - The papers "Discussion" section concludes with: "MIS-C is rare but the…

OK, so, we're scientists...and we're in the middle of a pandemic...amplifying/arguing over a graph showing a steep decline in job listing...that doesn't control for the pandemic...…

>it’s not censorship if it’s not mandated by the government Censorship can be conducted by private institutions, governments and other controlling bodies. https://en.wikipedia.org/…

Equifax and Experian took our most personal financial information without our permission, made money from it and completely failed to protect it. These A-#&@# are the ones who shou…