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michaelmcdonald

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    Comment #47565046

    No need to be sad: the Oasis never had a USB-C version.

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    Comment #47532304

    Are you documenting this with any particular software? Any interesting resources you can share that have made this project easier? I have a bunch of paper records for one side of m…

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    Comment #47522886

    Read them for what they are (fictional novels with allusions to truth and fact) and you will truly enjoy a good story!

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    Comment #47221807

    On the go video / photo editing is AMAZING on my iPad! More power speeds up some the effects / transition editing. Batch processing, all with a device that has great battery life a…

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    Comment #47217408

    Does the 1 day old account have any type of source or information to back up this claim?

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    Comment #46886625

    "We're in early February ~2025~ *2026*"

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    Comment #46790163

    Would be curious to know (if you're willing to share) how you were found if you were working to obscure / encrypt your communications. What _was_ it that ultimately gave you away o…

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    Comment #46660179

    Would love to see a picture of this setup and your thought on the brands / models you have. I’m in the market for new monitors / setup and yours sounds very much like something up …

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    Comment #46588051

    The very first line had me interested: > My annual MRI scan Not sure if he has an underlying health condition that necessitates an MRI scan yearly or if this is part of his prevent…

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    Comment #45204123

    [flagged]

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    Comment #45071399

    My biggest beef with Outline is that I can initially use Markdown, as soon as it is saved, you cannot see the raw markdown again for editing.

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    Comment #44942055

    This is a block from where I work! MSU's Abrams Planetarium has been a mainstay of the Lansing community for decades and does awesome shows for astronomy fans of all ages! If you g…

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    Comment #44923723

    People are injured wearing seatbelts in automobile accidents. People are injured by anesthesia during surgery. We require these things because for the greater population, the large…

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    Comment #43716523

    This was in the article (linked to from the blog); is it not what you are looking for? "The federal Baby Food Safety Act of 2024, which is stalled in Congress, called for lead limi…

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    Comment #43681337

    This is my major reason as well. I run a Mac, Windows machine, and have iPhone / iPad devices spread around. I am constantly working with PDFs and highlighting them and having thos…

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    Comment #43348644

    Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/378/

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    Comment #42764155

    Release occurred at the end(ish) of December. Love this typeface and can’t wait for Houston to be released!

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    Comment #42441015

    I won't discredit how beautiful this set turned out, but by my eyes the pieces are not particularly easy to (quickly) distinguish from one another (i.e. rook vs pawn vs bishop). Go…

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    Comment #42305980

    I can only assume that a number of factors play into the ranking. Probably aspects you can't see (how many people followed through to the link at Kagi.com? How many people loaded u…

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    Comment #41786679

    To be fair: it is a "Show HN" title (which I believe is typically used to denote a project being "shown [off]" by the op).

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    Comment #41740438

    Penn State. https://www.psu.edu/news/administration/story/penn-state-off...

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    Comment #41190570

    That same site. You can see when a change in the alert was issued here: https://tsunami.gov/?p=PHEB/2024/08/08/24221000/3/WEPA40

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    Comment #41045199

    This study was looking at data between 2014 - 2021. COVID and the related vaccines are inconsequential to the data presented.

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    Comment #40975840

    For those wondering like me: 6000 metric tons of silver is approximately 192,904,200 troy ounces, and 6000 US tons of silver is approximately 175,000,000 troy ounces.

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    Comment #39606108

    Oldest GitHub release for Doks appears to be from 2020: https://github.com/gethyas/doks/releases?page=4 Oldest GitHub release for Starlight appears to be from 2023: https://github.…